14 days for life
| Movie | |
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| Original title | 14 days for life |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roland Suso Richter |
| script | Holger Karsten Schmidt |
| production |
Martin Heldmann , Werner Koenig |
| music |
Ulrich Reuter , Christoph Gracian Schubert |
| camera | Martin Langer |
| cut | Peter R. Adam |
| occupation | |
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A German fiction film by Roland Suso Richter from 1997 based on a script by Holger Karsten Schmidt is 14 days for life . Kai Wiesinger plays the main role of a lawyer in the thriller .
action
The cynical arrogant star lawyer Konrad von Seidlitz collects aware traffic ticket and fail to pay the, knowing that he it for 14 days Erzwingungshaft go to jail. He hopes that this will result in a PR coup as a boost for his legal career. In prison he behaves arrogantly because he is sure that he will be able to leave it again after 14 days. However, when a cell is searched shortly before he is due to be released, drugs are foisted on him. Instead of being released after two weeks as planned, he is sentenced to two years without parole for drug trafficking through a plot by his law firm partner Axel Häring, who is having an affair with Seidlitz's fiancé. Now his condescending behavior takes revenge on his fellow prisoners and guards and he gets to know the harsh reality of everyday prison life. He is humiliated in prison and has to watch as his existence as a lawyer from a good family is destroyed and his former entourage turns away from him. Out of necessity he begins to adapt and find his way in prison. Finally, fellow prisoner Czernetzky, who Seidlitz initially felt threatened by, helps him to uncover the intrigue and restore Seidlitz's reputation. Seidlitz escapes from prison with the help of the prison doctor, among others, but comes back there voluntarily, also to secure the support of fellow prisoners for the fight against Häring. There is a showdown in the court between the former law firm partners and Häring is sentenced to a five-year prison term. When Seidlitz thinks he has survived the nightmare, however, his now close connections to the underworld catch up with him. He is forced into a hopeless situation of life and death, from which he saves his supporter Czernetzky by murder.
background
The film was shot in Aachen , Cologne and Berlin . The prison scenes were created in the former Rummelsburg prison , today's memorial in Berlin-Lichtenberg and in the former remand prison at Keibelstrasse in Berlin-Mitte .
The film opened in German cinemas on April 3, 1997. The Filmförderungsanstalt recorded 392,760 visitors by the end of 1998. After a VHS release in 1998, it was released on DVD on December 12, 2000 .
The soundtrack was released on April 1, 1997 and includes titles by Nana , Xzibit , Down Low , Ghetto People and Delinquent Habits , among others .
Awards
Cinematographer Martin Langer won the German Film Prize in 1997 . The film was also nominated for Leading, Supporting, Director, and Best Picture categories. At the Bavarian Film Prize 1997, Kai Wiesinger and Michael Mendl received actor awards . At the German Camera Prize 1998 Peter R. Adam received an honorable mention in the editing category.
Web links
- 14 Days to Life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 14 days for life at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film hit list: Annual list (German) 1998 ( memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Filmförderungsanstalt , accessed on May 6, 2012
- ↑ German Camera Prize 1998, Prize Winner Editing ( Memento from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on May 6, 2012