The Suspicion (2011)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The suspicion |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Matti Geschonneck |
| script | Bernd Lange |
| production |
Wolfgang Cimera , Silke Schulze-Erdel |
| music |
Nikolaus Glowna , Siggi Mueller |
| camera | Martin Langer |
| cut | Eva Schnare |
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The Suspicion is a German TV film by Matti Geschonneck with Christiane Paul from 2011.
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The German engineer Maja Reichardt is visited by the police in a holiday complex in Namibia . Her husband Hanno had a fatal accident in his car in the desert. Since the officers rule out an accident, Maja is suspected of having something to do with the death of her husband. She now has only two hours in Windhoek to convince Kirsten Buresch, an employee of the German embassy, of her innocence. The diplomat, who determines whether Maja is allowed to return to Germany or is handed over to the Namibian judiciary, believes, however, that Maja suffers from paranoia and could therefore have had a reason to kill her husband. Maja finally tells her her story:
After studying together, Maja and Hanno started their own business in Berlin to devote themselves to development projects for renewable energies. In Namibia, they wanted to build a technology park with wind turbines and solar systems that would make the country independent of South Africa in terms of energy technology . Achim Borchert, a former friend of the two, also made the Namibian government an offer for such a park. Since his company was on the verge of bankruptcy, he asked Maja and Hanno to let him handle the project. Maja and Hanno, however, did not get involved, traveled to Namibia and presented their project there. The decision on the project, on which Hanno in particular had been working intensively for months, was postponed by the government after it had apparently received a cheaper offer. When Maja resignedly suggested going back to Germany, she got into an argument with Hanno. As a result, Maja was followed by a black man in a market. In a small side street he attacked her with a knife. It was only when the locals arrived that he left her and disappeared. Although she was convinced that it was not a robbery and that they wanted to murder her, she decided to stay with Hanno in Namibia. After a dizzy spell, she met a budding doctor named Laura Steinborn at her holiday resort. One evening when Maja received a mysterious call and Hanno was not there, she went to Laura and asked her to spend the night with her. The next morning she found Achim in her room, who was busy with her laptop ...
Kirsten Buresch finally shows Maja a bank statement from her husband who recently debited 5,000 euros. Maja now tells her that she wanted to return to Germany for fear of another murder attempt, even though she and Hanno had received the contract for the park. Hanno was angry at first, but then agreed. In the evening Hanno gave her pills to calm her nerves. However, Maja only pretended to have taken them. When Hanno was about to mix more tablets in a glass with water, Maja confronted him. He then disappeared. Meanwhile, Inspector Pienaar tracks down the man who threatened Maja with a knife and finds several hundred euro bills on him. Kirsten Buresch now also believes that Hanno wanted to have Maja killed. When the investigation finally reveals that Hanno has committed suicide, Buresch Maja returns her passport.
Maja then flies to Berlin, where she offers Achim to take over the project. She later visits Laura, who has since also returned to Germany, in the hospital and invites her to have a drink with her. After her duty, Laura goes to Maja's office, as agreed, to pick her up. Before you go, have a glass of red wine. On the way to the underground car park, Maja suddenly stops the elevator. She knows about Laura's affair with Hanno. As it turns out, Maja had already seen Laura with Hanno in a restaurant before her stay in Namibia. One night at the resort, she snuck out of her room and found Hanno at Laura talking to her about the pills, which are a strong opiate that is fatal in higher doses. Maja tells Laura that she put the same opiate in her red wine glass and finally gets the elevator going again. When they reach the underground car park, Laura tries to escape. However, all doors are locked. Maja runs after Laura, who is scared to death, reaches into her jacket pocket and finally throws the pills at her feet. When Maja receives a call from Kirsten Buresch in her apartment, who asks how she is, Maja says that she shouldn't worry about her. She is fine.
background
Leading actress Christiane Paul had already shot the psychological thriller Die Tote vom Deich (2006) with director Matti Geschonneck . Convinced of his work, Paul immediately accepted when Geschonneck offered her the role in Der Suspicious . "He's someone who interests me, whose projects interest me and whom I feel comfortable with," says the actress. The screenplay was written by Bernd Lange , whose books for the films Requiem (2006) and Sturm (2009) Geschonneck had drawn attention to him. The shooting took place from May 11th to June 16th, 2010 at original locations in Berlin and Namibia .
The film was shown on German television for the first time on January 24, 2011 by ZDF . The audience rating was 4.79 million viewers, corresponding to a market share of 13.7%.
Reviews
According to Thilo Wydra from Tagesspiegel , the film is reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Suspicion . The dramaturgy of Matti Geschonneck's film, however, is “a bit confused” with “not always convincingly brought together” storylines, which is why “the cast of actors sometimes finds it difficult to give the story and its staff credibility”. For Marcus Bäcker from the Berliner Zeitung , The Suspicion was “not a perfect thriller” because he still lacks “a few volts”. Nevertheless, the production is "an unusually good television film with an oppressive atmosphere, great pictures and interesting characters". Nina Belz from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described the first collaboration between Matti Geschonneck and Bernd Lange as a "gripping thriller [...] in which the lines between reality and fantasy blur". Leading actress Christiane Paul plays her role "convincingly in every phase".
TV Spielfilm found that Geschonneck had staged the "versatile thriller [...] in attractive, cinematic images". “The tricky, somewhat too cumbersome rear panel construction” is, however, “a matter of taste”. Although there was “more in it”, the film still ensures “an entertaining crime thriller evening”. The conclusion was: “Wasteful crime puzzle with a convincing look.” “If it weren't for the successful landscape shots and the good performance of the actors, you could safely forget this directorial work […],” judged Prisma .
Web links
- The suspicion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Matti Geschonneck on tittelbach.tv
- Interview with Christiane Paul on tittelbach.tv
- Pictures of the film on tvspielfilm.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Marcus Bäcker: Confusion to the end . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 24, 2011.
- ↑ cf. tittelbach.tv
- ↑ Thilo Wydra : Trust, distrust . In: Der Tagesspiegel , January 23, 2011.
- ↑ Nina Belz: The end of certainty . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 20, 2011.
- ↑ cf. tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ cf. prisma.de