380,000 volts - The big blackout
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| Original title | 380,000 volts - The big blackout |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Sebastian Vigg |
| script | Christoph Darnstädt |
| production |
Constantin Television GmbH Friedrich Wildfeuer , Robin von der Leyen |
| music | Kay Skerra |
| camera | Peter Nix |
| cut | Daniela Beauvais |
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380,000 volts - The Great Power Failure is a German TV film from 2010 based on the script by Christoph Darnstädt . Directed by Sebastian Vigg .
action
On a weekend in wintry Berlin , Anja Radtke, a senior engineer at the energy supplier, just turned up on the late shift when unrest arises. There were fluctuations in electricity consumption during the day. Radtke decides to transfer part of the load from Alpha to the Delta line, which, according to a note from her colleague Werner Beetz, only has a 10% load. She asks Fabeck from the maintenance team to check the technology in the substation . Shortly thereafter, Beetz was seriously injured in a traffic accident and Fabeck burned to death when he discovered a defect, in front of his colleague Volanski. The defect causes a major power failure .
For technical reasons, Radtke seems to be unable to return the service to Alpha. The engineer, who Beetz cannot reach, is criticized by her colleagues Sokuhr and Dorleben, only Thomas Reinders from the board supports her for the time being. Shortly afterwards she phoned Volanski, who repaired the technology. Thereupon she initiates the switch to the Alpha line, but the power load is greater than expected and there is an even greater power failure throughout Berlin.
Radtke now not only has to restore the energy supply, but also worries about her 16-year-old daughter Nelly, who she thinks is at a party with her older boyfriend. But Nelly was already on her way home and is now wandering around town. Looting, acts of violence and accidents occur all over Berlin after the power failure. Volanski points out a transformer from pre-war times in Tempelhof and says that he only wants to work with the thoroughly working Radtke. Meanwhile, Reinders speaks to the doctor who is operating on Beetz and puts him under pressure. On the fringes of an emergency meeting it turns out that the handover protocol has disappeared. Radtke phoned Volanski again and told him about what he suspected of evil machinations. The police declared Berlin a disaster area.
Reinders expresses his confidence in Radtke, but has secret connections to politics. When the engineer and Dorleben looked at old Tempelhof plans, the missing protocol suddenly reappeared, but without Beetz's note. At the same time, Volanski goes to the hospital and helps out with a technical improvisation. A man named Olli goes with his father to a gazebo, where the two of them make themselves comfortable thanks to emergency power and later receive a visit from a man who uses himself to defend himself. Nelly barely escapes rape in town. Her mother is suspended from duty by the angry Sokuhr.
During a phone call with Volanski, the technician expresses the suspicion that Beetz deliberately triggered the error that led to the power failure from the computer. Radtke then searches Beetz's computer and finds documents that suggest that Beetz wanted to advance the construction of a new power plant with the action. She explains her suspicions to Reinders while Volanski is already in Tempelhof and confirms to Dorleben that he is only working with the engineer. But then Sokuhr finds out that Volanski was fired from his previous employer for alleged sabotage.
Radtke trusts the technician, however, and goes to see him in Tempelhof. Volanski has photographed numerous deficiencies in neglected technology and wants to achieve a rethink. While Nelly and her boyfriend Tobias meet again at the party location in Friedrichshain , where a fire has broken out in the meantime, Volanski fixes the transformer so that the network can be started up again. Reinders claims at the headquarters that Radtke has left the bunker, but she is still downstairs with Volanski and receives a blow when the power supply is started up, whereupon Volanski saves her at the last moment. After securing evidence from the computer, she drives Volanski to Nelly and Tobias. At a press conference, Reinders tries to cast suspicion on the technician and is about to claim that Radtke died when she called him from the audience. Reinders and Beetz are exposed as guilty of the sabotage . Radtke now focuses on improving the existing technology and meets with Volanski.
Charisma
The German first broadcast on Sat.1 took place on November 30, 2010. The film achieved an average audience rating of 3.30 million viewers and was in third place after RTL and Das Erste .
background
The film was shot, among other places, in Prenzlauer Allee in Berlin. During the shooting appeared including the volunteer fire department of Malchow with.
criticism
The film is judged rather negatively. The clichés that appear too superficial and the sometimes unrealistic action are criticized. Partly flat dialogues and inaccuracies in the presentation of technical issues are criticized.
“[…] If boredom were lit, this film could save a small nuclear power plant. [...] With a lot of money for effects and with convincing actors, with a stringent script and only half of the clichés, the subject could possibly have turned into a useful disaster film. [...] "
Other publications
On December 2, 2010, 380,000 Volt - The Great Power Failure was released on DVD .
Web links
- 380,000 volts - The Trigger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for 380,000 volts - The big blackout . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 491 V).
- ↑ Jakob Bokelmann: Primetime Check: Tuesday, November 30, 2010. quotenmeter.de, accessed on December 1, 2010 .
- ↑ The big blackout - visit to the set. radio tele nord, November 23, 2009, accessed on December 1, 2010 (photo gallery with many photos from the shoot).
- ↑ Beate Strobel: Only low power. Focus , December 1, 2010, accessed December 1, 2010 .
- ↑ 380,000 volts - The big blackout. (No longer available online.) DigitalVD.de, archived from the original on November 24, 2010 ; Retrieved November 18, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
