The secret of the Königsee
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The secret of the Königsee |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marcus O. Rosenmüller |
| script | Wolf Jakoby |
| production |
Robert Stiemerling Martin Ganz |
| music | Oliver Kranz |
| camera | Klaus Merkel |
| cut | Raimund Vienken |
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The secret of the Königssees is a German psychological thriller produced for RTL by Marcus O. Rosenmüller . Although it was shot back in 2006, the television premiere didn't take place until 2008. The main roles were played by Yvonne Catterfeld and Hans Sigl .
action
A man dies during an illegal diving competition in a mining shaft. Among the divers is the Munich travel agent Marla Hofer, who is interviewed for television because of the accident. This is how the hotelier Maximilian Leitner sees her and travels to Munich shortly afterwards. For her travel agency he holds out the prospect of a special trip to Königssee and thus gets her to travel with him to Schönau am Königssee to organize this program . Here she is staying in his Hotel Klosterbräu . Marla soon notices that in the village she is met with either rejection or astonishment. Occasionally there are hints that she has a relationship with Maximilian. However, his thoughts are always with his former lover Nora. Nevertheless, he invites Marla to a romantic dinner and they end up sleeping together. But when Marla finds him shortly afterwards in an attic, where he is looking at pictures of Nora and her things are still packed, Marla has had enough. She goes. At the train station, she meets the journalist Evi Gruber, who asks about Nora. Evi, however, cannot give her any information, as she has only lived in Schönau for a few years. Back in Munich, Nora receives two pictures from Evi. They show Nora in 1983 - she is Marla's face.
Marla learns from her mother, Helene, that Nora is her birth mother, but that she left Marla behind as a baby. Marla begins researching her mother. Nora was a foundling herself and grew up in a Catholic monastery. This is where she left when she was 18 years old. She started working as a trade fair hostess in 1981, but only stayed there until April 1982. She quit her job in October 1982; Marla was born in September 1982. Marla returns to the Königssee for further research. She finds out that Nora suddenly disappeared in Maximilian's jeep in January 1983 and Maximilian even filed a missing person report. However, the search was stopped after two weeks. Over time, Marla suspects that Maximilian killed Nora. Nevertheless, more and more open questions arise. By chance, Marla finds a savings account that is made out in her name. On October 25, 1982, shortly after her arrival in Schönau, Nora had 25,000 marks deposited for her, but it is not clear where the money came from.
Maximilian asks Marla to stop her research. Shortly afterwards, there is an attack on Marla in a swimming pool, in which she scalds herself and requires medical treatment. The doctor can't tell her anything about Nora, as she was never treated by her. Marla is now secretly searching Nora's packed things, which have been standing untouched in Maximilian's attic for years. Here she finds a note from January 21, 1983, the day of her disappearance, in which she is asked to meet at the Bartholomä Church . It is located on a peninsula in the Königssee and can only be reached by ship. A little later, Marla received a note in the same handwriting, in which she was ordered to go to the local bobsleigh run if she wanted to know the whole truth. Here she is almost caught by a bob, but Maximilian is able to save her. The hint that Nora absolutely wanted to marry a rich man after her term in the monastery gives Marla the right idea: she researches which exhibition stands she looked after between 1981 and 1982 and finds out that Maximilian Leitner senior is one of the exhibitors. He admits that Nora was his lover and had received money from him for his supposed daughter Marla. Only later did he find out that he was not Marla's father, so Nora had relationships with numerous men during the time of mass. When his son got together with Nora, he knew that she would take him out too. Marla also finds out that Nora was expecting a child from Maximilian Leitner.
Marla researches with Evi that the Königssee was frozen over in January 1983. She concludes that Nora took the jeep across the frozen lake to the church to get to the meeting point, as there were no more ships at night. The lake was therefore provided with markings along the fairway and the thickest layer of ice so that it would not collapse. The markings must have been moved. The old Brettschneider, who has been looking at the lake for years, confirms to Marla that in 1983 a woman in a car broke into the lake. Marla arranges equipment to dive for the jeep and Nora. Meanwhile, Maximilian Leitner Sr. catches his wife Agnes negotiating with hotel chef Peter. She confesses to him that she had moved the markings with the jealous women of the village, knowing about the child Nora was expecting from her son Maximilian. Peter's father, in turn, was in love with Nora and drunk himself to death after she disappeared. Now Agnes wants to get rid of Nora's daughter with Peter's help. Peter rows out onto the lake and knocks Evi down while Marla is on a dive. He cuts the orientation rope. Maximilian Leitner senior organizes the water rescue service that Marla can save. Peter and Agnes are arrested. Marla found the jeep and Nora's body at the bottom of the lake. She lets Maximilian Leitner convey this and he commits suicide that same night. Maximilian and Nora are buried next to each other. Helene appears at the funeral and apologizes to Marla for never having met her mother personally. However, Marla makes it clear that Helene is her mother to her.
background
Wolf Jakoby's script for The Secret of the Royal Lake was inspired by motifs from Daphne du Maurier's works, especially her novel Rebecca . The shooting took place from November 8th to December 15th, 2006 at Königssee , in Munich and in Seefeld in Tyrol . The underwater photos were taken in Slovenia. The main actress Yvonne Catterfeld played in the diving scenes with the exception of one take. Nadine Wittig was responsible for the costumes for the film .
The film was first broadcast on November 4, 2008 on Austrian television. In Germany it was first seen on December 30, 2009 on RTL. The film was released on DVD on December 31, 2009 .
Reviews
Quotemeter.de wrote that the film is only recommended for "friends of beautiful pictures", the secret star of the film is the Königssee itself. The performance is mediocre and especially with the leading actress Yvonne Catterfeld one misses "different facial expressions and gestures" and emotions. As a thriller, the film disappoints, as it is predictable and seems tiring over time. "Sterile images and lame dialogues let the air out of the actually not unexciting story", was the opinion of TV Spielfilm , and summed up: "Splashes gently like the lake".
"Yvonne Catterfeld embodies the young woman with a sympathetic mixture of attractiveness and stubbornness", wrote kino.de , and found that the "cleverly designed crime story gets little kicks through simple but effective staging moments." Was for the film service The secret of the Königsee, on the other hand, is a "made-up (television) psychological thriller".
Web links
- The secret of the Kingdom Lake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Secret of the Königssees was filmed in 2006 (accessed December 23, 2011)
- ↑ a b Crib Ber: Yvonne Catterfeld almost drowned. Moviepilot , December 30, 2009, accessed August 20, 2013 .
- ↑ The secret of the Königsee. crew united , accessed August 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Filming Locations. IMDb , accessed on August 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Release Info. IMDb , accessed on August 20, 2013 .
- ↑ The Critics: "The Secret of the Royal Lake". Oddsmeter.de, accessed on December 23, 2011 .
- ↑ The secret of the Königsee. tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 23, 2011 .
- ↑ The secret of the Königsee. kino.de, accessed on December 23, 2011 .
- ↑ The secret of the Königsee. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .