Bela Kiss: Prologue
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bela Kiss: Prologue |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 18 JMK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lucien Foerstner |
| script | Lucien Foerstner |
| production | Sylvia Günthner |
| music | Tim Nowack |
| camera | Sven Latzke |
| cut |
Eric Kazak , Lucien Förstner |
| occupation | |
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Bela Kiss: Prologue is a German horror film from 2013 by director Lucien Förstner . Kristina Klebe , Fabian Stumm and Julia Horvath play the leading roles . The title role of the serial killer Béla Kiss took over Rudolf Martin . Tim Nowack wrote the music for the film . The world premiere took place on January 9, 2013, in Germany the film opened in cinemas on January 10, 2013 and went on sale as Blu-Ray and DVD on November 29, 2013. The film opened on December 3, 2013 in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
action
The serial killer Béla Kiss killed more than 20 young women at the beginning of the First World War . Allegedly killed in the war, he was spotted again and again decades later. Its whereabouts remained unclear.
Almost 100 years later, five young people are hiding in a remote hotel in the forest after a successful bank robbery. Gradually there is a quarrel within the group and finally the first murder. Béla Kiss, long believed dead, still seems to be alive.
production
Bela Kiss: Prologue started in May 2009 as a diploma project by four students from the Lazi Academy - The European School of Film and Design in Esslingen. While researching serial killers for a future film project, the team of Mirror Maze, Lucien Förstner, Sylvia Günthner, Steven Weber and Eric Kazak became aware of the story of Béla Kiss.
The project was financed exclusively by its creators and an investor. Funding could not be called up because the makers were still students at the time the project started, which rules out film funding. The film was shot at different locations in Baden-Württemberg: Schlosshotel Waldlust and Haus Salem in Freudenstadt , Brandhofer Sägmühle in Gschwend and Snap Studios in Stuttgart.
In order to save money, the four filmmakers collected furniture and equipment free of charge for the production design a year before the shoot, from household resolutions, from bulky waste and through calls.
Bela Kiss: Prologue made the leap into the cinema through the film distribution company Drei-freunde, to whom Mirror Maze presented the film for the first time before it was shot. However, the decision to include it in the rental portfolio was not made until one year after the shooting began. The total production time was three years.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Julia | Kristina Klebe | Julia Kaufmann |
| Nikolai | Fabian Stumm | Peter Lontzek |
| Felix | Ben Bela Boehm | Ben Bela Boehm |
| Peter | Angus McGruther | Alexander Döring |
| Mrs. Jakubec | Julia Horvath | Julia Horvath |
| killer | Jörg Koslowsky | Jörg Koslowsky |
| Pest Haigh | Peer Martiny | Reinhard Kuhnert |
criticism
The film received mixed reviews. This is how the filmstarts.de critics judged:
“Lucien Förstner's debut film 'Bela Kiss: Prologue' has some strong moments - but in the end the disappointment prevails. Various sub-genres of horror film are processed too aimlessly, the popular role models and their superiority are too clear. "
The critic of moviemaze.de also criticized the fact that the film is based too much on its role models:
“And yet Bela Kiss: Prologue mostly looks like its American genre role models. It's actually a shame, as this largely obscures the fact that this directorial debut has quite a few good approaches to offer. "
The review of the film magazine Deadline was more positive :
"This successful 'prologue' is fun and makes you want more."
The film magazine Cinema also praised the film:
"A remarkable indie shocker with powerful images."
Web links
- Bela Kiss: Prologue in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with director Lucien Förstner on November 21, 2012 at WatchTheShit.de
- Announcement of the USA launch via Shock Till You Drop on November 26, 2013 at www.comingsoon.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Bela Kiss: Prologue . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2013 (PDF; test number: 135 674 K).
- ↑ Bela Kiss: Prologue at filmstarts.de, accessed on January 15, 2013
- ↑ Bela Kiss: Prologue on moviemaze.de ( Memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Deadline No. 37, January / February 2013, page 28
- ↑ Cinema No. 416, January 2013, page 61