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Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache

Love, Jealousy and Revenge
TEDDY 40 2026
Love, Jealousy and Revenge explores the flexible meanings of language in film with the help of sophisticated telecommunications – an acoustic-oral offering. An absurd short film, presented under the (extremely) tongue-in-cheek guise of an educational video for non-German speaking learners. The plot is set in a gay leather bar where a man shares a phone conversation with a drag-clad escort on the hunt for sex. A peculiar delight from the notoriously subversive Michael Brynntrup.

Trailer/Film Excerpt

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by Michael Brynntrup (Director, Screenplay)
with BeV StroganoV, Jürgen Baldiga, Michael Brynntrup Germany 1991 German, English 7' Colour

TEDDY 40

Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache celebrated its Berlinale premiere in the 1992 Panorama.

With

  • BeV StroganoV (Inge and Georg)
  • Jürgen Baldiga (Barkeeper)
  • Michael Brynntrup (Aunt Ida)

Crew

Director Michael Brynntrup
Screenplay Michael Brynntrup
Cinematography Michael Brynntrup, Ole Kurp
Editing Michael Brynntrup
Music Dirk Schaefer
Production Design BeV StroganoV, Ichgola Androgyn
Costumes BeV StroganoV, Ichgola Androgyn
Make-Up BeV StroganoV, Ichgola Androgyn
Producer Michael Brynntrup

Produced by

MBC-Produktion Michael Brynntrup

Berlin, Germany

Photos

Michael Brynntrup

© Marcel Steger

Born in 1959, the artist studied art history, philosophy and fine art. Since 1981, he has created more than 80 film and video works; since 1995, he has also worked in the digital and interactive realms. His work has been presented at international festivals, galleries and museums, including at MoMA in New York. He has received numerous film and media art awards, including the Grand Prix in the German competition at Oberhausen in 1991. He has also published books on Super 8 film and Berlin’s independent cinemas and has been a professor of film and video at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2006.

Filmography (selection)

1983 DER RHEIN – ein deutsches Märchen (THE RHINE - A German Fairy Tale); short film, Berlinale 1983 1984 Handfest - freiwillige Selbstkontrolle (Handfest - Voluntary Selfcontrol); short film, Berlinale 1985 1986 Jesus – Der Film (Jesus – The Film); experimental film, Berlinale 1986 1989 Narziß und Echo (Narcissus And Echo); short film, Berlinale 1990 1990 Die Statik der Eselsbrücken (The Statics - Engineering Memory Bridges); short film, Berlinale 1991 1991 Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache (Love, Jealousy And Revenge); short film, Berlinale 1992 1993 All You Can Eat; short film, Berlinale 1994 1994 Kain und Abel - eine Moritat; short film, Berlinale 1995 1995 Aide mémoire (ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll) (Aide mémoire (gay document for remembering)); short film, Berlinale 1996 1996 Loverfilm - Eine unkontrollierte Freisetzung von Information (Loverfilm - An Uncontrolled Dispersion Of Information); short film, Berlinale 1997 1997 Tabu V - wovon man nicht sprechen kann (Tabu V - About Which One Cannot Speak); short film, Berlinale 1998 1999 NY'NY 'n Why Not; short film, Berlinale 1999 2003 E.K.G. EXPOSITUS (die öffentlichen und die künstlerischen Medien) (E.K.G. EXPOSITUS (the Broadcast and the Artistic Media)); experimental film, Berlinale 2004 2005 Das Ovo (Ovo - das Video); short film, Berlinale 2006 2007 FACE IT! (Cast Your Self™); short film

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026