The Nanny (2012)
| Episode in the series Joachim Vernau | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The nanny |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 1 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | January 9, 2012 on ZDF |
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| Director | Carlo Rola |
| script | Elisabeth Herrmann |
| production |
Daniel Blum , Dietrich Kluge , Jutta Lieck-Klenke |
| music | Wolfram de Marco |
| camera | Frank Küpper |
| cut | Friederike von Normann |
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The Nanny is a German TV film from 2012 . The thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Elisabeth Herrmann .
action
The lawyer Joachim Vernau is about to be accepted into the highest circles of Berlin society. His marriage to Sigrun von Zernikow, a member of a long-established family with a long pedigree, is as good as decided. His future father-in-law Utz also wants to accept him into his renowned law firm.
One day an old woman appears in front of the family estate and asks Utz von Zernikow to sign an official Russian form that she needs for the Russian authorities. Vernau stands up for the old woman and supports her cause in front of the family. A short time later he discovered a report in the newspaper that the old woman had been dragged dead from the Landwehr Canal. Vernau has the document translated by his college friend, Marie-Luise Hoffmann, who has also become a lawyer. It comes from Natalja Tscherednitschenkowa from Kiev, who claims to have worked as a slave laborer for the Zernikovs during the Second World War . She wanted compensation for that.
Vernau naively believes he can get a signature from the highly respected and politically correct Zernikovs. But it is blocked everywhere. Even the family patriarch Utz doesn't want to remember. So Vernau did his own research in the family history of the 1940s, which provoked more and more resistance in the family. Even his future wife Sigrun opposes him. But Vernau continues to research with the help of Marie-Luise and discovers that the Zernikows were housed with friends in a Grünau villa in the bombed-out Berlin of the last days of the war. Something must have happened there that has been hushed up for 60 years.
Vernau learns first hand that each of the Zernikovs has their reasons for preventing the truth from coming to light, because the more he investigates, the more he loses. After he does not bow to the will of the family and attracts their displeasure, he loses his job, his apartment and his great love. Sigrun, who actually has nothing to do with the past, prefers to keep appearances and sticks to her family than to stand up for Vernau. Vernau cannot stop now and continues with all the more determination. He finds two different floor plans of the old house. There is an old walled-in room that hides the secrets of the last days of the war. As he approaches the events of that time, he not only awakens old spirits, but also puts himself in danger.
Diligent research results in a war crime in the end. The Zernikows were close friends with the von Lehnsfeld family. Lehnsfeld was one of Göring's art thieves and had appropriated large amounts of looted art and hid it in the basement of her villa. Natalja Tscherednitschenkowa had seen these works of art at that time and when Natalia's girlfriend at the time turned up so unexpectedly, Aaron von Lehnsfeld feared that his treasure and the deeds of his ancestors might be discovered. So he silenced the old woman.
background
The literary film adaptation was shot in Berlin from August 17th to September 16th, 2010 . The first broadcast was on January 9, 2012 on ZDF . It was seen by 6.69 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 19.7 percent.
The film was nominated for the Bambi 2012 in the audience choice category.
Reviews
"Dramatic (television) thriller about the power of shadows from the past."
“After the bestseller of the same name by Elisabeth Herrmann, published in 2005, which was named the best German-language crime thriller of the year in the same year, Carlo Rola staged this thriller in which Jan Josef Liefers, as Joachim Vernau's lawyer, demonstrates that he is not only his permanent role at the crime scene at the side of Axel Prahl knows how to skillfully fill it with life. Although Rola's implementation does not come close to the literary model and sometimes looks a bit excessive, the good actors make up for this. "
“In some places there is a lot of exaggeration [...] Otherwise, the film is entertaining, precisely because it tells the story calmly. Each character has one or two appearances like in the spotlight, which illuminate their story and make the character understandable. […] The very good actor ensemble is led by Jan Josef Liefers. He is strong precisely because he is underplaying [...]. His Joachim Vernau is cool and courageous, he does the right thing, but without much fuss. Especially in the interaction with Stefanie Stappenbeck as a left-wing colleague ('I don't understand this whole bourgeois lifestyle') it's fun to watch. In some places the dialogues are surprisingly lively, the end is thankfully withdrawn. "
“The story stumbles a bit, not all characters are convincing, and the tone of voice is sometimes too loose. The good idea from Elisabeth Herrmann's novel, to combine unknown German contemporary history with a mocking look at snobs, is also entertaining here. [...] Despite a few shortcomings, another good deed "
Sequels
After the nanny appeared:
- 2014: In the last instance
- 2014: The man without a shadow
- 2016: The 7th hour
- 2019: funeral prayer
Web links
- The nanny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The nanny on zdf.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Nanny . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2015 (PDF; test number: 149 298 V).
- ^ The nanny (2010-2011) , crew-united.de
- ↑ ARD lands a surprise success with a documentary about Lidl , abendblatt.de
- ↑ The nanny. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The nanny at prisma.de
- ^ ZDF crime thriller Das Kindermädchen , The icy silence of the bourgeoisie , spiegel.de
- ^ The nanny , tvspielfilm.de