The man on the tree
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The man on the tree |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Martin Gies |
| script | Silke Zertz |
| production | Dagmar Rosenbauer |
| music | Andreas Koslik |
| camera | Thomas Etzold |
| cut | Dora Vajda |
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The Man on the Tree is a German TV film from 2011 . The film comedy had its first broadcast on November 23, 2011 on ARD , where the film was seen by around 4.59 million viewers, corresponding to a market share of 14.1 percent.
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The divorced hotel employee Hans seems to lose his son Moritz forever. His ex-wife Linda wants to emigrate to Denmark with him and her new boyfriend . Although he is a man, he no longer has anything to say in society, because after all men are obsolete models of evolution. And since feminism has long been institutionalized, society is becoming more and more feminine and he has fewer and fewer opportunities, he feels powerless and helpless against his ex's decision. So he decides to sit down on the dance floor in the middle of the market square to oppose to protest all these injustices.
Reviews
“(TV) comedy about men who do not want to look the future in the eye so as not to obscure their view of their youth, whereby the solidly played, thoroughly entertaining film is only moderately rebellious, rather fast and predictable in the traditional way (Life and love) conventions. "
“Using the means of comedy, Martin Gies staged a serious topic based on the script by Silke Zertz [...] and shows a man who is worried about the loss of his son. Other fellow sufferers in the film also have problems with women. Men, the film suggests, think differently. […] Jan Josef Liefers […] shows once again that he can play any role. At his side: The actress Suzan Anbeh from Oberhausen [...] in the role of the wife, who understandably plagues a bad conscience. "
“The television film 'Der Mann auf dem Baum', however, written by Silke Zertz, is just pretty boring. [...] In 'The Man on the Tree' (director: Martin Gies), however, a basic idea that is funny in and of itself is implemented using feel-good television until nothing can be seen of it. The result - 'Love is a game for two people, there are no rules, no fair play, no mercy' - is discouraged, shallow, maudlin and conventional relationship clothes with a tendency towards happy endings. "
“Half of the dialogues in this film should be deleted. And the rest upside down. Then 'The Man on the Tree' could have been quite funny. […] There is little to add to that, except: boring! The film […] wants to be a comedy, but the fact that Silke Zertz always works with the stylistic device of exaggeration in her script is very tiring. Overly cold, selfish and one-dimensional, Suzan Anbeh has to play the ex. The man's drama is exaggerated. The characters of the three friends that Hans met in the hospital are exaggerated. "
Web links
- The man on the tree in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ TV ratings: cheering mood on Sat.1 despite Dortmund bankruptcy , digitalfernsehen.de
- ↑ The man in the tree. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The man on the tree , prisma.de
- ↑ On television: 'The man on the tree', pathetic stay-up , faz.net
- ↑ Gender comedy on ARD, man, cry! , spiegel.de