Paradise at the end of the mountains

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Movie
Original title Paradise at the end of the mountains
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1993
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Otto Retzer
script Julia Kent
production Karl Spiehs
music Michael Hofmann de Boer
camera Marc Prill
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The Paradise at the End of the Mountains is a German Heimatfilm from 1993. It belongs to the melodrama category . The director was the actor Otto Retzer, well-known from the RTL series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee .

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Count Henry von Hohenlodern owns a large, magnificent estate with a hunting ground, but the financial situation is anything but rosy. On top of that, a poacher makes the hunting ground unsafe. The count is initially suspected by his district forester, a former lover, of acting as a poacher himself in order to save the property with the money from the insurance. The nobleman can convince his employees, with whom he is still friendly ties, that they have nothing to do with the thefts. Together they decide to find the real culprit.

At the same time, a tragedy is looming on the Steinbach-Stolze family's riding stables. Werner Steinbach, a handsome man who is well known in the area as Don Juan, has left his last lover, the rich Irmgard Hölzel. He wants to win his family back and promises his wife that she will be a good husband and father again in the future. Werner's wish seems to be coming true. He and his wife Leni get closer to each other again. This is particularly favored by the fact that Leni's wish is to live as a happy family again with her husband and children. However, Werner does not expect how intriguing his ex-lover can be. Irmgard Hölzel is of the opinion that Werner, if she can't have him, shouldn't belong to any other woman. And she comes up with a terrible plan. On the day of his renewed declaration of love to Leni, Werner, an enthusiastic hobby motorcyclist, wants to take part in a local motorcycle race. At the starting point he catches Irmgard at his machine. He angrily hits her and tells her to leave him and his family alone. Irmgard remains calm and only counters with her maxim. If she can't have Werner, no woman should have him. Werner doesn't take this seriously, however. Since the start of the race is imminent, he gets on his motorcycle and finally drives off. The race starts without incident at first. The route leads over a winding mountain road. There Werner suddenly notices that his motorcycle can no longer be steered. He falls off the track and falls into the abyss, where the machine crashes against some rocks. Werner Steinbach dies immediately.

Leni is stunned with pain and grief. But then the next problem comes up for her and her children: The entrepreneur Hölzel wants to snatch the riding stable of her former lover. That's why she did everything she could to get hold of Werner's lease. And now she argues that the contract would have become null and void with Werner's death. Leni and the children had to leave the farm immediately. Karl, Werner's brother, wants to help his sister-in-law. Desperately he goes through point by point of the contract, but - due to a lack of legal knowledge - comes to the same conclusion as Irmgard Hölzel. A wonderful coincidence comes to his aid: Count von Hohenlodern, together with Susanne Höfner, his district forester, has found the true poacher: It is a maniac who catches animals out of sheer obsession, tortures and cruelly kills them. On one of her patrols through the district, Susanne first discovers the “dwelling” of the madman: It is a cave, the walls of which are full of the “trophies” of the perverse passion of this sick person. Then she is caught and overwhelmed by the poacher himself. In the meantime, the count has saved the life of Leni's and Werner Steinbach-Stolze's little son, who fell into the reservoir. He discovers the poacher who is holding Susanne prisoner. After a hard, life-threatening fight, Henry can defeat the insane. He saves Susanne's life and at the same time learns of the misfortune that befell the parents of the little boy he was able to save. Now the nobleman Karl Stolze offers his help. A good lawyer will always find a way to get out of an amicable legal situation. You just have to consult him. The count is not a lawyer himself. But his brother is a lawyer and has his office in the nearby town. The two gentlemen immediately set off. Some time later they come back from their successful excursion: Leni and the children have just packed up their belongings, while the intriguer Hölzel is on the lookout for victory. But she miscalculated, because Count Henry and Karl Stolze can tell the children that they can stay with their mother on the riding stables.

Count Henry's brother evaluated the contract perfectly from a legal point of view: The children use its provisions as legitimate heirs and legal successors of their deceased father Werner Steinbach. Thus, they become the new tenants of the equestrian center. However, until the child reaches the age of majority, the associated rights and obligations are exercised by their legal representative. And that is currently her mother Leni Steinbach-Stolze. And of course, both the children and their mother, as their legal representative, enjoy lifelong right to live on the farm. So Ms. Hölzel is left behind. And while she is already about to get back into her car, she has to take another defeat: Karl Stolze explains to her that she should keep herself at the disposal of the police and the public prosecutor. This ordered that the accident motorcycle be examined carefully. There are indications of sabotage. The failed intriguer drives away indignantly. It also emerges that Karl has secretly loved his sister-in-law Leni for a long time. A love comeback also seems to be on the way for Count Henry and Susanne, which means that the film ends well for these six people.

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