Reunion
Reunion

Reunion (1989)


Reunion

Reunion (1988)

Budget (GBP) 0
Distribution Company

Rank Film Distributors Ltd   (Distributor | Est. Unknown)

Release Date 6 July 1989
Black and White No
Regional Release No
Release Notes France May 1989 (Cannes Film Festival);
France 17 May 1989;
West Germany 5 October 1989;
Belgium 26 October 1989 (Gent);
Australia 21 June 1990;
UK 6 July 1990;
Portugal 12 October 1990;
Denmark 19 November 1990;
Netherlands 11 January 1991 (Amsterdam);
Japan February 1991;
USA 9 March 1991 (Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival);
USA 15 March 1991 (New York City, New York);
Turkey 24 May 1991;
USA 12 June 1991 (video premiere).
Description Pinter adaptation of the 1971 novel by Fred Uhlman. Attorney Henry Strauss (Jason Robards) grew up in Germany but left the country with his Jewish family during the rise of the Third Reich. Decades later, Strauss still wonders about what happened to his boyhood friend Konradin Von Lohenburg (Samuel West). To renew their relationship, Strauss travels back to Germany for the first time since he was a young man (Christien Anholt), bringing up some painful memories from his childhood and resulting in a shocking discovery.
Language English

Linked Productions

No linked Production have been added to this production record yet.

Linked People

Jerry Schatzberg (1927)

Creative | Director


Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Screenplay


Fred Uhlman (1901 - 1985)

Creative | Author (original novel)


