The lily pond
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| Original title | The lily pond |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 180 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Johannes Fabrick |
| script | Johannes Fabrick and Gabriela Sperl |
| production | Jutta Lieck-Klenke |
| music | Annette Focks |
| camera | Holly Fink , Robert Neumüller (in New York) |
| cut | Barbara Hennings |
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Der Seerosenteich is a two-part television film by Johannes Fabrick from 2003 based on the novel of the same name by Christian Pfannenschmidt , which was produced on behalf of and for Das Erste . The main role is occupied by Natalia Wörner , leading roles with Tim Bergmann , Anja Kling , Hannelore Elsner , Dietrich Hollinderbäumer , Kai Scheve and Antje Hagen .
Natalia Wörner, who plays the fashion designer Isabelle Corthen, said: "The story of Isabelle and Jon is a story of the missed moments, as is so often the case with really great loved ones." On the MDR website it was said: "Between professional ambitions and their great ones Torn between her childhood sweetheart Jon, the young designer Isabelle goes to Paris, but only through the mediation of her teacher, Doll Mandel, does she manage to break through with a luxury label. But that leads to a break with the financially involved Trakenberg family. "
action
Part 1
Luisendorf 1967: Isabelle Corthen grows up as the daughter of the housekeeper Ida at the cloth merchant Carl Trakenberg's villa in Hamburg. Together with the daughter of the house Vivien Trakenberg and the children's friend Jon Rix she plays hide and seek in the park and in the house. When Isabelle's mother catches the little girl among Mrs. Trakenberg's expensive clothes, she admonishes her daughter vigorously. Isabelle tries to interject that Vivien does the same, to which Ms. Corthen replies that that is something completely different, Vivien is also at home in the villa.
New York 2002: An elegant lady gets out of a taxi and visits an art auction with her assistant George. The most expensive work is the painting The Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet , the minimum offer is 12 million dollars. Although Isabelle Corthen, she is the woman, actually wanted to bid no more than 18 million dollars, she buys the painting because her bid of 22 million dollars is the highest. George admits with a transfigured look that she would have paid any price, almost anyone, for it. In her comfortable New York apartment she then wants to be alone with the picture to let the magic of the picture work on her. The picture brings back memories of Jon, the love of her life, and her childhood near Hamburg, in the successful fashion designer.
Her thoughts go back to her mother in 1979 and the day when Erich, a neighbor of the Trakenbergs, confessed to her that he was her father. Her mother wanted her not to find out and he made sure that she and her mother were staying with the Trakenbergs. He wanted a different solution. Now he is very sick and doesn't have much time, which is why her mother is going with him now. With the words that she will always love her, Isabelle's mother Ida leaves the Trakenberg estate with Erich. Isabelle has no idea that they both want to go to their deaths together. When she hears about it, she is completely stunned and sits on a roof for hours in the pouring rain. Only her friend Jon, who was notified by the cook Gretel Burmönken, can persuade her to leave the roof.
Luisendorf 1980: Doll Mandel, a German fashion designer who is well known beyond the borders of the country, is invited to the Trakenbergs. Isabelle is totally fascinated by her and what she does. Jon, on the other hand, with whom she is now together and is studying medicine, imagines a future together with Isabelle. When Isabelle and Vivien go to the lake together one day to skate, Vivien breaks in, Isabelle tries to help her and breaks in too. With the last of their strength, both of them save themselves to the shore. Vivien's father Carl says that since she saved his daughter, she has one wish. Isabelle wants a dress from the Almond doll collection. She means to the fashion designer that she would like to work for her. Gretel Burmönken, now Isabelle's guardian, is initially against this being a job for the rich, but then agrees. Things are very unconventional in Mandel's studio, but the work that Isabelle has to do is not quite what she imagined. When she complains, Gretel only says that "apprenticeship years are not master years".
