A Russian premiere of Ulrike's Brain, first screened at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
A retro sci-fi with elements of a kitsch B movie, Ulrike's Brain is a spoof of 1960s’ and 1970s’ films about mad scientists preserving brains of famous people, such as They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1968) and The Brain That Would Not Die (1972). A sequel of sorts to The Raspberry Reich (2004), which has gained a cult following, Ulrike's Brain also stars a Berliner Ensemble’s Susanne Sachsse, who has worked with Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller. In the new film, Sachsse’s Doctor Julia Feifer is studying the brain of Ulrike Meinhof—a founding member of the radical left terrorist organisation Red Army Faction, who was found hanged in her prison cell. Slowly, Ulrike’s brain comes to life and starts to manipulate Feifer into spearheading a new feminist revolution.
Ulrike's Brain
Director Bruce LaBruce. Germany, Canada, 2017. 55 minutes.
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