Full Metal Village (2007)
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Uwe Trede, Lore Trede, Klaus H. Plähn, Irma Schaack, Eva Waldow, Ann-Kathrin Schaack, Malena Schaack, Norbert Venohr, Birte Venohr, Henning Halver
A documentary observes life in Wacken as its small-town residents navigate the annual arrival of a vast metal festival.
The story
In Wacken, a small town with only 1,800 residents, around 85,000 fans from across the world arrive each year for an open-air metal festival. The documentary follows local people through their everyday routines and considers how they experience the festival period, including the ways some residents participate in it. Framed as a Heimatfilm, it contrasts ordinary village life with the extraordinary influx of festivalgoers, while keeping its focus on the people who live there.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
mini|left|From left to right: director Sung-Hyung Cho, host Bernd Stölting, and characters from the film at the advance screening in Wacken: Uwe Trede, Klaus Plähn, Ann-Kathrin Schaack, Lore Trede, Irma Schaack. The film focuses on the residents of the small town, which is swamped each year by fans of the metal scene arriving for the open-air festival. On the first weekend in August, around 85,000 fans from all over the world gather in Wacken, which has only 1,800 residents. The film shows the people of Wacken going about their everyday lives and how they experience the festival period, in which some of them are involved. The documentary bears the subtitle Heimatfilm.
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