Hamburg 1982: Isabelle wants to know from Jon whether love lasts a lifetime. His answer is: “The other way round, our life lasts in love.” It was a coincidence that Isabelle went to a bar with the fashion photographer Remo Winter. He says he's going back to Paris shortly, that she should come with him. Jon can't keep an appointment with Isabelle the following evening because his mother, who is sick, has swallowed sleeping pills. Isabelle worries about the appearance of young Helen, who works in the Rix 'household and takes care of Jon's mother and is therefore more with Jon than she is. Then comes the evening when Isabelle gives herself to Remo and is shocked afterwards runs away from himself. Since her apprenticeship is over, she rejects Doll Mandel's offer to continue working for her and decides to seek her professional fortune in Paris. Jon writes her a letter that she has done something that she cannot forgive herself, that she must go a long way and that forever. What she has done she has to deal with on her own.
Hamburg 2002: Jon comes from a doctors' conference and is picked up from the train station by his wife Helen. A newspaper catches his eye that shows Isabelle on the cover and bears the headline: Belle Corthen - fashion queen loves water lilies . When Helen arrives at home and finds the newspaper, she tells Jon that he is still thinking about Isabelle, that he simply cannot forget her.
Part 2
Isabelle wants to see a house in the Hamptons , a Mecca for the super-rich, as she is looking for a suitable place for the water lily picture. Her thoughts go back to Paris in 1983. After it took time to get an appointment with one of the hip fashion designers, Isabelle's designs did not meet with any of the greats - quite the opposite is the case. After Isabelle has moved out of Remo, whose sex life she does not want to participate in, she receives a call from Jon, who is in Paris and wants to meet her. Jon hardly recognizes them, and there is no longer any talk of a future together. After a disappointing conversation for him, he sadly says goodbye to Isabelle. Since she only gets rejections, Isabelle has little money left for her daily life. At such a moment, the Almond doll stands in front of her door and makes her a generous offer. She wants to make Isabelle her successor.
Luisendorf 1985: Not only Gretel, but also Carl Trakenberg, welcomes Isabelle to the family. One of her first trips led Isabelle to the water lily pond, in which she often swam with Jon. When she calls him, it's his father's turn and says they'll all be in St. John's Church at ten tomorrow morning. When Isabelle goes there, she sees Jon and his bride Helen coming out of church. Helen notices her and hugs Jon so that he can't see Isabelle. Without being further noticeable, it moves away. She is now plunging into her own collection in order to get off to a great start. Her fashion collection will be called "Belle Corthen", the name that came from the doll Mandel's imagination. The first presentation of their collection is a huge success. Isabelle also notices Jon in the audience, but he leaves the show without contacting her. Isabelle is now the new star in the fashion world and presents her collections all over the world. When she is in Paris, she surprisingly meets Jon, who is attending a medical conference there. In the evening Isabelle visits him in his hotel room. They sleep together. Both of them always had a great feeling for one another.
Hamburg 1999: After there had been disagreements two years earlier about the cost of the expensive materials that Isabelle used for her collection, the fashion designer appeared in anger at Vivien Trakenberg's office when she discovered that the Trakenberg cloth factory was selling cheap goods in her name as she calls it, sells. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Trakenberg Works, which are now run by Vivien and her husband Peter Ansaldi in addition to Carl Trakenberg, Carl, on whom Isabelle has always been able to count, takes the side of his daughter and son-in-law Peter. Doll Almond, who is also present, takes Isabelle's side and explains that she finds all of this horrific. That is not her way and also not her way of dealing with things. Although Doll has been Carl Trakenberg's lover for many years, at this moment he takes the side of his family and not only against Isabelle, but also against her.
Isabelle draws the consequences and leaves the Trakenbergs, who are no longer allowed to advertise with their names. This does not affect their career, while the Trakenbergs are less able to cope with this loss. In New York, where Isabelle has gone, she manages to build her own fashion empire. One day Isabelle receives the news that Gretel Burmönken has died. Of course, she travels to Europe to attend the funeral of the woman who was her mother substitute. Jon also showed up for the funeral service. When Isabelle stands at Gretel's grave, she remembers the words of admonition when she left for Paris. It was like a stone on her soul, said Gretel, that Isabelle had not been to her mother's grave once. Don't go away like that. It hurts the soul. Isabelle runs away in despair and searches for the grave in the pouring rain. Jon, who followed her, shows her the way. She says she never wanted to be like her mother. And when Jon replied that she had succeeded, no, she was like her mother, she too was separate from the man she loved. Jon talks to his wife and tells her that he will leave her, even if he knows that it is deeply injustice to her, but he has to do it, he cannot help it.
