Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Backbeat

A dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of The Beatles' early history.

Director

Iain Softley

Year

Genre

biography, drama, music

Box Office

$2,392,589

Production

Film4 Productions,PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,The Rank Organisation,Senator Film

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 4 nominations total

You Might Also Like

Oh, God! You Devil, Lisztomania, How I Won the War, Back to School, Working Girl, Nowhere Boy, Gothika, Priest, Gremlins, Apocalypto, Goal II: Living the Dream, Puppet Master, The Godfather: Part III, Pale Rider, Tenet, Sweet Smell of Success

Astrid Kirchherr

Stuart Sutcliffe

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

Pete Best

Klaus Voormann

Cynthia Powell

Singer

Marcelle Duprey

Sailor 1

Sailor 2

Bernard Merrick

Sailor 3

Nicholas Tennant

Model

Finola Geraghty

Arthur Ballard

Lord Woodbine

Mrs. Harrison

Bruno Koschmider

Groupie

Christiana Uriarte

Groupie

Abigail Wrapson

Groupie

Galit Hershkovitz

Pimp

Barman

Stephan Grothgar

Hooker

Johannes

Exis

Exis

Bert Kaempfert

Tony Sheridan

Ringo Starr

Policeman

Napoleon

Alexei Jawdokimov

Doctor

Kaiserkeller Barman

Photographic Model

Prostitute on Reeperbahn

Existentialist

View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 43 Clips

John Lennon Stuart Sutcliffe Klaus Voormann Paul Mccartney Pete Best Pimp

Cream tea anybody - Backbeat

Cream tea anybody

Paul Come on George we're starving - Backbeat

Paul Come on George we're starving

Good evening ladies and genitals we're the band - Backbeat

Good evening ladies and genitals we're the band

# If you wanna hear some music
like the boys are playin' - Backbeat

# If you wanna hear some music like the boys are playin'...

Listen you You want to fight somebody fight me - Backbeat

Listen you You want to fight somebody fight me

I liked your show You had fun - Backbeat

I liked your show You had fun

You all right Stu - Backbeat

You all right Stu

I was thinking more
along the lines of a steak. - Backbeat

I was thinking more along the lines of a steak.

# Have some fun tonight
Have some fun tonight - Backbeat

# Have some fun tonight Have some fun tonight

(Chatter, indistinct) - Backbeat

(Chatter, indistinct)

You don't say much do you - Backbeat

You don't say much do you

I said Vincent where did it all go wrong - Backbeat

I said Vincent where did it all go wrong

Time to go home time to go home - Backbeat

Time to go home time to go home

So did you shag her then She's a photographer - Backbeat

So did you shag her then She's a photographer

# Ah-ah-ah - Backbeat

Is he your boyfriend? - Backbeat

Is he your boyfriend?

Fuckin' hell. - Backbeat

They say that you are quite fantastic - Backbeat

They say that you are quite fantastic

Good evening, ladies and genitals. - Backbeat

Good evening, ladies and genitals.

You can't do your solo spot anymore Stu - Backbeat

You can't do your solo spot anymore Stu

We're gonna be too big for Hamburg - Backbeat

We're gonna be too big for Hamburg

(Birdsong) - Backbeat

Ich liebe dich. - Backbeat

Ich liebe dich.

So you're still a group - Backbeat

So you're still a group

(Astrid) "'And big, indiscreet trees - Backbeat

(Astrid) "'And big, indiscreet trees

Come on. Rise and shine, Tonto. - Backbeat

Come on. Rise and shine, Tonto.

She thinks I'm queer Astrid - Backbeat

She thinks I'm queer Astrid

I like the blonde but I prefer the brunette - Backbeat

I like the blonde but I prefer the brunette

(Cheers become fainter, distorted) - Backbeat

(Cheers become fainter, distorted)

(Bicycle bell) - Backbeat

Tell me something John Lennon - Backbeat

Tell me something John Lennon

There goes Stuart Sutcliffe - Backbeat

There goes Stuart Sutcliffe

(Door opens) - Backbeat

Get up! - Backbeat

(Distant thunder) - Backbeat

(Distant thunder)

I'm sorry. - Backbeat

# Good golly, Miss Molly - Backbeat

# Good golly, Miss Molly

Damn! - Backbeat

(Grunts) - Backbeat

John Liverpool Home of - Backbeat

John Liverpool Home of

Astrid! Astrid! - Backbeat

Astrid! Astrid!

- He was here?
- Yes. - Backbeat

- He was here? - Yes.

All right, everyone.
Here's a song for absent friends. - Backbeat

All right, everyone. Here's a song for absent friends.

Backbeat poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of The Beatles' early history.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Iain Softley

Writer: Iain Softley, Michael Thomas, Stephen Ward

Production: Film4 Productions,PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,The Rank Organisation,Senator Film

Genre: biography, drama, music

Year: 1994

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: $2,392,589

Released: 15 Apr 1994

Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 4 nominations total

Homepage:

Also watch: Oh, God! You Devil, Lisztomania, How I Won the War, Back to School, Working Girl, Nowhere Boy, Gothika, Priest, Gremlins, Apocalypto, Goal II: Living the Dream, Puppet Master, The Godfather: Part III, Pale Rider, Tenet, Sweet Smell of Success