Philippe Sarde

Creative | Music


Bruno de Keyzer

Creative | Cinematography


Martine Barraque

Creative | Film Editor


Didier Naert

Creative | Projection Designer


Alexandre Trauner

Creative | Projection Designer


Thomas Schappert

Creative | Art Director


David Perry

Creative | Costume Designer


Karin Bauer-Hurst

Creative | Hairstylist


Karin Bauer-Hurst

Creative | Makeup Artist


Victor DeNicola

Creative | Hairstylist


Eberhard Neufink

Creative | Hairstylist


Eberhard Neufink

Creative | Makeup Artist


Carla White

Creative | Makeup Artist


Eric Bartonio

Creative | First Assistant Director


Patrick Burns

Creative | First Assistant Director


Scott Kirby

Creative | Second Assistant Director


Eva-Maria Schonecker

Creative | Second Assistant Director


Knut Winkler

Creative | Assistant Director


Bertrand Clercq-Roques

Creative | Assistant Art Director


Jacqueline Cohen

Creative | Set Designer


Frank Dockham

Creative | Assistant props


Martin Dostal

Creative | Assistant Art Director


Kim Oliver Gregan

Creative | Property master


Joshua Harrison

Creative | Art Director


Timothy Main

Creative | Props


Thomas Schappert

Creative | Assistant Art Director


Paula Herold

Creative | Casting


Debbie McWilliams

Creative | Casting


Henry Ohlmeier

Creative | Casting


Anton Pichler

Creative | Casting


Lore Tesch

Creative | Trainee Costume Designer


Haze Greenfield

Creative | Musician


Lester Bowie

Creative | Musician


Steward A. Robin

Creative | Musician


Eric Kahane

Creative | French adaptation


Hans Bamberger

Production | Associate Producer


Josselyn Bucciali

Production | Line producer


Anne Francois

Production | Producer


Vincent Malle

Production | Executive Producer


Ingrid Windisch

Production | Line producer


Monty Diamond

Production | Production Manager


Jurgen Kussatz

Production | Production Manager


Gunther Russ

Production | Unit manager


Olaf Schiefner

Production | Property buyer


Joey Weber

Production | Property buyer


Quincy Z. Gunderson

Production | Location assistant


Josie Fulford

Production | Script supervisor


Frederique Grou-Radenez

Production | Researcher


Dale Pierce-Johnson

Production | Production Coordinator


Marie-France Riviere

Production | Researcher


Janine Ruault

Production | Production Coordinator


Gabriele Scheiger

Production | Production Coordinator


Christiane Stein

Production | Production Coordinator


Philip Hubner

Technical | Carpenter


Katja Pilarek

Technical | Painter


Klaus Rudat

Technical | Carpenter


Andreas Weber

Technical | Props Master


Gary Alper

Technical | Sound Mixer


Jean-Francois Auger

Technical | Re-recording mixer


Annie Baronnet

Technical | Sound Editor


Joel Beldent

Technical | Foley mixer


James Corcoran

Technical | Boom operator


William Flageollet

Technical | Re-recording mixer


Karl Laabs

Technical | Sound Mixer


Jerome Levy

Technical | Foley artist


Eric Mauer

Technical | Sound Editor


Laurent Quaglio

Technical | Supervising Sound Editor


Adolf Wojtinek

Technical | Special effects


Gerd Grzesczak

Technical | Stunt Coordinator


Philippe Brun

Technical | Camera operator


Charles Freess

Technical | Key grip


Jean-Yves Freess

Technical | Best boy grip


Claus Gerling

Technical | Grip


Martin Jezequel

Technical | Best boy


Michel LeFrancois

Technical | Gaffer


Jean-Hugues Oppel

Technical | Clapper loader


Dominique Pinto

Technical | Focus puller


Brigitte Friedlander

Technical | Wardrobe supervisor


Petra Kray

Technical | Costume assistant


Corinne Lapassade

Technical | Assistant editor


Christph Moritz Hanska

Technical | Location unit manager


William Flageollet

Technical | Music engineer


Tim Luna

Technical | Set safety


Renee Silverman

Technical | Crew


Linked Organisations

Rank Film Distributors Ltd (Distributor | Est. Unknown)

Characters

Konradin Von Lohenburg (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Samuel West (1966)

Mrs Strauss (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Barbara Jefford (1930 - 2020)

Bartender (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jorg Doring

Bollacher (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Alan Bowyer

Brossner (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Gerhard Fries

Caretaker (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Alexandre Trauner

Elderly Man (Age: old, Male)

Performer: Peter Schiff

Erhard (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: James Ind

Frank (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Steven Poynter

Gardner (Reunion) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Robert Dietl

Girl In Tax Building (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Imke Barnstedt

Grafin Von Lohenburg (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Jacques Brunet

Hans Strauss (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Christien Anholt (1971)

Henry (Reunion) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jason Robards

Herr Strauss (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Bert Parnaby

Herr Von Lohenburg (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Jacques Brunet

Judge Freisler (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Roland Schafer

Lisa (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Maureen Kerwin

Man At Cemetery (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Gerd Duwner

Man At Warehouse Office (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Henning Gissel

Muller (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Rupert Degas

Muscle Max (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Frederick Warder

Nazi (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Roger Wisniewski

Old Countess Gertrud (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Dorothea Alexander

Pompetski (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Struan Rodger

Prince Hubertus (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Gideon Boulting

Reutter (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Nicholas Pandolfi

TV Presenter (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Helmut Krauss

Von Hankhofen (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Lee Lyford

Young Lover (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Luc-Antoine Diquero

Young Lover (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Amelie Pick

Japanese Businessman (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Yang Kyu Kim

Taxi Driver (Reunion) (Age: Not specified, Male)

Performer: Alf Reigel

Linked Awards

Cannes International Film Festival Award

1990

Nominated: In Competition

Cannes International Film Festival Award

1990

Nominated: Best Actor: Christien Anholt

Resources

Janet Maslin, 'Memories Both Painful and Pretty in "Reunion"', New York Times, 15 March 1991, p. 16 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/15/movies/review-film-memories-both-painful-and-pretty-in-reunion.html

New York Times, 22 January 1988, C6 (Paper-based)

Type: Review

Interview with Samuel West, conducted by Alexander Lass, 16 February 2021 (PDF)

Type: Interview

External Link: http://pinterlegacies.uk/file/b6f79c38d55913128df821734274c77b.pdf

Sources

Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process

Steven H. Gale, Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003)

Academic book

Contains chapters on each of Harold Pinter's filmed screenplays and includes a bibliography of reviews of films up to 1999.