(1) The High Society of Saint-Tropez
The Jetset chose Saint-Tropez as the right place to celebrate the advent of the sexual revolution. Prince Eduard of Anhalt, a cousin of Prince Charles of England, still marvels about the Sixties, when women on the Tropezienne beaches threw away their bikini tops. Ever since those days of liberation the provençal village hasn‘t seen a quiet summer night.
Millionaires, yachts, champagne and girls: Saint-Tropez is still a beauty, but in summer sometimes a bit confused. And it is rarely as romantic as Gunter Sachs was, when he let roses rain from a helicopter over Brigitte Bardots house.
Gunter Sachs granted us a long interview at home, overlooking the famous Plage de Paimplonne. Actor Mario Adorf talks about the good old days, when he first met his wife, a born Tropezienne. German cult-composer Peter Thomas („Space Patrol“, „Edgar Wallace“, „Jerry Cotton“) and his journalist-wife Cordy Thomas have their summer residence here. They all try to ignore rich kids like African dictator‘s son Theodore Nguema Obiang, when they‘re strolling around in the former fisherman‘s place.
*Original German title: Mondän!
Millionaires, yachts, champagne and girls: Saint-Tropez is still a beauty, but in summer sometimes a bit confused. And it is rarely as romantic as Gunter Sachs was, when he let roses rain from a helicopter over Brigitte Bardots house.
Gunter Sachs granted us a long interview at home, overlooking the famous Plage de Paimplonne. Actor Mario Adorf talks about the good old days, when he first met his wife, a born Tropezienne. German cult-composer Peter Thomas („Space Patrol“, „Edgar Wallace“, „Jerry Cotton“) and his journalist-wife Cordy Thomas have their summer residence here. They all try to ignore rich kids like African dictator‘s son Theodore Nguema Obiang, when they‘re strolling around in the former fisherman‘s place.
*Original German title: Mondän!
Erstausstrahlung: 24. Mai 1998, 21.45 Uhr, ZDF
45 Minuten
Written and directed by
Petra Höfer
Freddie Röckenhaus
DOP:
Udo Lachnit
Thomas Scäfer
Producers Saint-Tropez:
Cordy Thomas
Gisela Eichler
Editing:
Jörg Wegner
Cast:
Gunter Sachs
Prince Eduard von Anhalt
Mario Adorf
Peter Thomas
Andreas Leuthold
Wolfgang Hartwig
Theodore Nguema Obiang
Editor at ZDF:
Wolfgang Homering
A colourFIELD production, commissioned by ZDF