On the shore of dawn
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | On the shore of dawn |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jochen Richter |
| script | Jochen Richter, Michael Juncker |
| production | Jochen Richter |
| music | Michael Landau |
| camera |
Petrus Schloemp , Rüdiger Meichsner |
| cut | Jochen Hessel |
| occupation | |
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On the banks of the twilight ( working title : The promise) is a melodrama by director Jochen Richter from 1981. In the main role , Hans Peter Hallwachs embodies the journalist Thomas Bongart, who has only a short life to live due to an incurable disease.
action
Star journalist Thomas Bongart learns that he will only be alive for a short time due to his cancer. His girlfriend Lena learns of the terrible diagnosis and decides that if he has to die, she wants to end her life with him.
The journalist begins to raise the last of the financial means by selling the story of the time that remains to him to a sensation-addicted general- interest magazine. With Lena he begins his last journey from Munich via Vienna to his destination, the Italian metropolis Venice. Pursued by reporters and photographers, who would prefer to be there with the camera lens in every moment that Bongart still has on earth, the fleeing couple increasingly find themselves in crisis situations.
In terms of content, the production brings back memories of Bertrand Tavernier's science fiction crime thriller The Purchased Death , which was released a year before this melodrama was produced.
Production notes
Jochen Richter, who worked on the script as well as directing, produced the film for his own film production company Jochen Richter Filmproduktion (Munich) in collaboration with BR . The shooting took place in 1981. The film was shot in Munich , Vienna and Venice . The film music was composed by the musician Michael Landau in collaboration with the Neue Deutsche Welle band Extrabreit . The production was funded by the Filmförderungsanstalt and FFF Bayern .
release date
After being tested and approved by the FSK for children aged 16 and over on September 14, 1982 , Am Ufer der Dämmerung was released in German cinemas on April 22, 1983 . It was first broadcast on television on July 8, 1985 on ARD .
Reviews
The lexicon of international film is of the opinion that "[t] he film [...] neither does justice to its interesting starting constellation [,] nor the tension potential of the story".
Web links
- On the banks of twilight in the dictionary of international films
- On the shore at dusk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- On the banks of twilight in the online film database
- On the banks of twilight at filmportal.de
- On the banks of dusk at Moviepilot
- On the banks of twilight at film service
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c On the banks of twilight. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved November 11, 2015 .
- ↑ On the banks of the dawn. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 11, 2015 .