Welcome to the Hartmanns

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Movie
Original title Welcome to the Hartmanns
Welcome to the Hartmanns Poster.png
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2016
length 116 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 8
Rod
Director Simon Verhoeven
script Simon Verhoeven
production Quirin Berg ,
Max Wiedemann ,
Simon Verhoeven,
Michael Verhoeven
music Gary Go
camera Jo home
cut Stefan Essl ,
Dennis Bachter
occupation

Willkommen bei den Hartmanns is a German comedy film by Simon Verhoeven from 2016. The film is about a German family who takes in a refugee and thus addresses the refugee crisis in Germany .

The film was released on November 3, 2016 and has so far reached 3.8 million viewers in Germany.

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The Hartmanns are the former teacher Angelika; her husband Richard, chief physician; Daughter Sofie, 31, meanwhile a psychology student ; Son Philipp, successful business lawyer, currently in divorce; his twelve year old son Basti. Richard is struggling with aging - he refuses to retire and lets his friend, plastic surgeon Dr. Sascha Heinrich spraying away wrinkles. Angelika is criticized by her husband because of her do-gooder .

One day Angelika surrenders used clothing in a container accommodation for refugees and meets her former colleague Heike Broscher, who gives German courses. Angelika makes the decision to take in a refugee. She shares it with her family over dinner. Richard and Philipp initially categorically reject it, while Sofie supports her. Angelika already has an appointment with Bernd Bader, the head of the accommodation. So Richard goes with them and after several rounds of introductions with different families they finally decide in favor of the single Nigerian Diallo.

Richard is nervous and annoyed at work; He repeatedly snubbed the ambitious young doctor Tarek Berger, which one day led to an argument in front of the ears of colleagues and patients. Tarek leads a weekly jogging group for refugees, in which Diallo also takes part. Richard and Tarek know each other from a birthday party at Sofie's when the then nine-year-old Tarek destroyed a valuable vase. Diallo, who does manual work in the garden and at home, has a very good relationship with Angelika in particular. There are some things he cannot understand about the Germans, e.g. B. that Sofie has neither husband nor children. When Basti shoots a hip-hop video with his friends at school, Diallo acts as a supervisor. Basti has also hired scantily clad dancers, which almost leads to his expulsion from school, which his father can still prevent. Because of Basti's bad grades, Philipp suggests to the teacher that Basti could secure his transfer with a good presentation. Otherwise Philipp has no time for his son, as he has to constantly fly to Shanghai , where he is leading a project that is important for his career. When he is rushed to his flight again, he defies a control in the airport and ends up in the psychiatric ward. There he is diagnosed with burnout syndrome and cannot leave the facility until he has bribed the responsible psychiatrist. Basti gives a presentation on the refugee problem in front of his class. He takes Diallo with him, who tells how he fled from the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram , which destroyed his village and murdered his family.

In the meantime, the exalted Heike has organized a welcome party for Diallo in the Hartmanns' villa, for which she has invited members of an African group and a circus; a zebra is also present. The neighbor calls the police because of noise pollution, and they also register that the party, which had gotten out of hand, was held for the asylum seeker Diallo. Sofie is pursued by her admirer Kurt, who sees a potential terrorist in Diallo and organizes a “vigil” with friends in front of the Hartmanns' house. There is a fight between Diallo and Kurt. When the police called by the neighbor appear, Sofie has Kurt led away as an intruder.

Diallo would like to bring the two singles Sofie and Tarek together, but they tell him that they want to look for a partner themselves, as is customary in Germany. The two eventually meet by chance and fall in love. In a discotheque, the two meet Richard, who “wants to enjoy life” and is introduced to women by Sascha Heinrich. Richard has meanwhile moved out of his home after differences with Angelika. Diallo meets him on a bench by the river and encourages him to go home to Angelika. Diallo then learns from Bernd Bader that his asylum application has been rejected, but that he has lodged an objection on his behalf, so that a court hearing will take place. Basti calls his father in Shanghai and urges him to fly back to defend Diallo. Philipp initially refuses, but then leaves the contract negotiations to his assistant and just comes to the court when the judge wants to read out the verdict. In a speech he fights for Diallo and suggests watching the video of Basti's presentation on the smartphone. But this has already happened because Basti also had this idea; the judge was about to announce Diallo's asylum approval anyway.

Richard returns to Angelika just as Sofie introduces her new friend Tarek. At that moment, the demonstrating right-wing radicals attack the house with stones, whereupon Richard suffers a heart attack and Tarek gives first aid. Diallo has long been monitored by investigators from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution using a drone camera. They misjudge the situation and let a SEK unit storm the house. When the commanders see that Diallo is helpful and not threatening, the action is canceled.

To celebrate Diallo's asylum recognition, the Hartmanns celebrate a party with Diallo, Heike and Tarek.

background

Regarding the subject matter of the film, the director said:

“ Welcome to the Hartmanns is certainly a piece of social satire and of course not always politically correct. I think, especially in these times of general German confusion and tension, it is very important that we do not lose our sense of humor and that we can always smile at ourselves. First and foremost, the film will be a great comedy with turbulent stories and real, lovable characters. "

- Simon Verhoeven , director

In addition to the well-known German actors Elyas M'Barek , Florian David Fitz and Heiner Lauterbach , Verhoeven's mother Senta Berger also plays a leading role. The Belgian Eric Kabongo plays the role of the refugee Diallo and is in front of the camera for the first time for a major film.

The film was shot entirely in and around Munich , for example the practice of Dr. Sascha Heinrich reenacted in the BMW Museum . The premiere took place on October 25, 2016 in the Mathäser Kino. He was supported by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern with 900,000 euros in production.

