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Thomas (Marquard Bohm, Kings of the Road) gets a ride to Munich where he finds his ex-girlfriend Peggy (counter culture activist and model Uschi Obermaier) who takes him in. In her flat he finds Peggy and her roommates have a commune-like lifestyle where they kill the men in their lives after five days, but will Thomas realize in time?

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Rudolf Thome's Red Sun stars Ursula "Uschi" Obermaier who was a former fashion model and actress associated with the 1968 left-wing movement in Germany. She is considered an iconic sex symbol of the "1968 generation" and the mass student protests of that year that created lasting changes in West German culture. The German-made film evokes both Godard's wandering political playfulness and Wenders 'New German Cinema' work. There are blatant feminist overtones with a group of, mostly, braless babes (Obermaier, Marquard Bohm, Diana Körner, Sylvia Kekulé and Gaby Go) making a pact to murder their lovers within five days. It's quite interesting with the mini-skirt fashions, colors and contrasting Sibelius (from "Karelia Suite") orchestration and other music. I liked the matter-of-fact coldness of the violence and the hip 60's vibe of the entire film. A real time-capsule of that era. I'm sure not to everyone's tastes but I was very happy with my the Radiance Films Blu-ray viewing. The extras certainly helped my appreciation with a historical context of the film. Absolutely recommended to the appropriate cinema crowd.