Synopsis
Jimi Hendrix‘ last performance was at the open air festi- val on the island of Fehmarn. Now the festival itself is to take place for the last time. Memories could not be more con- tradictory: For some it was the weekend of their lives - for others it was a total smashup and a catastrophe. In any case, the first festival in 1970 saw the tip of Fehmarn completely trashed and the odd pig slaughtered illegally. The performance by Jimi Hendrix was the only brief ray of sunshine at a festival that was otherwise wrought by storm, rain and chaos. The island‘s administration swore: Never again…But everyone who had been there at the time remembers that special weekend with a glow in their eye. Rasmus Gerlach, Wolfgang Neitzel and Paul Kulms have researched the history of Germany‘s first major open air festival and the last concert of Jimi Hendrix. They look behind the scenes and bring artists and enthusiastic regular guests before the camera. The festival still exists today - but now it is to be prohibited. Fehmarn is to be “cleared” for the Belt Bridge to Denmark. This development
adds a certain explosiveness to the documentary film.