Destruction of Silence
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| Original title | Destruction of Silence |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 41 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Jakob Gisik |
| script | Jakob Gisik |
| production | Jakob Gisik |
| music | Florian Linckus |
| camera |
Philipp Michael Hönig , Jakob Gisik, Boris Hansmann |
| cut | Jakob Gisik |
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Destruction of Silence is a feature film by Jacob Gisik dating back to 2013 and was produced by JAKALE film. The German war drama was on 21 September 2013 Kassel premiered and released shortly afterwards on DVD .
action
April 1945 in the last foothills of the Second World War. An old man tells the following story from the off.
Jack Brown has just been stationed in Germany as a GI. He reports to his captain. This tells him that Kassel was completely destroyed by them and that the Germans are slowly no longer offering any resistance. With a little luck, he doesn't have to stay long. He assigns Jack to the second platoon. While Jack waits to be picked up, American bombers fly overhead and he watches.
A jeep drives into the courtyard of a US headquarters. The lieutenant gets out and talks to the captain. He's just come back from a patrol trip. He reports that there are no more enemy contacts to report. The civilians flee. Anthony, one of the GIs, overhears the conversation and runs to his platoon, which includes Jack Brown. He excitedly reports that the war will soon be over, but the others don't react. They hear that all the time. Another jeep drives into the yard. A captured SS officer is led away by a couple of GIs. Among them Mason, who is now returning to his platoon. He greets Jack very harshly.
The next day the platoon goes on another patrol trip in jeeps. You drive past destroyed tanks. And see an American fighter-bomber squadron. They arrive at a roadblock erected by their own people. The road is not safe so continue on foot. The platoon stops in a clearing. Jack hears another noise. The sergeant orders him to check it out. Jack discovers the little German orphan boy Philipp Schmidt in the undergrowth. He extends his hand and takes him under his wing. Wehrmacht soldiers are approaching. The GIs discover the Germans and a firefight breaks out. Jack takes cover with the boy. Many of the Americans are dying. With the courage of desperation, he picks up the little boy and is able to escape from the clearing.
Jack and the little boy are wandering through the woods. They tell each other their stories and get to know each other better. You come to a barn. Jack hides the boy in a hayloft and explores the area. A German soldier spots him and tries to shoot him, but Jack gets ahead of him and is able to stab him.
Then Jack and the boy come to a street where they can watch German civilians fleeing. Jack is discovered by a German soldier and knocked unconscious.
The film jumps into the present: We see an old man in a television studio who is being interviewed by a camera team and the narrator's voice was off. We learn that he is the little boy Philipp Schmidt from back then. In his mind he suddenly sees the GI Jack Brown in front of him. He gets up, leaves the studio and follows his illusions outside. When he loses sight of him, he has a heart attack.
background
After Jakob Gisik had already taken up the topic of World War II with his short film Twice Over the Horizon in 2012 , he returned thematically to this time for Destruction of Silence (working title: Abriss der Stille).
The film was shot in English, but was dubbed in German .
Reviews
"Skilfully set moments and atmospheric pictures."
"Destruction of Silence is a real newcomer surprise that fans of the genre shouldn't miss."
"Destruction of Silence has succeeded here in convincing the viewer of the story of suffering and death, but also trust and deep friendship."
Web links
- Destruction of Silence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Destruction of Silence at crew united
- Picture gallery in the HNA from September 24, 2012
- Review from film-rezension.de
- Review from filmtogo.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Destruction of Silence . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2013 (PDF; test number: 142 276 V).
- ^ Siegfried Görk: GI saves German boys. HNA, September 24, 2012, accessed February 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Oliver Armknecht: Review on Film-RezUNGEN.de from May 11, 2014, accessed on February 8, 2018.
- ↑ Steffen Müller: Review on Kinofilmer.de from 2014, accessed on February 8, 2018.
- ↑ Sonja Buddensiek: Review on Back-down-to-earth.blogspot.de from May 17, 2014, accessed on February 8, 2018.