The Osterman Weekend

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Movie
German title The Osterman Weekend
Original title The Osterman Weekend
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Sam Peckinpah
script Alan Sharp ,
Ian Masters
production William N. Panzer ,
Peter S. Davis
music Lalo Schifrin
camera John Coquillon
cut David Rawlins ,
Edward M. Abroms
occupation
synchronization

The Osterman Weekend (original title: The Osterman Weekend ) is an American thriller by Sam Peckinpah from 1983 based on the novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum .

action

The television journalist Tanner, who is critical of the authorities, meets every year with three friends and their families for the so-called "Osterman Weekend". In addition to Tanner and his wife Ali, these are Osterman, Tremayne with his wife Virginia and Cardone with his wife Betty. Tanner is approached by the CIA agent Fassett. His friends are under suspicion of espionage and the CIA wants to monitor the meeting. When the meeting begins, there is a lot of tension. The friends and their wives get into an argument. Tanner's son finds a dog's head in the refrigerator, which turns out to be an imitation. Tanner wants to end the whole thing and secretly meets with Fassett. They notice that Osterman has followed Tanner. Fassett wants to have Osterman liquidated, but he can escape into the house. Meanwhile, Tremayne and Cardone try to escape with their wives in Tanner's car.

Tanner meets Osterman in the house, who is informed of the suspicion of espionage by Tanner after a brief fight. Osterman admits that he and his friends transferred money to Switzerland to save taxes. The friends and their wives have since been killed by a bomb in Tanner's car. From the outside, Fassett switched to the broadcast signal of the television and confirmed Osterman's statement. The CIA has since found out the truth about the group. Nevertheless, Fassett wants Osterman and Tanner to be killed.

There is a fierce battle in the house. Ali and her son managed to escape; she kills some agents herself with a bow, but is then taken hostage along with her son. Of the CIA agents, only Fassett survived the fight. He explains to the two that he wants revenge on CIA director Danforth. The espionage suspicion was a ruse to get Danforth in trouble. Danforth ordered the murder of Fassett's wife years ago. Now Tanner is supposed to get him to betray himself in his show. That is the condition for the release of the wife and son.

Osterman and Tanner are preparing an interview tape because Danforth can only be interviewed over the phone. Danforth gets behind the plan to expose him, but it's too late. Fassett can enlighten television viewers about the machinations of the director. Meanwhile, Tanner, who recorded the questions for the show before it aired, went to Fassett to get his wife and son. Fassett draws a gun, but Tanner is faster and shoots him. He's not sure, but he thinks Fassett pulled so slowly to get shot.

background

The Osterman Weekend was the last film directed by Sam Peckinpah. The director, who died in 1984, was so weakened by his dissolute life that he fell ill and "lead actor Rutger Hauer had to step in and stage some passages".

Burt Lancaster celebrated his 70th birthday on November 2, 1983 while filming.

Reviews

"Interesting variant of a spy film, the attraction of which lies in the complex description of the manipulative possibilities of the modern media apparatus", judged the lexicon of international film . However, "action and violence scenes dominate over long stretches". Cinema described the film as "cold [es], ambiguous [es] confusion" and "[w] crazy, captivating paranoia with handwriting".

Awards

At the Cognac Festival du Film Policier in France, the film was awarded both the special prize of the jury and the TF1 Special Award.

synchronization

The German dubbed version was created by Interopa Film GmbH, Berlin.

role actor Voice actor
Tanner Rutger Hauer Norbert Langer
Fassett John Hurt Jürgen Thormann
Osterman Craig T. Nelson Michael Chevalier
Tremayne Dennis Hopper Heinz Dragon
Ali Tanner Meg Foster Almut Eggert
Virginia Tremayne Helen Shaver Alexandra Lange
Betty Cardone Cassie Yates Marianne Lutz
Stennings Sandy McPeak Rolf Schult
Steve Tanner Christopher Starr Norbert Gescher
Danforth Burt Lancaster Gottfried Kramer
Zona Brickman Merete van Kamp Liane Rudolph
Motorcycle cop Tim Thomerson Helmut Gauss

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See filmzentrale.com
  2. ↑ The Osterman Weekend. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 7, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ See cinema.de
  4. ↑ The Osterman Weekend. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 7, 2017 .