Stage version

In November 2017, the stage version, edited by Angelika Hager and staged by Peter Wittenberg, premiered at the Vienna Akademietheater , with Alexandra Henkel as Angelika, Markus Hering as Richard, Simon Jensen as Philipp, Alina Fritsch as Sofie and David Wurawa as Diallo.

Soundtrack

The official soundtrack for the film was released on November 4, 2016 under the label 2 Lane Records . The album has a total length of about 50 minutes and contains 16 songs. The song Chöre by Mark Forster was released as a single with an accompanying music video.

  1. Hartmann House Band - New City, New Me
  2. Raphael Lake - Just Because
  3. Adriano - The News
  4. Adriano - Pull It Off
  5. Danielle Parente - Love the Way We Come Together
  6. Mark Forster - choirs
  7. Fertilization dwarfs - chill your face
  8. Y'akoto - Fool Me Once
  9. Krazy-e - Fire That Gun
  10. Broken Boat - Let's Make Time to Talk
  11. Meridian Dan - Don't Feed the Animals
  12. Krazy-e - Why Try
  13. Max Josef - Heart
  14. Gary Go - Once Was Home
  15. Bonsai Clerks - Slow Ron
  16. Adriano - Pull It Off (Bonus Instrumental)

Reviews

The film received positive but also critical reviews from critics. On the first weekend in November it got the (until then) “best start” of a German cinema production in 2016. Simon Verhoeven's directing and cast was particularly praised .

The Süddeutsche Zeitung described the film as “charming and funny.” The comedy works because it is a “type comedy in the best sense of the word”, “one that lovingly targets each of its types. The Pegida paranoiacs who wore mini torches in front of the villa to say 'Safety!' chant, just like the old 68er whose uninhibited welcome party for Diallo lets the police come. You can almost say: Above all the crazy Munich clichés there is a little bit of Helmut Dietl's spirit. "

The Focus said: “With Willkommen bei den Hartmanns , Simon Verhoeven and his team have succeeded in creating a German comedy that takes up a hot topic. A kind of mandatory film on the current state of German society. And if you grimace now, that's a promise: Guaranteed not to have laughed like that in the cinema for a long time! "

Der Spiegel noted that the comedy showed "a lot of riot and a few bizarre mistakes" as well as "awesome courage to be politically topical".

The film website Cinema found that Welcome to the Hartmanns is an important film that comes at exactly the right time: "In a tense situation, this wonderfully written film makes for a liberating laugh."

Antje Wessels wrote on the film website Filmstarts.de : “(...) Welcome to the Hartmanns is neither a naive 'Refugees Welcome' fairy tale nor a fear-inducing polemic, but a critical inventory full of humor and compassion. (...) Conclusion: Director Simon Verhoeven illuminates the difficult topic of the refugee crisis in his tragic comedy (...) in a multi-faceted and understanding way: a film to laugh, cry and think about. "

Deutschlandradio Kultur declared it “the best German cinema [of] the year” and particularly praised the directorial work: “Simon Verhoeven, son of Senta Berger and director Michael Verhoeven , made a clever, amusing and kitsch-free film with a flair for strong punch lines strike the right balance between exaggeration and dismay - with an excellent ensemble. "

The Berliner Morgenpost wrote on November 2, 2016: “The refugee crisis as a comedy? That's fine. Simon Verhoeven proves it with his new film. And his stars play along with pleasure. "And added:" Welcome to the Hartmanns is something like the film on the State of the Union and comes at exactly the right time. "

In its review of the film, the Münchener Abendzeitung stated: “You have seldom heard such funny dialogues in a German film. All sides are targeted: helpers, Nazis, refugees. Verhoeven's film largely dispenses with moral judgments and relies on a lightness that has long been lost in large parts of the political debate. ”In summary, she explains the film as a“ fast-paced comedy with fantastic supporting roles. ”In an earlier article from October 31, 2016 the newspaper says the film is "the best German comedy of the year"

Bayern 2 took a more critical view of the film: “It's almost as if you couldn't really take Diallo seriously as a highly impeccable appearance. It lacks corners and edges, something real, just a few unpleasant or bad sides. [...] Anyone who expects a provocative, ironically ambiguous, cheeky, absurdly over-the-top comedy is wrong with the Hartmanns. Simon Verhoeven's film has quite funny scenes, is solidly staged and well cast, but in the end he is actually like his protagonist: Nice, sweet, cheerful and full of empathy. "

Der Spiegel wrote in a similarly distant manner : “'Welcome to the Hartmanns' is a bumpy film. The script seems to be screwed together from tried and tested sketches and political cabaret acts. The always sunny, cozy aesthetic of the pictures is reminiscent of Til Schweiger films such as 'Zweiohrküken' and shows a German paradise like from tourism advertising: Seems it never rains in Southern Bavaria. It fits very well with the well-intentioned confusion of this film that on the posters announcing it, only five of the six main actors shown in the picture were initially named by name, because Eric Kabongo's apparently not prominent enough. "

The time came to the conclusion: “Welcome to the Hartmanns suffers, as German cinema so often, from an ultimately well-behaved figure drawing and excessive realism. There is a lack of harshness, sharpness, viciousness, the punk [sic], the comedy for Brings flying. But isn't it already possible to learn from Billy Wilder that a comedy has to create a crazy artificial language and a crazy art world in order to get a grip on the crazy present? "

For Yahoo Kino , Willkommen bei der Hartmanns was “the most disappointing German film” of 2016: “The comedy about a middle-class family who takes in a Nigerian refugee comes as a well-intentioned commentary on the current refugee crisis, but it turns out to be a patronizing feeling. Good lesson about being German. "

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

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