Candy Man
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16mm Film - Candy Man - BRD 1970
Script and Direction: Josef-Albert "Jo" Baier
Camera: Mirko Hesky
Cast: Wolfgang Bächler, Maria von Koczian, Jürgen Groll, Tina Groll, Knut Mattfeld, Götz Mattfeld, Sigi Graue
A man, embodied by the Munich writer Wolfgang Bächler, wanders around the city begging passers-by — a good-natured bum, drifter, vagrant. He tries to persuade children to buy him cheap wine, with something in it for the children too, of course. The intervention of adults causes the children, who initially approach him without inhibition, to distance themselves from him. A scene with other vagrants shows that he is alone again as soon as his wine is drunk. At night he sleeps on park benches. The next day he tries to make contact with a group of children at the Isar river. Again, adults are there to intervene with warnings. As the tramp prepares to leave, a boy reaches for a large stone...
Script and Direction: Josef-Albert "Jo" Baier
Camera: Mirko Hesky
Cast: Wolfgang Bächler, Maria von Koczian, Jürgen Groll, Tina Groll, Knut Mattfeld, Götz Mattfeld, Sigi Graue
A man, embodied by the Munich writer Wolfgang Bächler, wanders around the city begging passers-by — a good-natured bum, drifter, vagrant. He tries to persuade children to buy him cheap wine, with something in it for the children too, of course. The intervention of adults causes the children, who initially approach him without inhibition, to distance themselves from him. A scene with other vagrants shows that he is alone again as soon as his wine is drunk. At night he sleeps on park benches. The next day he tries to make contact with a group of children at the Isar river. Again, adults are there to intervene with warnings. As the tramp prepares to leave, a boy reaches for a large stone...
Sources
- YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
- 16mm Filmography editors — year, country, description
Record added 2026-06-12 21:02:52