Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 40min
- Drama
- 08 Feb 1985 (USA)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Bruce Spence | ... |
Lance Hackett
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Wandjuk Marika | ... |
Miliritbi
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Roy Marika | ... |
Dayipu
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Ray Barrett | ... |
Cole
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Norman Kaye | ... |
Baldwin Ferguson
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Ralph Cotterill | ... |
Fletcher
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Nick Lathouris | ... |
Arnold
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Basil Clarke | ... |
Judge Blackburn
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Ray Marshall | ... |
Solicitor General Coulthard
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Dhungala I. Marika | ... |
Malila 'The Mute'
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Gary Williams | ... |
Watson
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Tony Llewellyn-Jones | ... |
Fitzsimmons
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Robert Brissenden | ... |
Professor Stanner
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Bob Ellis | ... |
Supermarket manager
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Michael Edols | ... |
Young attorney
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Susan Graeves | ... |
Secretary
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Marraru Wunungmurra | ... |
Daisy Barunga
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Max Fairchild | ... |
Police Officer
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Noel Lyon | ... |
Bailiff
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Trevor Orford | ... |
Worker
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Hugh Keays-Byrne | ... |
Mining executive
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Andrew Mack | ... |
Protocol Officer
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Paul Cox | ... |
Photographer
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Ricky | ... |
Strange Aborigine
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Ronnie | ... |
Strange Aborigine
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Michael Mandalis | ... |
Mandalis
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James Ricketson | ... |
Philip Adams
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Michael Glynn | ... |
RAAF Pilot
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Colleen Clifford | ... |
Miss Strehlow
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Christopher Cain | ... |
Lawyers' Assistant (uncredited)
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Anastasios Chatzidimpas | ... |
Cook (uncredited)
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Maria Chatzidimpas | ... |
Mongoloid Girl (uncredited)
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Werner Herzog | ... |
Lawyer (uncredited)
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José María Muñoz | ... |
Radio Soccer Reporter (uncredited)
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Philip Radke | ... |
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Maria Stratford | ... |
Peevish Woman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Werner Herzog |
Written by
Werner Herzog | ... | (written by) |
Bob Ellis | ... | (additional dialogue) |
Produced by
Werner Herzog | ... | producer |
Willi Segler | ... | executive producer |
Lucki Stipetic | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein |
Editing by
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
Editorial Department
Draha Cicek | ... | assistant editor (as Draha Cizek) |
Peter McBain | ... | dailies projectionist (uncredited) |
Costume Design by
Frances D. Hogan |
Art Department
Ulrich Bergfelder | ... | set designer |
Trevor Orford | ... | assistant set designer |
Sound Department
Claus Langer | ... | sound |
Peter Rappel | ... | assistant sound |
Special Effects by
Brian Pearce | ... | special effects supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Cox | ... | still photographer |
Michael Edols | ... | second camera |
Rainer Klausmann | ... | assistant camera |
Manfred Klein | ... | gaffer |
Vit Martinek | ... | grip |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frances D. Hogan | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
Wandjuk Marika | ... | musician: didjeridu |
Script and Continuity Department
Christine Ebenberger | ... | continuity |
Bob Ellis | ... | script consultant |
Additional Crew
Gary Foley | ... | ethnologist |
Jennifer Home | ... | aboriginal liaison |
Tony Llewellyn-Jones | ... | production coordinator: Australia |
Santhana K. Naidu | ... | financial controller: Australia (as Santhana Krishna Naidu) |
Maria Stratford | ... | production assistant |
Günther Ungeheuer | ... | voice dubbing: Norman Kaye (uncredited) |
Thanks
Tim Cartwright | ... | special thanks |
Paul Donazzan | ... | special thanks |
Erik Rasmussen | ... | special thanks (as Mr. Erik Rasmussen) |
Production Companies
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (co-production)
Distributors
- Filmverlag der Autoren (1984) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- New Vision Films (1984) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (1984) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Herald Ace (1985) (Japan) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Orion Classics (1985) (United States) (theatrical)
- Toshiba Eizo Soft (1986) (Japan) (VHS) (subtitled)
- The Home Cinema Group (1990) (Australia) (VHS)
- Xenon Entertainment Group (1992) (United States) (DVD)
- VOX (1999) (Germany) (tv)
- Ripley's Film (2003) (Italy)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- VOX (2005) (Germany) (tv)
- Tango Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD) (Special Edition)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
- Lightbox Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Ripley's Home Video (2009) (Italy) (DVD)
- Kimowelt TV (2013) (Germany) (tv)
- Shout! Factory (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Shout! Factory (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- VIGGO (2020) (Italy)
- ARTE (2022) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (2022) (France) (tv)
- Cinematheque (United States) (VHS)
- Globo Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- VCL Communications
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Australian Film Commission (special thanks)
- National Severe Storms Laboratory (special thanks)
- National Severe Storms Laboratory, NOAA (special thanks)
- Royal Australian Air Force (special thanks)
- Texas Tech University (special thanks)
- The Australian Film Commission (special thanks)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert area covered with ant hills prior to a possible uranium extraction. His work is impeded by some aborigines who explain that this is the place where the green ants dream. Disturbing their dreaming will destroy humanity they claim. Hackett informs the company which offers various "solutions" such as a large amount of money or a percentage of a possible revenue. Invited on a trip to a city some of the aborigines sees a military aeroplane and express the wish to own it. The company buys it and gives it to the aborigines as a sign of good will. A runway is made in the desert and the plane is flown to the location. All negotiations concerning the area fail and the dispute goes to a court of the Commonwealth. Parties and experts are heard, obstacles are met such as an aborigine who is the sole survivor of his tribe (and language) and therefore no-one understands what he is saying. Two of the aborigines take off in the plane despite that there is very little fuel left. The mining company wins legally and the aborigines morally. Some aborigines arrive from the mountains and tell about a big winged ant that had fallen from the sky.
Written by Frank Dabelstein |
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Taglines | You have ravaged the earth with your mines, and don't you see that you have ravaged my body? - Sam Woolagoocha See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The whole story of the green ants was made up by Werner Herzog, it's not a part of genuine Aboriginal folklore. However the courtroom incident where a secret artifact is revealed, to the bemusement of the judge, is based on a real incident. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in To the End of the World... and Then a Little Bit Further (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | Requiem Op. 48 See more » |
Quotes |
Lance Hackett:
The situation, your Honor, is this man is the the sacred custodian to the secrets of this tribe. And his tribe has died out. He is the sole and final survivor of his people, his clan. They call him the mute, because there is nobody left on this earth for him to speak with. See more » |