Fear (1994)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | fear |
| Country of production |
Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bernd Schadewald |
| script |
Fred Breinersdorfer Bernd Schadewald |
| production | telepool |
| music | FM unit |
| camera | Klaus Eichhammer |
| cut | Hedy Altschiller |
| occupation | |
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Angst is a television film by Bernd Schadewald based on a criminal case from autumn 1990. It was created on behalf of ZDF and ORF . The TV premiere of the film took place on July 24, 1994 on ZDF.
action
Seitz has been abusing his underage daughter for years and is the father of their first child. He is a brutal violent criminal and has a multiple criminal record. When Tanja confides in her new boyfriend, he persuades her to go to the police. Seitz is convicted and threatens to kill Tanja in court.
Tanja and her boyfriend have long been married and have children of their own when fate catches up with them after seven years: They are terrified of Seitz, who will soon be released from prison and threatened with revenge. Tanja and her family turn to the authorities in vain. They can only intervene when there is a specific risk. But then it will be too late, Tanja fears. Too late for her children and herself. Together the family gets a gun. On the day Seitz served his sentence, Tanja, her husband and her mother Seitz lay in wait in front of the prison and kill him.
Festivals
- Baden-Baden Days of TV Drama 1994
- Munich Film Festival 1994
criticism
The lexicon of the international film found that fear "in condensed form [...] [draw] how violence in the family in turn generates violence and victims become perpetrators."
Web links
- Fear in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fear at filmportal.de
- Fred Breinersdorfer's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ fear. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 3, 2018 .