"Alexander Kluge" "The Quest for a Practical and Realistic Approach" "A short feature film from the rocket crisis era" "Fred Tacke somehow wanted to take a practical approach." "He borrowed books from the library on the destruction of German cities in 1944 and examined global armament." "Armament leads to war." "Disarmament, linear, simple, uncooperative, makes war possible." "Our only protection is the fact that one side's armaments are currently incompatible with those of the other side." "Fred's hopes remained dim." "PILOT SCHOOL" " WHARF" " AIRCRAFT TRADER" "As mentioned, Fred Tacke wanted to take a practical approach." "He took the odd hour off work to acquire a pilot's licence for light aircraft at a private airport." "He soon had his own machine." "With a stopover in northern Norway, he could reach Spitzbergen in 12 hours with this plane." "The cargo is mainly petrol and water." "The luggage:" "himself and his toilet bag." "Fred Tacke travelled to Spitzbergen in spring." "A test flight." "He had rented a cabin there." "In his cabin was a stove and provisions for 3 years." "He planned thus to survive World War III." "Then in November 1981 he met Annie Fredersdorf." "She was soon pregnant by him." "He has now planted a tree, fathered a child, only salvation is lacking." "It turned out that Spitzbergen was not as secure in wartime as it had at first seemed." "Polar ice-fields, where the superpowers are closest, would, he heard, be the centre of battle. "Thank God", he cried" ""I've time to rethink this."" "It takes place at sea and in the air." "He will have to abandon the cabin." "His thoughts now turn to the south." "If I can fly for 10 hours, 10 days." "10 days, 10 days." "In the south, on Antarctica's frozen borders, lie the Kerguelen Islands." "The flight there for himself, the war mother, the child and, as a souvenir of Europe, a piece of poplar bark, worries him." "He's an accounts clerk." "The escape costs a fortune." "244, 1734, 432, 2504, 100.40 Deutschmarks." "Makes a total of 22,446 Deutschmarks and 40 Pfennigs." "That must be right." "I have to add it up again." "How much fuel is needed?" "Yes. 2500 litres in all." "And drinking water?" "The journey takes 10 days." "At least 50 litres." "50 litres." "At any rate." " That could be done." "2.5 litres per day" "35 litres for 14 days" "12 persons - 14 days 420 litres" "We go down here, then there, over Tunisia, directly over, probably." "then along the coast of Africa." "So Fred sets off southwards in his machine, reaches the islands of safety, waits there a while, the crisis ends." "All clear." "He's in the heart of Africa now, on the way back." "Then the catastrophe really happens." "The news comes:" "It's over!" "One can't plan for that kind of thing." "He'd have so liked to find a practical solution." "He at least dug a shelter in the garden, which led down 52 metres to a room for 3 persons and provisions." "Who knows if that is any use?" "The Quest for a Practical and Realistic Approach" "Kairos Film Munich" "Film und Video Untertitelung Gerhard Lehmann AG"