Bloch: Forgive, don't forget
| Episode in the Bloch series | |||
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| Original title | Forgive, don't forget | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 89 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Episode 13 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | July 16, 2008 on Das Erste | ||
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| Director | Michael Verhoeven | ||
| script | Regine Bielefeldt | ||
| production | Maran movie | ||
| music | Irmin Schmidt | ||
| camera | Frank Sthamer | ||
| cut | Romy Schumann | ||
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Forgive, not forgotten is a German television film by Michael Verhoeven from 2008 . It is the thirteenth episode of the Bloch television series with Dieter Pfaff in the title role of Dr. Maximilian Bloch. In addition to Ulrike Krumbiegel as Bloch's partner and her son, played by Jonathan Dümcke , the main guest stars of this episode are Birge Schade , Rainer Sellien and Robert Giggenbach .
The script is based on the conception of Peter Märthesheimer and Pea Fröhlich .
action
The psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Maximilian Bloch and his partner Clara Born meet the pharmacist couple Sabine and Michael Doran at a church celebration. Sabine Doran is about to give birth to her first child, a long-awaited child. She looks happy and is looking forward to her child very much.
A week later: Sabine Doran is said to have killed her four-day-old son Paul. She is acting strangely and seems to be haunted by religious delusions. It looks like she doesn't understand what's going on. When she is arrested, she admits the incredible act. Her husband Michael cannot believe what his wife is accused of; grief and horror paralyze him. He can't bring himself to talk to the mother of his child at all, let alone stand by her side.
Bloch, who has the task of preparing an expert opinion, is shocked by what happened, but tries to get to the bottom of Sabine Doran's motives. He comes to the conclusion that she was incapable of guilt in carrying out the act, as a so-called postpartum depression caused by the birth of the child determined her actions at that time. At a court hearing, he also succeeds in convincing the court of his diagnosis, although the clinic doctor Dr. Huber takes the view that the child simply no longer fit into the Doran's life plan. However, Sabine Doran underestimated the burden of such an act, which determines her current constitution.
Even if Sabine Doran is now physically free, her life is now different. Bloch is convinced that there can only be healing for her if her husband Michael is also able to accept that there is no culprit for the child's death. But Sabine also has to learn to forgive herself. Paul's funeral is a difficult test, especially for Michael Doran. Nor can he just imagine being able to live with his wife again. But then Sabine Doran ends up in a life-threatening situation through a suicide attempt. When she is feeling a little better physically, Pastor Meier and her go to the baby's grave at Bloch's request. Meier implores her to pray the “ Our Father ” with him, which refers to the line “... just as we forgive our debtors”, which means that she too must forgive herself.
Meanwhile, Bloch devotes himself to Michael Doran and makes him realize what he really wants, as Doran is well aware that he is not guilty of the death of his son, as the midwife had pointed out to him that there was something wrong with his wife was okay and he had to take care of her. The couple slowly get closer, maybe they can forgive each other, but they will never be forgotten.
production
Filming, production notes
The shooting for Vergabe, not forgotten took place from July 17th to August 17th 2007 in Baden-Baden and the surrounding area. Uwe Franke and Sabine Tettenborn appeared as producers ; Brigitte Dithard was the editor for SWR and Wolf-Dietrich Brücker for WDR .
background
Michael Verhoeven commented: "It is nicely thought out that he [Bloch] always has to unroll certain threads, so to speak, that creates a significant part of the tension." Bloch is a doctor, Verhoeven continues, "who is only concerned with the patient" - and we would all want that. Even the good doctors were swallowed up by the hospital system, recalled Verhoeven, who had practiced as a doctor himself for a few years, but today "the patient only bothers". That is one reason why he likes the invention of the Bloch character so much. "He is a strange person, a robust character, not only physically but also mentally a dream, an impregnable fortress", Verhoeven characterized the figure of Bloch. Dieter Pfaff is not so brittle once the ice has broken, but someone who looks carefully and checks. But Pfaff did not immediately fall into his arms.
publication
The film was first broadcast on ARD on July 16, 2008 as part of the ARD series “FilmMittwoch im Erste ” in prime time. Its world premiere took place on June 21, 2008 at the Munich Film Festival .
This film was released on DVD together with episodes 14, 15 and 16, released on June 16, 2011 by Studio Hamburg Enterprises.
reception
Audience rating
The film reached on 16 July 2008 in the first 4.27 million viewers, making it the most-watched show of the day on German television. The number of viewers corresponds to a market share of 15.3 percent. TV director Bernhard Nellessen commented: “The great response to this film that gets under your skin and is impressively played by Dieter Pfaff and Birge Schade confirms that with TV films like 'Bloch' we feel a deep need among our viewers for a serious examination of borderline experiences of life and Fulfilling death, guilt and forgiveness ”.
criticism
TV Spielfilm awarded two out of three possible points to the film for quality and excitement and the best possible rating “thumbs up” and stated: “The drama, clinically cool staged by ex-doctor Verhoeven [...] is not the strongest Bloch episode , but goes to the kidneys. The conflict between Bloch's girlfriend (Ulrike Krumbiegel) and the pubescent son, told at the same time, unfortunately remains bland. ”Conclusion:“ Deeply depressing tragedy, well played. Tormenting drama that has a long lasting effect. "
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv gave the film four out of six possible stars and praised: “Birge Schade's role as a woman between clear and psychotic moments is a tightrope walk: She plays unpretentiously, with no tendency to want to show everyone what she can do. Strong: Cameraman Sthamer! ”Verhoeven's film is a coherent total work of art, the critic continued.
