Baltic Storm
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Baltic Storm |
| Country of production | Germany , Great Britain |
| original language | English , German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Reuben leather |
| script | Reuben leather |
| production |
Kaj Holmberg , Jutta Rabe for Top Story Film-Produktion GmbH |
| music | Mauri Sumén |
| camera |
Nicolas Joray , Robert Nordström |
| cut | Alan Strachan |
| occupation | |
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Baltic Storm ( German DVD title: Baltic Storm - Der Untergang der Estonia ) is a British- German political thriller from 2003 about the sinking of the Estonian ferry Estonia on September 28, 1994 and is based on the non-fiction book Die Estonia. German journalist Jutta Rabe's shipwreck tragedy . The film was shot a. a. in Babelsberg , Berlin , Cuxhaven , Fishguard , Stockholm and Tallinn .
action
The young journalist Julia Reuter, who just happened to not make the trip on the Estonia , researches the sinking of the ferry. She learns that the Swedish government Estonia took advantage to Russian high technology in the United States to smuggle. Apparently divers searched the wreck of the Estonia to find a black attaché case that is in the possession of the Russian scientist Dr. Sergei Raspoff found. The USA has a keen interest in various Russian technologies, including nuclear-powered satellites . There was also a truck on board loaded with various high-tech weapons, among others. a. Bioweapons. Former KGB employees wanted to prevent the transport, hijacked the ship, murdered Raspoff and installed explosive charges that caused the ferry to sink. Reuter also suspects that the Swedish government was afraid of a nuclear accident and therefore originally wanted to set the wreck of the Estonia in concrete. A surviving passenger of the ferry, Erik Westermark, supports her in her research. Both get caught between the fronts of various secret services . The Pentagon official Lou Aldryn, a specialist in weapons transport, finally clears up Reuter about the causes of the sinking.
criticism
“Unfortunately the film is exactly how you would imagine a bad kind of political thriller. It is now known that in military and secret service circles it often happens as the so-called little Moritz imagines it. But what happens in the film is completely untrustworthy [...] It would have been a challenge to turn it into a fictionalized story - with cinematic means that tie you to the cinema seat. Instead, they opted for a beefed up docudrama [...] The film looks like an agent's clothes at the expense of the Estonia victims. Because of his untrustworthiness he gambled away exactly what he wanted to achieve: to convince as many as possible of the assassination version so that public pressure could arise and new investigations could be started. In countries like Sweden, where the very existence of the film causes a stir, it's not just the bereaved who are waiting for answers. "
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
See also
Web links
- Baltic Storm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sven Lemkemeyer: Trouble in Sweden because of Baltic Storm. German film producer wants to explain the sinking of the "Estonia" , in: Tagesspiegel of October 13, 2003, online: [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Baltic Storm . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2003 (PDF; test number: 95 398 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Baltic Storm . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Torsten Harmsen : Whipped Baltic waves. In the film "Baltic Storm" there is a wild agent story about the sinking of the Estonia. Berliner Zeitung , October 14, 2003, accessed on July 21, 2019 .