Africa, mon amour

Movie
Original title	Africa, mon amour
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2007
length	270 (6 × 45 min and 3 × 90 min,) minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Carlo Rola
script	Christian Schnalke
production	ZDF
music	Georg Kleinebreil
camera	Frank Küpper
cut	Friederike von Normann
occupation
Iris Berben : Katharina von Strahlberg Robert Atzorn : Richard von Strahlberg Alexander Held : Heinrich von Strahlberg Pierre Besson : Victor March Matthias Habich : Dr. Franz Lukas August Schmölzer : Sebastian Hofmann Benjamin Strecker : Georg von Strahlberg Thorsten Nindel : Robert McKea Bernd Stegemann : Kurt Höller Sunnyi Melles : Lydia Teresa Harder : Emilia Larson Tatjana Blacher : Gerda Volkmar Kleinert : Mr. McGulloch Dieter Okras : Leo Heidelberger Volker Lechtenbrink : Governor Snow Dietrich Hollinderbäumer : Scottish Doctor Catherine Flemming : Martha von Strahlberg Thomas Arnold : Thomas Matthias Matschke : Prospector Ernst Meincke : From Lettow-Vorbeck

Africa mon amour is a three-part film drama of the director Carlo Rola from 2007. In the lead role embodies Iris Berben the newly separated from her husband Catherine of jet mountain.

action

Germany shortly before the start of the First World War : Katharina von Strahlberg found out that her husband Richard was cheating on her with her sister-in-law Martha . She steals plans, photos and business documents from him for a project in East Africa, leaves Richard and travels with one of his business partners by ship to Dar es Salaam ( a German colony at the time as German East Africa ). Katharina is looking for a job at one of the German companies there, but nobody hires her - Richard obviously uses his connections. Encounters with the Scotsman Victor March, whom she met shortly after arriving in Africa, and with a doctor named Franz Lukas cheer Katharina. The relationship between Victor and Katharina is strained when, at the beginning of November 1914 - the First World War has begun - British and German troops fight against each other in Tanga (200 km north of Dar es Salaam) in the Battle of Tanga .

Production notes

The film premiered on January 8, 2007 in Germany on ZDF . Due to its extraordinary length of 270 minutes, it was broadcast in three parts. The filming locations were Berlin , Scotland , Kenya and Vienna .

Others

Iris Berben injured her foot during filming when she was about to get out of a horse's saddle on the set . African doctors wanted to operate on them when it was signaled by German doctors that there was no need for an operation. From then on, a physiotherapist was her constant companion.

Reviews

"Penny novel against a dusty backdrop"

- TV feature film

"Africa, mon amour" is almost a chamber play, and one wonders where the eleven million euros from the production sum have gone. "

- kino.de

Web links

• Africa, mon amour in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Africa, mon amour (TV Mini-Series 2007) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Africa, mon amour on fernsehserien.de
3. ↑ Africa, mon amour (TV Mini-Series 2007) - Filming Locations - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Africa, mon amour - review of the film - Tittelbach.tv. In: tittelbach.tv. Retrieved June 17, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Africa, mon amour (2) - film review - film - TV SPIELFILM. In: tvspielfilm.de. Retrieved June 17, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Africa, mon amour film · trailer · review · KINO.de. In: kino.de. Retrieved June 17, 2015 .