The terrible girl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The terrible girl |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Verhoeven |
| script | Michael Verhoeven |
| production |
Senta Berger , Michael Verhoeven |
| music |
Lydie Auvray , Billy Gorlt , Mike Herting , Elmar Schloter |
| camera | Axel de Roche |
| cut | Barbara Hennings |
| occupation | |
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The Terrible Girl is a German fiction film directed by Michael Verhoeven from 1990 .
action
Sonja is a student in a Bavarian monastery high school . In her hometown Pfilzing she was officially honored after an international essay competition. This success spurs them on. She will next take part in the essay competition My City in the Third Reich . With her work she would like to erect a memorial to the local resistance against the Nazis . When she begins to research, however, she realizes that this topic is not at all welcome to the fellow citizens. She meets open resistance to her research . The citizens of the city refuse to give interviews, and the authorities are not cooperative either. Sonja is not discouraged and continues to research. The original rejection of the topic has now turned into a significant disability. The city does not want to be confronted with its past and tries to cover up Nazi crimes that occurred in its city between 1933 and 1945. The student finally gives up. It wasn't until years later that she wrote a book about it that was published. Now the enmity with Sonja , the dirtier of the nest , becomes even more threatening. She even has to fear for her health.
background
The film is based on the authentic case of Anna Elisabeth Rosmus , who experienced something similar to the heroine of the film in her hometown of Passau .
Reviews
“A political comedy that uses satire and polemics to illuminate the problem of inadequately coming to terms with the past. By over-pointing situations and types, the discussion-worthy inventory of forms of repression and their influences on the present is somewhat impaired. Remarkable in terms of cinematic design, as real satire and entertainment quality are combined in a way that is unusual for German film. "
“While the heroine, portrayed by Lena Stolze with a lot of saucy-eyed charm, tells her story to the audience and flatters their superiority, the provincial dignitaries, 'distorted to be recognizable' (as it was called at the time), appear as cabaret-like batches in a small town satire thick-skinned, bigotry and wickedness. They are always nicely single-layered, prepared for ridiculousness and promptly reap that laughter that is gladly taken as recognition. "
Awards
Michael Verhoeven won a Silver Bear for best director at the 1990 Berlinale . Lena Stolze won the Federal Film Prize in gold in 1990 for best leading actress. In late 1990 the film was honored with the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best foreign film. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film in 1991 . In 1992 he won the BAFTA Award in the same category .
DVD release
- The terrible girl. Kinowelt Home Entertainment 2004.
literature
- Federal Agency for Political Education (Ed.): The terrible girl. Ulrich Steller's film booklet. Bonn 2004. ( Online )
Web links
- The Nasty Girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The terrible girl at Filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Terrible Girl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2004 (PDF; test number: 63 198 V / DVD).
- ↑ The terrible girl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Urs Jenny: A lot of dirt in the nest . In: Der Spiegel . No. 8 , 1990, pp. 220-222 ( online ).