The Barschel case
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Barschel case |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 177 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kilian Riedhof |
| script |
Marco Wiersch , Kilian Riedhof |
| production | Kasbah film Tangier, Zeitsprung Pictures |
| music | Peter Hinderthür |
| camera | Benedict Neuenfels |
| cut | Andreas Radtke |
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The Barschel case is a three-hour German political thriller that premiered as a two-parter at the Munich Film Festival in 2015 and was broadcast as a one-piece on ARD in 2016 . With the help of the fictional character of a journalist, he deals with the real theories about the death of the Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Uwe Barschel . The film received several awards, including a. as best TV film of the Munich Film Festival with the Bernd Burgemeister Prize. The film is cast with Alexander Fehling , Fabian Hinrichs , Matthias Matschke , Antje Traue , Edgar Selge , Luise Heyer , Martin Brambach , Paula Kalenberg and Rolf Lassgard . The camera was directed by Benedikt Neuenfels , the book was written by Marco Wiersch and Kilian Riedhof , who also directed.
action
After a plane crash, which he survived seriously injured, Uwe Barschel surprisingly loses ground in the Schleswig-Holstein election campaign. Shortly before the polls, he comes under additional pressure: As a news magazine reports, he is said to have spied on his popular competitor Björn Engholm and started a dirty campaign against him with the support of the shady media officer Reiner Pfeiffer .
Barschel publicly denies everything with his word of honor, but the up-and-coming reporters David Burger and Olaf Nissen uncover a lie. The Prime Minister then has to resign and the newspaper celebrates lively. When Barschel is found dead in the bathtub of a Geneva hotel shortly afterwards, the affair takes on a new dimension: although the investigators assume a suicide, his family speaks of murder.
Over the years, Burger obsessed with every new lead that made the case appear more and more monstrous: illegal arms deals via the GDR, connections to the submarine deal with South Africa and even a possible connection with the Iran-Contra affair .
Any reference to his previous life as well as friends and family is increasingly lost. Instead, Burger, who starts an affair with the photographer Giselle, delves deeper and deeper into a world of shady informants.
reception
“Extremely strong political thriller. Kilian Riedhof and Marco Wiersch, who worked on their script for ten years, combine all the important theories into a cinematic masterpiece. "
“The entire ensemble is impressive, Benedikt Neuenfels' camera and Andreas Radtke's editing ensure that the documentary recordings of the film fit seamlessly into the fiction, which gathers everything that is known, said and conjectured about the 'Barschel case' can, and is characterized by narrative density and perfect tempo changes. First of all, someone should imitate this team. Her opus lasts three hours, not a minute too long. "
Awards
- Bernd Burgemeister Prize in the “Best TV Film” category at the Munich Film Festival
Web links
- The case Barschel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
- Jan Friday: The Barschel case - In a country before our time at ZeitOnline
- Nikolaus Festenberg: Between history lessons and media thrillers at TagesspiegelOnline
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the Barschel case (part 1) . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 156 271 V).
- ↑ Release certificate for the Barschel case (part 2) . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, November 2015 (PDF; test number: 156 272 V).
- ↑ Michael Hanfeld : TV film "The Barschel Case". It can only have been murder. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 6, 2016, accessed June 12, 2018 .
- ^ Munich Film Festival - Bernd Burgemeister Prize Winner