Gorilla Bathes at Noon

1993

1h 23m

Drama

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71%

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7 Reviews

56%

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100+ Ratings

The division between East and West Germany is no more, and so Russian officer Lazutkin (Svetozar Cvetkovic) is stranded in Berlin with no orders, no underlings and no comrades with which to sympathize. As he aimlessly treks through the city, he rants about politics to no one in particular, tries to tidy up a defaced statue of Lenin and begins an affair with lovely Miki Miki (Anita Mancic). When he squints enough, Miki Miki looks a lot like Lenin, and Berlin doesn't seem to have changed much.

David Stratton

Variety

Though his new offering lacks the vigor and anarchy of his best work, it's still immensely likable.

Nov 7, 2007

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Time Out

Not riveting.

Feb 9, 2006

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Without quite returning to his Yugoslav roots or regaining all the energy of his early features, Dusan Makavejev gets back to the sources of some of his best 60s and 70s work.

Jan 1, 2000

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Though it's not the best starting point into Makavejev's discordant filmography, Gorilla Bathes at Noon is in keeping with his penchant for political ironies and though much less sensational than his most famous works, is still worth a look.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 30, 2020

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TV Guide

An oddly elegiac comedy.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 7, 2007

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 3, 2005

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My favorite of Makavejev's late films. The montage isn't as complicated as in WR: Mysteries of the Organism but it's a very intelligent film nonetheless.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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jack c

An odd little movie- odd even for Dusan Makavejev (and this guy did WR Mysteries of the Organism!)- but it has its moments. Most affecting is seeing the tearing down of a Lenin statue in Berlin inter-cut with footage from 1945 of Berliners winning the war. Some of it works, some not - it's the only movie I'll ever see where the main character spends time making out with a female Lenin dressed in a beard and then later on helps to pick out the bullet that's in the female-Lenin's brain. A shame it isn't always this weird though, and maybe a little dull too.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Brilliant. I loved the gorillas.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

This movie was almost unnoticed in Yugoslavia.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

The division between East and West Germany is no more, and so Russian officer Lazutkin (Svetozar Cvetkovic) is stranded in Berlin with no orders, no underlings and no comrades with which to sympathize. As he aimlessly treks through the city, he rants about politics to no one in particular, tries to tidy up a defaced statue of Lenin and begins an affair with lovely Miki Miki (Anita Mancic). When he squints enough, Miki Miki looks a lot like Lenin, and Berlin doesn't seem to have changed much.

Director: Dusan Makavejev
Producer: Alfred Hurmer, Bojana Marijan, Joachim von Vietinghoff
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 23m