An extraordinary and rare show performed by the german actor Klaus Kinski in Nov. 20th, 1971 in Berlin, Germany. The original name of the show is “Jesus Christus Erlöser ” (Jesus Christ Savior).
It is one of a kind film record of a performance of Klaus Kinski of a spoken word piece on Jesus. Kinski hoped it would result in a tour, it ended up becoming a legendary evening of failure and triumph.
The problem was that in 1971 the audience was more interested in challenging Kinski then listening to what he was saying so they mistook his desire to deliver his piece on Jesus and his teachings as Kinski’s call to be proclaimed Christ reborn. It was an on again off again affair that lasted until past 2 AM when alone with 100 people Kinski finally got to deliver the full piece.
The film was pieced together from an audio recording and the film shot that night to record the event.
Released 11 February 2008. Director: Peter Geyer.
