Blue Eyed (1989 film)
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| Directed by | Reinhard Hauff |
| Written by | Dorothee Schön Reinhard Hauff |
| Produced by | Eberhard Junkersdorf |
| Starring | Götz George Miguel Ángel Solá |
| Cinematography | Hector Morini Jaroslav Kučera |
| Edited by | Heidi Handorf |
| Music by | Marcel Wengler |
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| Language | German |
Blue Eyed (French: Blauäugig, Spanish: Ojos azules) is a 1989 political drama film co-written and directed by Reinhard Hauff. A co-production between West Germany and Argentina, it was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
Cast
- Götz George as Johann Neudorf
- Miguel Ángel Solá as Daniel
- Julio De Grazia as General von Elz
- Álex Benn as Alfredo
- Emilia Mazer as Laura
Release
The film was screened in the main competition at the 46th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in which it won the UNICEF Award.[1]
Reception
A contemporary Variety review described the film as 'a suspenseful, but rather contrived, political thriller along Missing lines' that 'works best as a suspense thriller'.[2] Filmdienst wrote: 'The political drama cleverly anchors the equation of South American military dictatorship and National Socialism on the level of individual experience, but suffers from dramaturgical weaknesses and simplifications'.[3] La Stampa's film critic Lietta Tornabuoni described the film as 'average, sincerely democratic, [...] effective because of the special juxtaposition it establishes between two dictatorships, the Nazi one and the more recent Argentine military dictatorship', and noted: 'Hauff's style lacks sophistication or originality, but [his film] is redeemed by the intensity and dramatic weight of the events, [and by] the skillful construction of the plot'.[4]
References
- ^ Manin, Giuseppina (16 September 1989). "Ecco i premiati". Corriere della Sera. p. 25.
- ^ Strat. (20 September 1989). "Blauäugig". Variety Film Reviews, Vol. 21. Bowler. p. 283.
- ^ "Blauäugig (1988/89)". Filmdienst (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ Tornabuoni, Lietta (10 September 1989). "Rivolta di un conformista". La Stampa. p. 9. Retrieved 1 August 2025.