Visit for Emma
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| Original title | Visit for Emma |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ingo Rasper |
| script | Karlotta Ehrenberg |
| production |
Valeria Pauz Rima Schmidt |
| music | Annette Focks |
| camera | Klaus Merkel |
| cut | Uta Schmidt |
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Visit for Emma is a German television film by Ingo Rasper from 2015 , which was produced on behalf of Das Erste .
action
Emma Beeskow works as a cashier in a discount store . The Einsamsein plagues them so much that they even the customers wallet stolen, to steer around these then as alleged Scout in her apartment, where she even cooked. Her scam has remained undiscovered so far, but now a customer in the shop notices that his wallet is missing and since the homeless August Zinnerberg was standing next to him at the cash register, the customer accuses him of stealing the wallet. The police are called and Zinnerberg is taken to the guard. Emma is clearly uncomfortable that the man is now in trouble because of her, but she cannot help him in this situation without getting herself into great trouble.
The next day, Zinnerberg is back at Emma's counter and indicates that she owes him something. Because he had watched her take the wallet. His contact ends with Emma taking him home, letting him shower and washing his clothes. She looks at his ID and finds out that the man is even aristocratic and is called August von Zinnerberg. Although Emma is actually looking for contact with other people, her unwanted billeting worries her a little. Zinnerberg has his own ideas and absolutely does not behave as she expects. So she is happy when she gets rid of him the next day. But the joy is short-lived, the next day Zinnerberg is back at her door to bring her back the things she had lent him. She now shares her dinner with Zinnerberg, who now thinks it was actually worth being arrested for Emma. Emma is no longer so dismissive of Zinnerberg and realizes that both have the same fondness for music and Elvis Presley . So the evening turns out differently for Emma than she had planned, but very entertaining. Zinnerberg tells about his life because Emma wants to know how he "landed" on the street. August, as she can now call him, explains that he simply couldn't handle the money that he had available very early on.
While Emma is convinced that August is a person like everyone else, she doesn't dare to stand by him across the board from her work colleagues. Due to the police operation, he is banned from entering the discounter and when he wants to speak to Emma for a moment, he is thrown out of the door very roughly. This is uncomfortable for her, but she does not contact August until after work to apologize. August grumbled and took note of this and got ready for the night on "his" park bench.
After Emma hadn't heard from August for days and winter was approaching, she started to worry. She tries to find him, but August cannot be found on the street or in bars where he usually makes music, nor in the warming rooms. When she finally tracks him down, he looks very upset. Although he has set up in a dry attic, he coughs heavily and Emma cannot take responsibility for letting him camp here. Reluctantly, August comes along and lets Emma take care of her. She even reports sick to her employer so that she can be there for August, who has a high fever. But hardly that he is feeling a little better, he annoys her again with his remarks. But Emma manages to give up a little of his ability to take life a little easier. So she just takes her six weeks vacation and wants to go on vacation with him as soon as August is completely healthy again. But that's nothing for August, so permanently in one place. He is a musician and needs his freedom. He has lived on the streets for 15 years and is allergic to handouts. He is grateful to her for everything she has done for him, but such an "emergency community" would not make either of them happy. He packs his things and leaves.
Emma is angry and reacts first with loud music and house cleaning. Then, instead of just sitting at home alone, as usual, she goes out and enjoys the raging life of the big city. She doesn't want to go on vacation at all, but then changes her mind and even books a flight to America - all by herself. When she tells August about her plans, he is very astonished and takes her to the airfield.
background
Visit for Emma was filmed under the working title Lonely Emma from November 3, 2014 to December 7, 2014 at locations in Berlin . H&V Entertainment and Novafilm Fernsehproduktion are responsible for the production.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said “A visit for Emma” is once a television film “that does without the usual height-of-fall tricks, without lower-class clichés and social romance. A little self-discovery is possible; But first and foremost, this life-wise tragic comedy is a casually realistic and sensitively told film about a woman around fifty. "
For the television magazine TV Spielfilm , visit for Emma delivered “Melancholy with a Berlin muzzle - great!”. They gave the film the best possible rating, the thumbs up.
Fernsehserien.de wrote: “In 'Visit for Emma', Max Ophüls Prize winner Ingo Rasper tells a Berlin city story from the middle of life, based on a script by Karlotta Ehrenberg. Dagmar Manzel impresses as a lonely woman in her prime who has to learn to be happy on her own. The shrewd August […] (Henry Hübchen) opens her eyes for it. The film was staged and equipped with a love of detail and its characters. The look in pastel tones gives the tragic comedy set at the infamous Kottbusser Tor a wonderfully conciliatory touch. With this film, MDR television congratulates the great actress Dagmar Manzel on her 60th birthday. "
The TAZ came to the verdict: “It seems as if the ARD wanted the impression that Degeto was their in-house confectionery factory, buried once and for all.” “Karlotta Ehrenberg (book) and Ingo bring with 'Visit for Emma' Rasper (director) finished the feat, which is unique on German television, of telling a (despite 'Kotti') no cliché, nothing euphemistic, completely unromantic, absolutely kitsch-free and at the same time almost warm-hearted, but somehow beautiful story. Unbelievable!"
Web links
- Visit for Emma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Visit for Emma at crew united
- Visit for Emma at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ The first / start of shooting for the ARD Degeto tragicomedy "Lonely Emma" (AT). Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Visit for Emma, TV-Film, 2014-2015 | Crew United. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Manzel, Hübchen, Ehrenberg, Ingo Rasper. Die kleine Frau & der Lebenskünstler at tittelbach.tv , accessed on February 29, 2020.
- ↑ TV Spielfilm Online: Visit for Emma - Film Review - Film - TV SPIELFILM. Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Visit for Emma at Fernsehserien.de , accessed on February 29, 2020.
- ↑ ARD can also do well at taz.de , accessed on February 29, 2020.