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Cast

Crew

Hugo Niebeling

Hugo Niebeling

Script

Hugo Niebeling

Hugo Niebeling

Producer

Orlando di Lasso

Orlando di Lasso

Music

Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann

Music

Ted Komowicz

Ted Komowicz

Camera Supervisor

Fritz Schwennicke

Fritz Schwennicke

Camera Supervisor

Oskar Sala

Oskar Sala

Music

Werner von Appeldom

Werner von Appeldom

Camera Supervisor

Hugo Niebeling

Hugo Niebeling

Director

Hugo Niebeling

Hugo Niebeling

Camera Supervisor

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

Music

Hugo Niebeling

Hugo Niebeling

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Petrol - Carburant - Kraftstoff

19650.0 / 100
Documentary

Overview

An audiovisual experiment that shows how oil is refined into gasoline and ultimately powers cars and other vehicles, accompanied by classical music and experimental synthesizer sounds. Filmed in the Libyan desert, the film traces the path and development of the gasoline, from the extraction of oil as it is drilled in the Libyan desert to the pump at the gas station, making road construction machines dance and convertibles roar through the Spessart forests. This film also drew Herbert von Karajan and Leo Kirch's attention to Hugo Niebeling, in which the director has road bulldozers "dance" to the music of Vivaldi.