Artificial Paradise (Umetni raj) 34 years old

Los Angeles in 1935. Fritz Lang receives in his hotel apartment the young film amateur Willy, who wants to prepare an interview with him. At a certain moment Lang starts relating how, as an army officer in the First World War, he spent some time in the house of the lawyer Karol Gatnik in a small town in the northeast of Slovenia. Lang makes friends with Gatnik and gets aquainted with all members of his family. When Lang finds out that Gatnik is a passionate film amateur and that he also possesses his own camera, they make a film together. This is probably Lang’s first contact with cinematography. Late at night Lang looks at the photographs in Los Angeles and revives in his spirit the imaginary meeting with his friend Gatnik.

Credits

Artificial Paradise Cast

Name Character
Željko Ivanek He was 32, now 67 years old as Willy
Majda Potokar She was 60, 71 years old when she died as Micka
Gudrun Gabriel She was 34, now 68 years old
Vlado Novak He was 38, now 72 years old as Karol Gatnik
Tanja Ribič She was 21, now 56 years old
Dragana Mrkić She was 24, now 58 years old

Artificial Paradise Crew

Name Department
Branko Vučićević as Writer. Writing
Artificial Paradise (34 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, May 29, 1990
  • Runtime: 98 minutes