Kino.de spoke of a “not always convincing film from the 'Bloch' series” that would “divide its audience”. It is a “fine line” that the author and director walk on with their story. “The fact that the tightrope act” works is thanks “to the film being embodied by Birge Schade”. But “as appealing as the plot” is, “so ambiguous” is Verhoeven's staging. This applies "especially to the leadership of the supporting actors". For example, “Christine Schorn, staged by Verhoeven mainly as a listener for the intercut”, “has to act in a strikingly theatrical manner”, which “in isolated scenes also applies to Rainer Sellien (as the murderer's husband) or Ulrike Krumbiegel as Clara”. Bloch's partner was "completely superfluous in this story anyway". The "image design by Frank Sthamer, especially in the close-ups" is "impressive".
André Mielke devoted himself to film in the world and wrote, “Former director Michael Verhoeven” “undoubtedly chose a rather difficult subject for his first 'Bloch” production ”. The “special thing about the Bloch series” is that “it often deals with difficult subjects”. However, the diagnosis popularly known as 'postpartum depression' is already “serious and puzzling enough” that the screenwriter Regine Bielefeldt “actually didn't have to spice it up with bizarre religious delusions”. Birge Schade "convinces as a disoriented mother who still has to let in a terrible truth", "in order to free herself from it as much as possible". Even if the actors are “very good”, the “happening seems very far away” because there are no plausible explanations. Mielke also hit the subplot.
The Weser-Kurier also spoke of a "demanding case for 'Bloch' and for the audience" and of the fact that the television films about the psychologist Maximilian Bloch (Dieter Pfaff) had "always been heavy fare". This case is "no exception". What the film shows is "difficult to digest for the audience, but the consistently strong actors, especially Birge Schade in a really difficult role, make the film worth seeing".
Thilo Wydra said on nordbayern.de that Michael Verhoeven had staged a television film with 'Bloch: Vergabe, nicht vergell', “which moves internally and externally between light and shadow, heaven and hell”. In between there doesn't seem to be anything. “Also and especially not in the life of the Dorans anymore. Verhoeven draws that carefully and movingly with his own subtlety and seriousness. ”Wydra was also bothered by the parallel subplot about the pubescent son of Bloch's companion Clara. Birge Schade attested the critic that she was “a wonderful actress”. The scene in the cemetery in which Schade is standing at her child's grave for the first time in her role is "of great truthfulness and impact".
Josef Seitz, Focus Online , said that television was "often excruciating, this time because it was so good" and went on to say that this film was "only pleasing to masochists"; for others, “this psychodrama is not fun, but pain”. A film that is “too good” is “for a TV entertainment that flows gently”.
Web links
- Bloch: forgive, not forget the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bloch: Forgive, don't forget at crew united
- Bloch: Forgiven, don't forget in the ARD program, see page programm.ard.de
- Bloch - Forgive, don't forget see bielefeldt.tv (including various reviews of the film)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bloch: Forgive, don't forget at crew united
- ↑ a b Rainer Tittelbach : Series "Bloch - forgiving, not forgetting". Pfaff, Schade, Michael Verhoeven, postnatal depression & mass posture medicine see page tittelbach.tv. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Bloch: Forgive, don't forget at filmportal.de
- ↑ Bloch The Cases 13 - 16 Fig. DVD case ARD Video
- ↑ Bloch The cases 13-16 List of the cases
- ↑ a b Bloch: Forgive, don't forget see page kino.de. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Daily victory for “Bloch”, ZDF in youthful smoke see page beta.blickpunktfilm.de
- ↑ Südwestrundfunk (SWR) daily victory for “Bloch” marriage drama 4.27 million viewers saw the SWR television film “Bloch: Vergabe, nicht vergeg” on the first page on presseportal.de
- ↑ "Bloch: Forgive, don't forget". Why does a devout, wealthy woman kill her baby? Michael Verhoeven shot the 13th TV psychodrama about soul connoisseur Dieter Pfaff, see tvspielfilm.de (including 19 film images). Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ André Mielke: Maximillian Bloch and the child murderer In: Welt, July 16, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Bloch: Forgiveness, not forgetting In: Weserkurier, April 13, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Thilo Wydra: Between Death Mania and Mourning: The new Bloch episode on nordbayern.de, July 16, 2008. Accessed on November 19, 2019.
- ↑ Josef Seitz: "Bloch" Vati. Mom. Horror In: Focus Online, July 17, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
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