The Ireland Crime: The Dead of Glenmore Abbey
| Episode of The Ireland Crime Series | |
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| Original title | The dead from Glenmore Abbey |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
good friends Filmproduktions GmbH on behalf of Das Erste |
| length | 89 minutes |
| classification | Episode 1 |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 24, 2019 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Züli Aladağ |
| script |
Christian Schiller , Marianne Wendt |
| production | Sabina Arnold |
| music | Sebastian Fillenberg |
| camera | Roland Stuprich |
| cut | Carolin Biesenbach |
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The Dead of Glenmore Abbey is a German crime film directed by Züli Aladağ from 2019. It is the pilot film for the ARD crime film series Der Irland-Krimi . In addition to Declan Conlon , Mercedes Müller , Rafael Gareisen , Vincent Walsh and Tatja Seibt, Désirée Nosbusch plays the main role of "the sensitive police psychologist Cathrin Blake, who has to struggle with the shadows of the past".
On the ARD side, the following words were used to advertise the film: “The picturesque port city of Galway is the setting for this new Thursday crime series.” […] The authentic, thrilling game of the German-Irish cast, the psychologically profound story, a terrific camera work and impressive shots of the western Irish landscape characterize this exciting thriller.
action
The German psychologist Cathrin Blake has lived in the Irish city of Galway since completing her studies , where she fell in love with the detective inspector Liam Blake and had a child with him. Together the couple worked in the Galway Police Department; Cathrin specialized in the field of criminal psychology and brought many perpetrators to a confession in vivid conversations and due to her brilliant knowledge of human nature.
When Liam Blake suddenly and inexplicably disappeared, Cathrin plunged into a deep life crisis and at times became addicted to alcohol, from which the relationship with her son Paul suffered greatly. Paul, who now lives with Cathrin again after a few years in Germany and works as a police photographer, is still quarreling with his mother, who has since given up her job with the police and works as a freelance psychologist.
When Cathrin learns that children's skeletons and the skeleton of an unknown adult man have been found on the grounds of the former Magdalene Home of the Catholic Glenmore Abbey , she is soon certain that the remains of the adult corpse are her husband Liam, who has been missing for ten years which is also indicated by a ring on the dead man's finger. Only with Callum O'Connor, a former colleague and friend of Liam, does Cathrin fall on deaf ears. Superintendent Sean Kelly, on the other hand, reacts in an inexplicably dismissive way for Cathrin. When the case in favor of a coup against the drug mafia is entrusted to the young and inexperienced policewoman Emma Walsh, Cathrin takes matters into her own hands, knowing that she has to get to the bottom of it. Even if she endangers herself as a result, she must find out what happened to her husband at the time. Up until the 1990s, the Magdalenenheim housed young women, often pregnant, who were viewed as “fallen girls”. Locked up behind the monastery walls, they were mistreated and their lives were made hell. The girls' children were sold abroad or children who had died due to neglect were carelessly buried on the monastery grounds. Cathrin finds out that her husband Liam was one of those "Magdalenenkinder", that is, one of those young women who were violently driven out of premarital intercourse by unyielding sisters until the 1990s. While Liam had been adopted, the question arises whether other children had been sold or killed. Cathrin cannot expect any help from the abbess of Glenmore Abbey, she blocks everything. Ultimately, however, the truth does come to light and some of the girls from back then who could be located hold a moving funeral service for their dead children, in which Cathrin also takes part.
It is still unclear who murdered Liam Blake, but at least Cathrin can now have her husband's skeleton cremated and kept in an urn. In the pub, she answers a friend's question about why she has the urn with her. You haven't found a suitable place for Liam yet.
production
Production notes
The film was produced by good friends Filmproduktions GmbH on behalf of ARD Degeto in cooperation with Telegael Media Group. Katja Kirchen was the editor for Degeto Film. The filming of The Dead of Glenmore Abbey took place under the working title Fallen Girls from September 21 to November 26, 2018 at the same time as the second girl hunter case in Galway, Ireland .
