Big Tom

Movie
Original title	Big Tom
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2008
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Niki Stein
script	Niki Stein
production	Hessian radio
music	Jacki Engelken, Ulrik Spies
camera	Arthur W. Ahrweiler
cut	Silke Franken
occupation
Wolf-Niklas Schykowski : Tom Aglaia Szyszkowitz : mother of Tom Elisa Schlott : Sophie Lotte Becker: Fanny Sandra Borgmann : Cora Herbert Knaup : Mother's friend Therese Hämer : school director Thomas Balou Martin : Policeman Anke Sevenich : Youth Welfare Officer Anian Zollner : Robert Isaak Dentler : Movers Martin Bretschneider : Movers Özgür Karadeniz : Pizzeria host

Big Tom is a German TV drama from 2008. Directed by Niki Stein . The film is based on a true story in Berlin and tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who has to take care of his two younger sisters because his mother has left the children.

action

Twelve-year-old Tom has to look after his two little sisters Sophie (10) and Fanny (8) alone because their mother has moved to live with her new boyfriend, who knows nothing about the children. The mother only looks after the children every now and then and brings money over for the most essential things. Although Tom tries everything to maintain the appearance of an intact family, a neighbor named Cora notices the three children. She tries half-heartedly to get in touch with her mother. However, these attempts always fail because the mother of the three is never at home. At the end of the film, Cora notifies the police and the youth welfare office , because she can no longer see the conditions in which the children live.

Reviews

The film received praise primarily for its touching drama . The Berliner Zeitung wrote : “All in all, Big Tom is so impressively depressing that you don't like to see him at times. But must have seen it. "

Awards

• 2008: German television award for actor Wolf-Niklas Schykowsk in the sponsorship award category
• 2008: Hessian television award for the actor Herbert Knaup in the category of best actor

Differences from the real story

• In the film, the children suffer from mental neglect. In the real story, the children's apartment was also littered and dirty.
• In the film, the neighbor Cora calls the police, not the boy, because he can no longer stand the conditions.
• In the film there are only three siblings, in the original there are four.

Web links

• The big Tom in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Program of the ARD website ARD. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
2. ↑ ofdb: The big Tom website ofdb. Retrieved October 14, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} tittelbach.tv: The big Tom website tittelbach.tv. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
4. ↑ imbd: The big Tom website imdb. Retrieved October 14, 2014
5. ↑ ^{a b} Klaudia Wick: The chaos behind the door in: Berliner Zeitung of February 26, 2008. Retrieved on October 14, 2014.
6. ^ The German Television Prize : 2008 award winners on deutscher-fernsehpreis.de. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
7. ^ Hessian Film and Cinema Prize - 2008 award winners on filmhaus-frankfurt.de. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
8. ↑ Andre Mielke: Neglected children as television entertainment in: Die Welt from February 27, 2008. Website the world. Retrieved October 14, 2014.