Werner Nekes
Johnny Flash
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Original format 35mm
Year 1986
Language(s) German
Artist(s) Werner Nekes
Subtitles English
Running time 80 min
Films
JOHNNY FLASH (1986) 80'
Description
Experimental filmmaker Werner Nekes illustrates, in his first comedy, the extraordinary career of the pop king of the Ruhr, Johnny Flash. This stubborn son of the Potzkothen family manages to become a celebrated star thanks to the unwavering support of his mother, his manager, and "that girl from Music Satellite." In the final sequence of this satire on show business and mother-son relationships, Johnny and his mama head off toward an uncertain horizon, just like Charlie Chaplin at the end of his films…