Barefoot up to the neck

Movie
Original title	Barefoot up to the neck
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2009
length	94 minutes
Rod
Director	Hansjörg Thurn
script	Sarah Schnier
production	Ivo-Alexander Beck
music	Kolja Erdmann
camera	Marco Uggiano
cut	Achim Seidel
occupation
Martin Brambach : Helmut Steiner Stefanie Höner : Sabine Steiner Christoph M. Ohrt : Dieter Lohe Constantin von Jascheroff : Jakob Steiner Diane Willems : Natalie Lohe Sarah Kim Gries : Rosa Steiner Heiko Pinkowski : Uwe Hofer Matthias Beier : Karl Zsolt Bács : Conny Ben Unterkofler : Maik Christina Athenstädt : Laura Jockel Tschiersch : Arms dealer Gotthard Lange : sock Alexander Müller : Nudist

Barefoot up to the neck is a German comedy film from 2009. The television film was first broadcast on September 15, 2009 on Sat.1 and reached a total of 5.07 million viewers (16.9 percent market share). The market share of the 14 to 49 year old viewers was 20.3 percent (2.59 million viewers).

action

A nudist area in Brandenburg with a swimming lake and a local leisure club, Sportgemeinschaft Freiheit , was sold. The new owner Dieter Lohe, a conservative textile entrepreneur from Bavaria , visits his new property with his daughter Natalie, which he would like to use as a hunting area and thinks it is a normal campsite. Afraid of losing their lease, the members of the association pretend to be in Lohe's presence and walk around dressed. Jakob Steiner, the son of the landlord, refuses to follow the family's nudist tradition and has a dispute with his father about it. Jakob befriends Lohe's daughter. Lohe finds out about the disguised nudists, and only after a few tangles do those involved come to terms with each other.

criticism

Blickpunkt: The film describes Barefoot up to the neck as a "humorous comedy about contrasts and similarities between free-spirited Ossis and conservative Wessis, convinced nudists and prudish 'textiles". "

Christian Buß writes in Spiegel Online : “What at first looks like a private television gimmick turns out to be a clever comedy that plays with our viewing habits. […] The nudist cult is staged here as the last remnant of Eastern identity, which is now threatening to be appropriated by the West. [...] That [this] works is also due to the fine drawing of the figures. Father Helmut in particular shows how undressing can credibly become a comprehensive life plan. [...] The story could easily have turned into a farce. The fact that it did not become one is also due to the main actor Martin Brambach [...], a great, but unfortunately also a nameless person in German cinema. "

Awards

• 2010

• German Comedy Award in the Best TV Comedy category
• Nomination for the Adolf Grimme Prize in the fiction category
• Nomination for the German Television Award in the category of best television film

Web links

• Barefoot up to the neck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Barefoot up to the neck at Kino.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cinefacts - Sat.1 scores with the TV film "Barfuß bis zum Hals" , accessed on February 3, 2010
2. ↑ Blickpunkt: Film - Barefoot up to the Neck , accessed on February 3, 2010
3. ↑ Die Nackten und die Roten , Spiegel online from September 15, 2009