2023-09-07 14:53:00
When he took a look into the hall, the ORF Styria regional director spoke Gerhard Koch moody from a “class reunion of the Styrian School of Rock”. And indeed, many companions came to the presentation of the film documentary “Gert Steinbäcker – The Last Tour” on Wednesday evening: Ewald Pfleger and Herwig Rüdisser von Opus, Steinbäcker’s life friend Thomas Spitzer and of course the one honored by the film himself: Gert Steinbäcker.
Director Gunter Schilhan and cameraman Erhard Seidl a documentary that is as emotional as it is informative has succeeded. The film was shot in Greece, Steinbäcker’s second home, in Graz, but also in Poppendorf Castle, where Steinbäcker and Spitzer performed with their band “Mephisto” in 1971 at the “Styrian Woodstock”. Sequences from the final concert in the Graz Stadthalle ran like a red thread through the fine film. Steinbäcker anthems such as “Kalt und Kalter”, “I’ll stay there at some point” or the iconic “grandfather” caused goosebumps.
Gert Steinbäcker, who Spitzer likes to describe as the “amiable rebel”, was also visibly satisfied with the appreciation: “A very nice piece of television.”
Günter Schilhan (director), Gert Steinbäcker, Erhard Seidl (camera) © (c) ORF (Günter Schilhan)
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