The village of silence
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The village of silence |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Steinbichler |
| script | Martin Ambrosch |
| production |
Dietrich Kluge , Jutta Lieck-Klenke |
| music | Alex Komlew |
| camera | Bella halves |
| cut | Wolfgang Weigl |
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The Village of Silence is a German film drama from 2015 . Hans Steinbichler directed the ZDF - TV movie .
action
Two weeks before the planned wedding of the doctor Eva Perner to the teacher Christian Kern, Lydia Perner returns to her place of birth after 30 years from the USA. Without her family's knowledge, Eva made contact with her half-sister Lydia, whom she had never met before. It is said that Lydia became mentally ill at 14 and moved to the United States after attempting suicide and receiving psychiatric treatment. Eva made the contact because she was afraid of becoming mentally ill herself.
Lydia pours a glass of wine on Eva's fiancé Christian and leaves. The next morning she reports him to the police: she accuses him of raping her at the time. Christian denies everything and names an Interrail trip with Lydia's stepbrother Max as an alibi. Rumors circulate and Christian has to expect his suspension. Shortly thereafter, his body is found. It looks like a suicide, which is later confirmed by the autopsy requested by Eva.
Eva accuses Lydia of driving Christian to his death through her allegations. During a heated argument, she discovers the scar from a caesarean section. Her mother Karin explains to Eva that Lydia had been seduced by a summer visitor, who left her behind. Instead of confiding in the family, Lydia tried to take her own life. The embryo died as a result of the psychiatric drugs that were then prescribed to her and was removed with a caesarean section.
Her stepfather Hans Perner asks Lydia why she didn't say anything to him at the time: he would have believed her everything! But now he urges her to be considerate of Eva. For her silence, he offers her the transfer of the summer house and 200,000 euros in cash. Lydia doesn't want to take the money, but he stuffs it into her coat pocket. Lydia will later have it deposited with the police for Eva.
Her stepbrother Max still asserts that he was on a trip to Europe with Christian. Eva refuted this, however, with a flyer with an invitation to a Sturmfrei party by Max and Christian at the time. In order to finally achieve clarity, Eva demands a DNA comparison from Christian with Lydia's stillborn. Then Lydia reveals the truth to her: There was no stillbirth. Eva is their daughter. She is the child conceived by the rape. Her fiancé Christian was her biological father.
Shortly after each other, Lydia and Eva leave their home village. In one of the last shots, Hans Perner is sitting in the middle of the banknotes scattered on the floor: Eva also did not accept the hush money given to Lydia.
criticism
"Atmospherically dense (television) drama that skilfully alternates between family tragedy and psychological thriller."
Production notes
The Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein served as the backdrop for the shooting, which took place in September 2014 . Helmuth Lohner died on June 23, 2015, a week before the premiere of Das Dorf des Schweigens on July 1 at the Munich Film Festival . The first broadcast on ZDF as TV film of the week on February 22, 2016 reached 6.2 million viewers and a market share of 18.1%.
Awards
The Village of Silence was nominated as one of twelve television films in German-speaking countries for the competitions of the Baden-Baden television film festival in 2016. At the German Television Award 2017 , Petra Schmidt-Schaller was nominated for “Best Actress” for her portrayal in this and two other television films. Simon Schwarz received a nomination in the category “Acting Supporting Role” at the award of the German Academy for Television 2016.
Web links
- The village of silence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Village of Silence. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on January 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Volker Isfort: Helmut Lohner's last TV role in "Das Dorf des Schweigens". July 2, 2015, accessed January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ TV film "The Village of Silence". In: Tittelbach.tv . Rainer Tittelbach, accessed on January 7, 2018 .
- ↑ German Academy for Television announces the nominees for their 2016 award ceremony. (No longer available online.) German Academy for Television, October 6, 2016, archived from the original on January 8, 2018 ; accessed on January 7, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
