Heidelberg 72ff.
by Philipp Löhle
Mark Twain Center
[recommended for ages 14 and up]
The US army's European command headquarters in Heidelberg-Rohrbach were bombed on 24 May 1972 at 6:10 pm, killing three US-American soldiers. The RAF claimed responsibility in a letter in which they stated that it was their aim to bring about the end of the Vietnam war. Author and director Philipp Löhle moves between research and fiction to sound out new perspectives on politically motivated terror in the 1970s. He mingles meticulous facts with farce and comedy: how absurd do we imagine things to have been during conspirational meetings in an RAF flat share? What tropes were in the minds of the RAF members about life in Vietnam? Why do we so often remember American soldiers as badly synchronized voices in films? Last but not least, what would have happened if the RAF attack in Heidelberg had really ended the Vietnam War?
»Heidelberg 72ff.« will be premiered as part of Remmidemmi. The Resistance Festival and can be seen on 7., 8. and 9. October 2022 at Route 4: Activists.
Der Festivalpodcast »Remmidemmi/Hinterbühne« gibt Einblicke in die Köpfe hinter den Stücken.
Im Gespräch beim Podcast #05: Lene Grösch und Philipp Löhle
Trailer by Siegersbuschfilm