Earthquake in Chile (film)

Earthquake in Chile German Das Erdbeben in Chili is a 1975 West German television drama film directed by Helma SandersBrahms. The film is an adaptation of the Heinrich von Kleist novella The Earthquake in Chile.

Film critic Greg Titian wrote a generally negative review of the film in which he stated that Earthquake in Chile throws the audience into the story with scant setup. Narration at the opening sets the scene in a way that was dissatisfying to this reviewer ... I felt that Earthquake in Chile made emotional demands on the audience without properly establishing an emotional attachment in the audience to those characters ... Perhaps I missed the point, or the historical significance of this particular piece of German cinema, but the predictable storyline, in my estimation, ultimately falls a bit flat, though he nevertheless praised the fact that the DVD sports a very high quality transfer. Der Spiegels critic Siegfried Schobers review made similar negative remarks.The director made the 1976 film Heinrich because, during work on Earthquake in Chile, she developed an interest in the works original author. ........

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