Jon searches for and finds Isabelle, who hid in her home in the Hamptons. "You found me" is all she can say when they face each other.
production
Production notes
The water lily pond was filmed from March 28 to June 15, 2002 at locations in Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg , Paris and New York City . The two-parter was produced under the direction of Jutta Lieck-Klenke by TPI Trebitsch Production International GmbH Katharina M. Trebitsch on behalf of ARD Degeto . Dörte Brodesser, Tarik Erpinar and Jan Zillmann were in charge of recording. The production coordination for Paris Orange Films was with Thomas Buchwalder, the production coordination for New York Wormerland Productions, Inc. with Paul van Wormer. Günther Russ was in charge of production, while Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan was the editor.
The film music was recorded by the Munich Philharmonic Film Orchestra under the direction of Annette Focks.
publication
The first broadcast of the first part of the film took place on February 6, 2003 in the ARD program, the second part was shown on the following day, February 7, 2003.
Best Entertainment AG released the two-part film on January 18, 2010 in a “Special Edition” on DVD.
criticism
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm wrote that the “well-made self-discovery trip” too often plunged into a “soap opera filled with truisms”. Conclusion: "Strong women with a weak story". The film got a medium rating, thumbs to the side. The evaluation of film 1 was: "The well-staffed and well-made self-discovery trip unfortunately disappears all too soon into the soap opera." Conclusion: "Too weak material for these strong women."
The criticism on TV Today was similar , where they were of the opinion: "Despite good actors: A penny booklet story remains a penny booklet story." Conclusion: "A highly polished soap opera."
Rainer Tittelbach gave the film four out of six possible stars on his tittelbach.tv website and praised it: “'The water lily pond' tells the memories of a lonely woman. Johannes Fabrick's film is a glossy piece of the better kind. With her portrayal, Natalia Wörner has succeeded in creating a sensitive and sensual portrait of a woman. The novel of the same name by Christian Pfannenschmidt served as a template. You can feel the density of the original and the dramaturgical skills of author Gabriela Sperl. A must for melodrama fans! ”You can feel“ the density of the original and the dramaturgical skills of author Gabriela Sperl ”. [...] Hannelore Elsner plays her role as the fashion designer, the Mandel doll, "in her inimitable way". Natalia Wörner manages “behind the facade of the tough business woman to make a multi-faceted person with an eventful biography visible, a woman who enjoys her job”. It tells “a story of self-discovery between creativity, longing and repression. The film touches without getting lost in kitsch ”.
Prisma spoke of an "opulently equipped production" and stated in essence: "This lavishly staged love story is convincing despite its length due to the top-class cast and the skillful change of time levels".
The online portal Filmdienst was not particularly impressed by the film and wrote: Once again, great emotions are in order to make the hearts of the viewers beat faster. But this does not speak for the quality of this overly long melodramatic (television) film, the story of which is more than foreseeable. - Possible from 14.
Web links
- The lily pond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The water lily pond at crew united
- The water lily pond see page mdr.de
Individual evidence
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↑ a b Rainer Tittelbach : Multi-part “Water Lily Pond”. Professional visions, unfulfilled love. Natalia Wörner's moving portrait of a woman
see page tittelbach.tv, February 6, 2003. Accessed July 2, 2020. - ↑ The water lily pond see page mdr.de
- ↑ The first: shooting start of the novel adaptation “Der Seerosenteich” / Natalia Wörner has to choose between her career in Paris and her love for Tim Bergmann presseportal.de
- ↑ The water lily pond Fig. DVD case ARD Degeto
- ↑ Der Seerosenteich (1 + 2) short review at tvspielfilm.de (including 17 film images). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ The water lily pond (1) see page tvspielfilm.de (including 9 film images). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ The water lily pond (2) see page tvtoday.de (including film images). Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ The water lily pond see page prisma.de. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ The water lily pond. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 2, 2020 .
