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Glückliche Reise

2009 · 43 min

A calm, curious road trip through everyday lives, watching ordinary people and landscapes drift past from a bus window.

Directed by
Hans A. Guttner
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Michaela Amler, Bettina Kenter, Ralph Bienzeisler
Overview
In Turkey, buses are a cheap, widespread and therefore the most important means of public transportation throughout the country. What the airplane is in America and the train is in Europe, the intercity bus is in Turkey. The documentary takes a trip through Turkey using the common people's means of transport.

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Directed by
Hans A. Guttner
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Michaela Amler, Bettina Kenter, Ralph Bienzeisler
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • identity
  • family
  • freedom
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Hans A. Guttner
Written by
Hans A. Guttner, Werner Petermann
Starring
Michaela Amler, Bettina Kenter, Ralph Bienzeisler
Music
Lars Kurz
Cinematography
Hans Albrecht Lusznat
Runtime
43 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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