The secret in Transylvania

Movie
Original title	The secret in Transylvania
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2010
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Martin Enlen
script	Thomas Kirchner Rolf Silver
production	Josephine Belke Pit Ramps Doris Zander
music	Dieter Schleip
camera	Philipp Timme
cut	Monika Abspacher
occupation
Oliver Stokowski : Lukas Schauttner Katharina Böhm : Doris Schauttner Dorka Gryllus : Mara Ilinescu Jürgen Tarrach : Rüdiger Niemeier Merab Ninidze : Nikolai Ilinescu Gudrun Ritter : Inge Schauttner (old) Franziska Ritter : Inge Schauttner (young) Ernst-Georg Schwill : Martin Schauttner Anna Willecke : Nina Schauttner Helen Woigk : Tamina Ilinescu Dorothea Walda : Irmgard Florescu Alexander Hörbe : Dr. Knut Vögele Rafael Gareisen : Lukas (young)

The Secret in Transylvania is a German television film from 2010 . The film drama is also known under the title Fremde Heimat .

action

Lukas Schauttner is a management consultant. As a partner in his Berlin consulting company, however, he sees difficult times to come. Therefore he has to accept an order that will take him to Transylvania , where he is to inspect a factory. He actually doesn't want to go there, because since his departure in 1987 he has suppressed everything that has to do with his Romanian homeland. He wants to keep his trip short. But no sooner is he in the country than his past catches up with him. He meets his childhood sweetheart Mara and discovers a long and old family secret. When he is visited by his wife Doris and their daughter Nina, Lukas' stay becomes a heavy emotional and personal burden. Suddenly he has to face a home, his past and his family.

background

The film was shot from May 3 to June 5, 2010 in Berlin and Romania under the working title Familiar Strangers . The film premiered on October 2, 2010 at the Hamburg Film Festival under the title Fremde Heimat . The television broadcast was on May 14, 2012 on ZDF . It was seen by 4.33 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 14.2 percent.

Reviews

"A multi-layered (television) family drama that focuses on reconciliation with one's own past."

- Lexicon of international film

“Searching for home and identity, loving portrait of Transylvania, which has hardly been developed for tourism, plus a bit of an examination of the Ceausescu regime and preoccupation with the fate of the Transylvanian Saxons : there is indeed a lot that Enlen suggests in his film. His sensitive direction, atmospheric pictures and convincing acting performances make the Monday evening primetime flick an intelligent and entertaining profit. "

- Focus

“What touches most in this film is its almost all-encompassing thematic load. "The Secret in Transylvania" has charged strands that would be enough for several 90-minute TV movies. So much dramatic intent was rare. [...] All of this is offered by "The Secret in Transylvania" in order to bind the viewer to a little-known place where the TV entertainment usually slips by. He is afraid of the disinterest of the mass audience. So you can't be angry with the film. Even if it sometimes drips with sentimentality and idyll. "

- Spiegel Online

Web links

• The secret in Transylvania in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The foreign home (premiere title) at filmportal.de
• The secret in Transylvania on zdf.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Secret in Transylvania (2010) , crew-united.de
2. ↑ Fremde Heimat , filmfesthamburg.de
3. ↑ TV ratings: ARD "Brand Check" at DM inspires the audience , digitalfernsehen.de
4. ↑ The secret in Transylvania. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
5. ^ TV: The secret in Transylvania , focus.de
6. ^ Transylvania drama on ZDF; Dracula the Kanake , spiegel.de