Spring for two
| Episode of the Spring Series | |||
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| title | Spring for two | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
UFA fiction | ||
| length | 90 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 0 | ||
| classification | Episode 9 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | March 22, 2015 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Michael Karen | ||
| script | Natalie Sharp | ||
| production | Marc Lepetit | ||
| music |
Ina Siefert Nellis Du Biel |
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| camera |
Peter Joachim Krause Benjamin Dernbecher |
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| cut | Moune Barius | ||
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Spring for Two is a German television film from the spring television series by Michael Karen . It was first broadcast on ZDF on March 22, 2015 . Cornelia Froboess can be seen in this episode in a guest role, she plays a lonely farmer who does not want to admit the death of her son.
The film tells the story of the village helper Katja Baumann, played by Simone Thomalla , who supports families in emergency situations and at the same time tries to bring spring into people's hearts. It is the ninth film in a series that focuses on a village called Spring .
action
Village helper Katja receives the good news from Pastor Sonnleitner that she should take over the management of the village helper station "Hand in Hand" with immediate effect. Before she can really enjoy it, however, a new case is waiting for Katja. The single farmer Maria Sindlfinger fell off a ladder and has to stay in the clinic with a broken arm. Katja is only supposed to look after the animals in the old woman's yard, but she is faced with a desolate sight: in and around the farmhouse there is pure chaos. Katja learns from the postman that Maria is waiting for her son Tony to visit her. When he returns, he should then see how helpless and overwhelmed his mother is, what should induce him to return to her.
While Katja wants to create a little order, she meets Cem, a good-looking dentist from Berlin, who helps his relatives with the move, who have bought the farm not far from Maria Sindlfinger's property. Katja is very fond of Cem's charm and arranges to meet him for dinner. Before that, however, it is necessary to take care of the animals and tidy up a bit, which annoys Maria when she comes home early from the clinic. Grumpy, she sends Katja away again, but she makes it clear that she will come back the next day.
As soon as she got home, Katja witnessed a tangible argument between Mark Weber and his partner Sophie. Sophie is seriously convinced that it will not go well with Mark and her and moves out. When Katja is getting ready for the evening, her daughter Kiki assumes that she is doing this for Mark and is more than surprised when her mother is picked up by a man she does not know. Katja enjoys the evening, which is full of surprises for her. Instead of taking them to a pub, Cem organized a romantic picnic with lots of lights and views of the village. Both also share the fate of having been abandoned.
In a good mood, Katja brings a small self-baked cake for Maria the next morning, because she knows about her birthday. However, Maria doesn't let anyone into the house. So Katja simply puts the cake in front of the door. It seems difficult to get access to the grouchy woman, but Katja doesn't give up anytime soon. But now they first distract the new neighbors. Katja promises to organize a small party for the fun-loving Turkish family from Berlin-Kreuzberg, who are eagerly devoting themselves to their organic farming. The village helper hopes that she can lure Maria out of her self-chosen isolation. While Cem promises to take care of everything, Katja tries to find Maria's son to talk to. From what Mary said, she concludes that he is married in the neighboring village. With the help of the pastor, she can find Anja Weiher and learns that Tony Sindlfinger has been dead for many years. The couple had separated already at Christmas 2004 and Tony then went to Thailand alone over the holidays and fell victim to the tsunami there . Anja also tells Katja that his mother knew this. As it stands, she doesn't want to admit it.
With the knowledge of Maria's grief, Katja really wants to persuade the lonely old woman to take part in the birthday party organized for her. Despite all the efforts that everyone has made, Maria cannot be persuaded to leave her house. She's caught too deeply in her grief. Later she falls asleep lonely on her kitchen bench. After Katja says goodbye to Cem, she looks again at Maria and finds her sleeping in the kitchen. Carefully she covered Marie with a blanket and lay herself on the free side of the bench so that Maria would not be alone that night. Both are woken up the next morning by an annoyed Kiki who was worried about her mother who didn't come home. Maria witnesses how Kiki makes it clear to her mother how bad the night was for her and that you don't leave someone you love in the dark. This means that she finally opens up to Katja and speaks to her. She insists that her Tony live with Anja in Thailand. Without further ado, Katja takes her to the village where Anja lives and when Maria sees the young woman with her small family, she no longer closes herself off from reality.
Cem, who had asked Katja to accompany him to Berlin for a weekend, which she had not refused him when she was first in love, now has to deal with Katja's doubts as to whether it was right to start a long-distance relationship. But Cem sees through it, because it is the relationship itself that scares Katja, which is also one of the reasons why she never managed to get fully involved with Mark. While Cem leaves without her, Katja remains depressed. But as soon as he's gone, she drives after him and is sure that the distance from spring to Berlin is not that terribly far.
background
The episode was produced by ZDF in collaboration with “Seven Dogs Filmproduktion” and teamWorx Television & Film and broadcast as part of the ZDF “Herzkino” series.
In this episode it is mentioned for the first time that the Dorfhelferinnen eV is a Christian institution and is supported by the church.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on March 22, 2015, Frühling was seen by 5.40 million viewers in Germany, which corresponded to a market share of 14.4 percent.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv comes to the conclusion: “The creators have apparently recognized themselves that - like on Sunday in the 'Herzkino' in general - something fundamental should also be done in and around spring. If love is seriously negotiated, in combination with the motif long-distance relationship, the series could certainly give new inspiration and emotional intelligence. If that went beyond the kitchen-psychological tolerance of the heroine and the melancholy sadness of her roommate, who was once in love with her, the series could continue to enrich the Pilcher-Lindström biotope. The line-ups (after Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Kai Wiesinger & Maria Simon this time Cornelia Froboess, who would have been wished for a somewhat less coarse purifying dramaturgy) have always been impressive. "
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm keep their fingers crossed for this episode. They judge: "The accumulation of problems in this episode remains fairly manageable, and the blossoming romance screams for at least one more continuation of the series." Conclusion: "Finally there is the overdue love story!"
Web links
- Spring for two in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Spring for two at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spring for two at tittelbach.tv , accessed on April 12, 2015.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach: Spring for Two, film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 12, 2015.
- ↑ TV drama: Simone Thomalla's ninth assignment as a village helper. Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on April 12, 2015.