Backbeat

Name: Backbeat
Director: Iain Softley
Released: 1994-01-01

1994 film by Iain Softley

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Released: 1994
, April 14, 1994
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1.Stated in Lexicon of international films
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Director: Iain Softley
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/Retrieved 2016-07-10
2.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-31770/Retrieved 2016-07-10
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Screenwriter: Iain Softley
, Stephen Ward
, Michael Thomas
Producer: Stephen Woolley
Cast: Sheryl Lee
, Stephen Dorff
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1.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-31770/Retrieved 2016-07-10
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, Ian Hart
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1.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-31770/Retrieved 2016-07-10
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, Jennifer Ehle
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Runtime: 96 min
Genre: biographical film
, drama film
Country of origin: United Kingdom
, Germany

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Backbeat is a 1994 British biographical drama film directed and co-written by Iain Softley in his feature directorial debut. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, West Germany, focusing primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon, and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.

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Director of photography: Ian Wilson
Narrative location: Liverpool
Hamburg
Film editor: Martin Walsh
Title: Backbeat
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 12
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/84843
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Medierådet rating: For ages 12 and up
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 69%(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 39 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Backbeat”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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6.2/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Backbeat”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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Soundtrack release: Backbeat – Music from the Motion Picture
Filmiroda rating: Category II rating certificate id: F/1187/J
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1.Stated in terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx
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Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Sex, Coarse language
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/backbeat/Retrieved 2025-06-22
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Main subject: John Lennon
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1.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/30/backbeat-the-beatles-reel-historyRetrieved 2026-09-22
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Stuart Sutcliffe
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1.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/30/backbeat-the-beatles-reel-historyRetrieved 2026-09-22
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George Harrison
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1.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/30/backbeat-the-beatles-reel-historyRetrieved 2026-09-22
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