The Captain Berlin character was created by Buttgereit in the early 1980s and first appeared in his Super 8 short film CAPTAIN BERLIN - RETTER DER WELT (CAPTAIN BERLIN SAVES THE WORLD). In this film, Buttgereit himself plays Captain Berlin in a yellow jumpsuit with red briefs worn on the outside, capped off by a Spiderman mask and a repurposed flag worn as a cape. Clearly the product of a punk sensibility slamming head-on into a love of the 1960s "Batman" teevee show. The film is funny to watch but low on stuff like "production values," "plot," and "sense."

Bela B.

Ferngesteuerter Mutant

Peter Synthetic

Mister Synth

Jörg Buttgereit

Captain Berlin

• Jörg ButtgereitDirector

Release date

January 1, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

11m