Soundtrack
- I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy
- Homegrown from Haux
background
Interview with Désirée Nosbusch
Désirée Nosbusch, who is considered very picky about the choice of her roles, replied to the question of what prompted her to take on the lead role in the Ireland crime thriller : “Every role is always a journey into a new life. A biography that, at best, is very different from mine and that excites and makes me curious. That was exactly the case with Cathrin Blake. I liked her and wanted to get to know her better. ”When she was told that Cathrin Blake was“ a psychologist with German roots, non-conformist, intuitive and intelligent ”, who had scars from the past or how she would describe her role, Nosbusch said:“ Exactly so. Perhaps I would add empathic and justice-loving. ”For her too, it is true that“ no way is too far ”for justice, and that helping people who are in an emergency situation is“ also not alien to her ”. However, Cathrin is much more of a loner than she is. Their demons are bigger and darker. She has to "let her laugh again first". When asked how important beauty is in her life today and how important it is to be authentic, the actress answered as follows: “Beauty is very important to me. In a lot of things. However, the outer beauty is not important to me. The inner beauty of a person, a soul, an object, a text, an encounter - these are the things that make me vibrate. Authenticity is the only way. I want to live in peace with my reflection in the mirror. Life is far too short and valuable to be based on lies. ”She also associates Cathrin with the fact that there is also a place in her life to which she always returns when she is at important junctures in her life:“ an oak grove in Ojai. Ojai [be] a small town in the Topatopa Mountains near Lake Casitas in California ”. During the filming in Ireland it was love for the country at first sight, it immediately “drilled itself into her heart” with “its breathtaking nature and mystical beauty and its loving people” and did something with her, “changed her in a positive way ”, It“ never gets rid of ”. The walk from Salthill to Galway along the water was "a gift" every day. Nosbusch was also enthusiastic about "the beauty and magic of the sunsets" and the "atmosphere in O'Connor's Pub", which is "unique". The actress also said she likes it mysterious. The landscape in which the film was shot is “very mystical”, which “fits perfectly with the gloom of the fall”. This is based on one of Ireland's worst crimes: the skeletons of around 800 babies buried between 1925 and 1961 were discovered at a Catholic children's home.
Interview with Mercedes Müller
Merces Müller asked the question of what kind of person the young policewoman Emma, who she plays, was and what kind of relationship she had with Cathrin Blake: “Emma is new to the Presidium and still unsure. She wants to do everything right and is a little too ambitious at first. Cathrin's self-confident demeanor secretly impresses Emma. That she is not taken seriously by Cathrin offends her all the more. Emma has to prove herself to her before the two of them come together and realize that they are stronger together, support each other and create a friendship. ”What she particularly likes about the Irish mentality is the“ friendliness ”that everyone“ seemed relaxed ”and had made time for the crew. One “never felt undesirable” and was “warmly welcomed everywhere”. Even bad weather couldn't spoil anyone's mood. When asked how kickboxing, which she does “at competitive sport level”, has affected her acting work, Müller said that tournaments teach you to “deal with stress” and that training promotes “team spirit”. Of course, it is "great to be physically able to portray athletic roles appropriately".
Interview with Rafael Gareisen
When asked how he would “describe the relationship between mother and son”, Paul Blake, who plays Cathrin's son, answered: “In principle, the two are united by a great love and memories of a beautiful past together. With the disappearance of Liam, however, there was a rift in the relationship between the two. Through the destructive coping with grief with alcohol and medication on the part of Cathrin and the sending of the young Paul, a break arose that runs through the life together. Working out this area of tension between absolute closeness and the recurring breaches of trust was the exciting thing about working with Züli and Désirée. "For him, the 'Ireland crime thriller' is" the sixth production with English as the language of the set and thus a challenge that he as such I already knew “. “What was new and very exciting” was “literally bilingual work. Playing in German and getting answers in English, "he imagined" difficult "- but" worked very well in practice ". The advice of his father, also an actor , for Ireland was: "Have fun my son!"
reception
First broadcast, audience rating
The premiere of the film on 24 October 2019 under the Thursday Thriller for prime time in the program of the ARD The first was watched by 5.48 million viewers, representing a market share of 18.6%. 6.6% of the younger viewers opted for the film.
criticism
TV Spielfilm pointed with the thumbs up, gave two out of three possible points for claim and tension, one for action and stated: “Unfortunately, a very real scandal [...]. The sad fate of women and children plays only a subordinate role, but is told very sensitively and free of dramatization. The cool beauty of the country, the hardened characters and the gloomy mood are reminiscent of Scandinavian crime novels. But no, it's Ireland and much more authentic than many other ARD euro crime thrillers: Most of the actors are Irish, who were later (almost imperceptibly!) Dubbed. Top! "Conclusion:" Atmospheric crime drama in great pictures. "
Julian Miller fromquotemeter.de (rash 65%) asked whether the Irish police psychologist Cathrin Blake, played by Désirée Nosbusch and who had “been through a lot”, offered “good conditions for an exciting new ARD crime series”. "The fact that a crime series directs the investigator character's dead partner to her first murder case" is "not an unwise narrative handle," said Miller. "Since the Ireland crime thriller turns out to be less offensive and pathetic than its partner series on the same slot and instead trusts itself in a narrative sincere emotionalization", one should "also not fear any sentimental oversteer". The format shrinks "as expected from the final consequence and doesn't tell a broken heroine wallowing in the oozing of her depressive emotional depths", but could "convince with a sensitively designed main character - not least because her actress Désirée Nosbusch found exactly the right tone for her. In conclusion, Miller summarized: “Of course: Ireland can do much more as a play and narrative location than a pious and murderous Catholic backdrop. But if you wanted to go on a crime thriller trip somewhere on Thursday evening, then you'd better go to the green island. "
Rainer Tittelbach dedicated himself to the series on his page tittelbach.tv . The critic gave 4.5 out of 6 possible stars and said that the Ireland crime thriller is "a lot different from most foreign crime stories in the first". "Désirée Nosbusch, who has long been under-rated, ties in with her brilliant role in ' Bad Banks ' as a psychologist with a mixture of vulnerability and toughness, dark moments and regained sovereignty ". The synchronization of "the main Irish characters" "fits well with Nosbusch's calm, concentrated pitch". The “Irish ambience with the sensuality of its nature, the authenticity of the secondary characters and the psychophysical presence of the main actors” lay “like an atmospheric carpet over the stories whose themes seemed coherent”. "Positive for the eyes and ears" are also "Aladag's staging between Mollton & massive realism, Roland Stuprich's image design and the broad, flat score by Sebastian Fillenberg".
