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Quadrophenia(Movie, 1979)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h | Genres: Drama, Music
QuadropheniaRating: 3.6/5 (with 104104 votes)
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British drama film, based on the Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing début. Unlike the adaptation of Tommy, Quadrophenia is not a musical film, and the band does not appear live in the film. The film is set in London in 1964, a time when the working class youth broadly aligned themselves with one of two factions who frequently engaged in gang brawls with each other. The Mods wore sharp suits, listened to current British pop and American soul music, took amphetamines and rode scooters. The Rockers rode powerful British motorcycles such as Triumph and BSA, wore black leather jackets and listened to 1950's American rock 'n' roll. The film stars Phil Daniels as Jimmy Cooper, a young mod who escapes from his dead-end job as a postroom boy by dancing, partying, taking amphetamines, riding his scooter and brawling with Rockers. After he and his friends participate in a huge brawl with the Rockers at the seaside town of Brighton, he is arrested and his life starts to spiral out of control; he loses his love interest (Leslie ... ()
Movie poster of Quadrophenia

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Available subtitles: German, English
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About Quadrophenia

Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.

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Quadrophenia (1979) Original Trailer [FHD](Trailer, 1:40)

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London, Brighton
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 11/09/1979 (World premiere: 09/14/1979)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Куадрофения"
"Er du gal, mand?"
"Quadrophenia: A Way of Life"
"Kvadrofónia"
"さらば青春の光"
"콰드로페니아"
"Kwadrofonia"
"Квадрофения"

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