Directed by:
Dennis AlinkScreenplay:
Dennis AlinkComposer:
Dany LademacherCast:
Nina Hagen (a.f.), Anton Corbijn, Bono, Henny Vrienten, Dany Lademacher, Holly Mae Brood, Herman Brood (a.f.)Plots(1)
"When I do my suicide for you, I hope you'll miss me too," Herman Brood sang in "Rock 'n' Roll Junkie" – just one of many announcements of his own death Brood worked into his songs. It's a subject Brood, who jumped off the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton 15 years ago, often sang about. In Unknown Brood, a whole range of people look back on the rock and roller's turbulent life, including fellow musicians, his manager, a former girlfriend, photographer Anton Corbijn, Brood's wife and their daughter. Video footage shot by Brood himself and never seen before is intercut with a rich collection of archive material, including a humorous clip of Brood barking the Dutch national anthem. His sister Beppie Brood stresses her brother's split personality: on the one hand the shy, vulnerable man wary of other people, and on the other the one who played Herman Brood – an extravagant, hedonistic junkie and rock and roll star. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Nina Hagen (a.f.)
East Germany
Best movies:
Portrait of a Female Drunkard. Ticket of No Return (1979)
Millionaire Dogs (1999)
Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
Anton Corbijn
Netherlands
Best movies:
Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98 (1999) (video compilation)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Life (2015)
Bono
Ireland
Best movies:
Linkin Park & Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington (2017) (concert) - a.f.
U2: The Best of 1980-1990 (2002) (video compilation)
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Henny Vrienten
Netherlands
Best movies:
Little Crumb (1999)
The Flying Liftboy (1998)
Dany Lademacher
Belgium
Holly Mae Brood
Netherlands
Herman Brood (a.f.)
Netherlands
Best movies:
Zusje (1995)