On the Kino.de website, however, the film's criticism was mixed: “With the coastal city of Galway a great location, with Desiree Nosbusch a wonderful leading actress and unknown but striking Irish faces among the supporting actors. But although a lot has a hand and foot, Degeto's latest foreign thriller doesn't really want to ignite. The figure of the criminal psychologist battered by the loss of her husband (also a police investigator) is overloaded. Too much ballast. The subject of the Magdalene Sisters is interesting, but in connection with the family drama it crushes the very low-tension crime thriller. "
Sabine Ulrich gave the film four out of five possible GOKAs and wrote on the Golden Camera page : “In the new series 'Der Irland-Krimi', Désirée Nosbusch plays all her colleagues on the wall as a careworn criminal psychologist. It is the intense gaze that makes everyone kneel down: the patient who spreads his sex fantasies in front of her, as well as the police officers who do not want the ex-profiler to interfere in their work. […] Uncertainty and grief have made her [Blake] sick. Every facial expression, every gesture shows that. And her look. ”It was a“ brilliant achievement ”of the actress who cemented“ her reputation as a character actress ”with the 'Ireland crime thriller'. The “maturity of the role” suits her as well as “the mysterious environment”. The Golden Camera TV tip was successful because "... The latest offshoot of the ARD regional crime thrillers captivates with the raw beauty of the green island and Désirée Nosbusch plays her character impressively multi-layered."
In the Frankfurter Rundschau , Harald Keller was of the opinion: “Désirée Nosbusch is convincing as a German-Irish criminal psychologist who lives in Galway. [...] The audience shouldn't expect any color-saturated Kerrygold or Sir Irish Moos advertising film idylls from this 'Ireland thriller'. "Keller spoke of a mostly very harmonious" local color ", some" Anglicisms "and that disturbed the script "Rushes on the falling finals".
Web links
- The Ireland-Crime: The dead Glenmore Abbey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Ireland crime thriller: The dead at Glenmore Abbey at crew united
- The Ireland crime thriller: The Dead of Glenmore Abbey on Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Désirée Nosbusch shoots Ireland crime thriller for ARD In: Welt, October 3, 2018. Accessed May 17, 2020.
- ↑ The Ireland crime thriller: The Dead of Glenmore Abbey see page programm.ard.de
- ↑ Désirée Nosbusch as a police psychologist in the new "Ireland Crime". In: presseportal.de . Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
- ↑ The Ireland crime thriller: The Dead of Glenmore Abbey at crew united
- ↑ Désirée Nosbusch as Cathrin Blake see page daserste.de
- ↑ a b Sabine Ulrich: New "Ireland crime thriller" in the First: Désirée Nosbusch as broken heroine see page goldenekamera.de, October 22, 2019 (including 10 film images). Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Désirée Nosbusch as Cathrin Blake see page daserste.de
- ↑ Mercedes Müller as Emma Walsh see page daserste.de
- ↑ Rafael Gareisen as Paul Blake see page daserste.de
- ↑ Primetime check: Thursday, October 24, 2019. Accessed on October 25, 2019 (German).
- ^ A b Rainer Tittelbach : Series "The Ireland Crime - The Dead of Glenmore Abbey / Mädchenjäger". Désirée Nosbusch, Declan Conlon, Mercedes Müller, Züli Aladag. For rough realism see page tittelbach.tv. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ The Ireland crime thriller: The Dead of Glenmore Abbey see page tvspielfilm.de (including 25 film images). Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Julian Miller: The Ireland Crime - The Dead of Glenmore Abbey see page quotenmeter.de, October 23, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ FRA: The Ireland crime thriller: The Dead of Glenmore Abbey see page kino.de. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Harald Keller: The Ireland crime thriller: No space for commercial film romance In: Frankfurter Rundschau , October 25, 2019. Retrieved on May 17, 2020.