Red Sun Blu-ray

Release Year: 1970

Runtime: 87 min

Director: Rudolf Thome

Cast: Uschi Obermaier, Marquard Bohm, Sylvia Kekulé, Gaby Go, Diana Körner

Studios: Independent Film

Thomas hitchhikes from Hamburg to Munich where he meets his ex-girlfriend, Peggy. Thomas doesn't have a bed for the night and goes home with Peggy, not knowing that she and her four roommates have all made a strange pact.

Special Features:

High-Definition digital transfer

overseen by director Rudolf Thome.

Select scene commentary with Thome and Rainer Langhans

Obermaier’s boyfriend and Kommune 1 member who served as inspiration for the film and was on set for the shoot.

Rote Sonne between Pop Sensibility and Social Critique

A newly produced visual essay by scholar Johannes von Moltke on Red Sun, which looks at the social and cultural influences on the film and provides context for when the film was made (2022, 21 mins).

From Oberhausen to the Fall of the Wall

A visual essay by academic and programmer Margaret Deriaz tracing the development of the New German Cinema from the Oberhausen Manifeste to the fall of the Berlin Wall (2023, 50mins).

Technical Specifications:

• 1.66:1
• Mono
• Dolby Audio