At the end of summer (2018)

Episode of the Spring Series
Original title	At the end of summer
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	UFA fiction
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
classification	Episode 18 ( List )
German-language first broadcast	May 13, 2018 on ZDF
Rod
Director	Michael Karen
script	Natalie Scharf Leif Alexis
production	Natalie Sharp
music	Siggi Müller Jörg-Magnus Arrow
camera	Gunnar Fuss
cut	Moune Barius
occupation
Simone Thomalla : Katja Baumann Christoph M. Ohrt : Jan Steinmann Kristo Ferkic : Adrian Steinmann Cristina do Rego : Philippa Jan Sosniok : Tom Kleinke Aniya Wendel : Nora Kleinke Lara Tabea Günzel : Marie Kleinke Marco Girnth : Mark Weber Adina Vetter : Judith Kleinke Johannes Herrschmann : Pastor Sonnleitner Caroline Ebner : Dr. Stefanie Schneiderhahn Johanna Klante : Michelle Schmid Bettina Mittendorfer : Mrs. Hagen Birge Schade : Lala Sarah Brandner : Lydia Miesbach, office hours assistant Jascha Baum : Freddie, student Julia Beautx : Lilli Engel, student Wilfried Klaus : Xaver, postman Daniela March : Andrea Moser Norbert Ortner : Hubert, cook Michael Schlengel : Policeman
chronology
←  Predecessor When cranes fly Successor  → family on probation

At the end of summer is a German television film from the spring film series by Michael Karen , which was first broadcast on ZDF on May 13, 2018 .

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 18th film in a series that focuses on the people of the village called Spring .

action

Judith Kleinke, whose family village helper Katja Baumann helped out a few weeks ago, is back from the rehabilitation clinic . Almost nothing is left of her depression. On the contrary, full of zest for action, she makes her way to an interview to finally find her way back into her old life. Meanwhile, Katja is asked by Tom Kleinke to accompany the youngest daughter to the vet because her new guinea pig is ailing. On the way there she passes an accident and is horrified to find that the Kleinke family has been hit again by fate, because Judith Kleinke has just had a fatal accident. At a loss as to how she can make this understandable to her daughters Marie and Nora, she seeks the help of Pastor Sonnleitner, also for herself. The coming days are not easy for everyone. Katja not only has to help them, but also Adrian, the son of their new landlord, who is in love with Nora Kleinke. Everyone suspects a suicide because of her mother's depression, but Katja doubts. She suspects that something might be wrong with the house, because not only the guinea pig, Nora is increasingly ailing, and the flowers in the house are not thriving. According to Katja's research, the previous owner's dog was also sick and almost died. Now there are tons of dead ladybugs on the windowsill. She contacts the previous owner of the house and learns that they had similar problems and therefore wanted to get rid of the "cursed" house. Katja gets in touch with a pollutant expert. He suspects PCB- containing substances that were used as wood preservatives years ago and only degrade very slowly. This is not only supported by the symptoms observed by Katja, but also by the massive symptoms of poisoning by Judith Kleinke, who was treated incorrectly because she did not suffer from depression, but from poisoning that ultimately led to the tragic accident. After the Kleinke family no longer wants to live in the old farmhouse, they temporarily move into a camper van so as not to expose themselves to any further stress. At some point they want to build a new, unencumbered house on the property.

background

The episode was produced by ZDF in collaboration with “Seven Dogs Filmproduktion” and UFA Fiction and broadcast as part of the ZDF “Herzkino” series. The shooting took place under the working title Mama never comes back from August 3 to October 6, 2017 in Bayrischzell and the surrounding area.

reception

Audience ratings

When it was first broadcast on May 13, 2018, Am End of Summer was seen by 5.39 million viewers in Germany, which corresponded to a market share of 16.2 percent.

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv found that there was “too much sadness in this episode. In such a genre, pain portrayed 1: 1 is at best an invitation to compassion (you step on the spot with the characters), but the story does not help the suffering. ”Furthermore, Tittelbach thinks that one should“ be the heroine as in 'At the end of summer often reach their limits. It doesn't have to be a complete misjudgment of the situation, no behavior that artificially dramatizes the plot, but behavior that makes the heroine appear a little less confident. There have been approaches to this in private stories for years - only professionally Katja Baumann has been the infallible village helper so far. "

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm gave this episode a "thumbs straight". They judged: “Coping with grief and research into the causes are the focus of this episode. The family drama is loosened up a little by the discovery of spicy photos and a ladybug invasion in the cellar. "

Web links

• At the end of the summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• At the end of the summer at Fernsehserien.de
• At the end of the summer at crew united

Individual evidence

1. ↑ At the end of summer at crew-united.com, accessed on January 13, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rainer Tittelbach: Thomalla, Ohrt, Ferkic, do Rego, Jauch / Karen, Scharf. Consistently consecutive film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on January 13, 2019.
3. ^ Film review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on January 13, 2019.