Mama, Papa, Zombie (1984) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1984 · 45 mins · German

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Directed by

Claus Bienfait

Starring

Volker Laubert, Sabine Krug, Norbert Schlottmann, Wolf-Dieter Gramatke, Konrad Jentzsch, Joachim Knoll

At the close of the 1970s, as VHS technology arrived and video rental shops proliferated across West Germany, the living room became a new battleground for media consumption. In 1984, ZDF launched a study to assess how graphic films affected children and adolescents and to evaluate the role of censorship bodies, schools and parents in mitigating those influences.