History 1988

Loriot (Vicco von Bülow) makes ÖDIPUSSI. He plays the main male role himself, the female role Evelyn Hamann. Dieter Dorn takes 35 days to produce the third screen adaptation of Goethe's FAUST. Helmut Griem plays Faust, Romuald Pekny Mephisto, Sunnyi Melles is Gretchen and Cornelia Froboess Marthe. TOD DEM DRACHEN is the name of the first co-production between Bavaria and the Soviet Mosfilm. The production follows new paths: the trick sequences are produced with HDTV, a high-resolution video recording method. In the series REPORTER, Klaus Emmerich and Hans Noever are the directors. Renan Demirkan, Walter Kreye and Dietmar Schönherr are the main actors. More than 40 pop music videos are produced on the site. TIGER, LÖWE, PANTHER is the name of a television film produced by Dominik Graf. With Klaus Emmerich as director, four more episodes of ROTE ERDE are produced. The screenplay is written by Peter Stripp. On January 1, the Geyer-Werke GmbH acquires the business shares in Bavaria Kopierwerk GmbH. In return, Bavaria is given 25.1 % of the Geyer-Werke GmbH. On May 18, the 1000th showing of NACHTGEDANKEN with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff is produced. In spring, Bavaria takes on 50 % of the Essener West-Film, Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH und Co. KG. Further shares are held by the WAZ Group. The Managing Director of West-Film is Hermann Kirchmann. Ulrich Stark produces the three-part series BASTARD based on a screenplay by Manfred Purzer with Peter Sattmann and Gudrun Landgrebe.