The Extinction
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Extinction |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nikolaus Leytner |
| script |
Agnes Pluch Nikolaus Leytner |
| production |
Thomas Hroch Gerald Podgornig |
| music | Matthias Weber |
| camera | Hermann Dunzendorfer |
| cut | Karin Hartusch |
| occupation | |
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The television film Die Auslöschung is an Austrian production in 2013 with the participation of the television companies ORF and SWR . The drama tells of the late great love of a restorer ( Martina Gedeck ) and an art historian ( Klaus Maria Brandauer ). Happiness seems perfect until he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and slowly but ceaselessly changes their lives.
The TV premiere took place on ORF 2 on February 13, 2013, on German television on May 3 on SWR. ARD followed suit on May 8, 2013 with the broadcast on the first . The film had its preview at the Künstlerhauskino in Vienna on January 31, 2013.
content
When Judith Fuhrmann met the widowed art historian Ernst Lemden, the astute intellectual took her heart by storm with wit and eloquence. A one-night stand becomes a deep love, Judith and Ernst move in together. Over time, the signs of dementia increase in Ernst. He misplaces objects and forgets everyday things like the name of his grandson Emil. Ernst also loses his rhetorical strength and his intellect, initially barely noticeable, later massively. First of all, Ernst is joking and shocked Judith by allegedly forgetting her and her relationship. But the situation is becoming increasingly serious and the disputes regarding the topic of dementia are increasing, also because Ernst deals with his illness every day in order to experience everything and to know everything. He eventually procures poison that he intends to take when his condition is no longer bearable. Judith is against this step, but Ernst convinces her not to destroy the poison at least. He hides the poison behind his wall of books, directly behind the Collected Works of Seneca, and leaves himself a note with the inscription "Seneca brings salvation". As the disease progresses, the gradual extent of dementia becomes apparent. In his former favorite painting The painter Hans Burgkmair and his wife Anna von Lukas Furtenagel , which he used to interpret in many different ways and even wanted to write a book about it, he only sees funny boned men. The further away he dealt with people, the faster they disappear from his memory, so that even the recognition of his children slowly fades. He plays with his grandson Emil like a small child. One evening Ernst tore down his wall of books in a maddened state, instinctively looking for the poison, which Judith found. A one-sided care situation arises from happy, living love. Ernst needs care around the clock and needs to be looked after. Eventually he is unable to walk and is in a wheelchair. Judith is responsible for a man who is no longer able to communicate and who has forgotten his past and his family. Nevertheless, there is a connection between Judith and Ernst that lasts until the end. Judith cares devotedly. One evening, when Ernst can no longer even speak, she mixes the poison she has kept in the semolina, and Ernst seems to be aware of this fact after all. He eats the porridge without hesitation and dies.
background
The extinction is a Mona Film production in cooperation with ORF and SWR . The film project was supported by the TV Fund Austria with 611,000 euros and by the TV film funding of the Vienna Film Fund . The film was shot in May 2012 in Vienna and the surrounding area. a. in the Art History Museum .
The first broadcast on February 13, 2013 on ORF 2 saw 804,000 viewers with a market share of 26%, according to the ORF broadcast. The ARD broadcast of Die Auslöschung on May 8th was followed by the documentary Die Welt des Vergessens by Thomas Luck on the subject of living with dementia .
Criminal assessment
By deliberately administering the poison in semolina to Ernst, Judith commits murder according to Austrian criminal law, which is threatened with imprisonment of 10 to 20 years or life imprisonment. The milder punishment for killing on request would presumably have to be rejected by the court because Ernst was willing to die, but apparently no serious and urgent request was made. Due to Judith's altruistic motivation, however, the extraordinary mitigation law with a penalty could not be applied for less than a year, whereby this penalty could also be pronounced conditionally.
Reviews
"Formally, the extinction is a conventional narrative film, but with what a broad horizon and how wonderfully it is presented."
"The extinction - top-class with Klaus Maria Brandauer and Martina Gedeck - is a melancholy and strangely positive contribution to the widespread disease Alzheimer's."
"The fact that the topic is conveyed so impressively is thanks to two great actors who illustrate the process of disintegration in a credible and deeply moving manner."
Awards
- 2013
- Romy in the Best TV Film category
- 3sat audience award
- Austrian Adult Education TV Prize to Nikolaus Leytner and Agnes Pluch
- 2014
Web links
- The extinction in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The extinction on the Mona Film Production website .
- The deletion on kundendienst.ORF.at.
- The Extinction ( Memento from April 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on Das Erste.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See IMDb entry and website of the Vienna Film Fund.
- ↑ a b TV broadcast dates for the film Die Auslöschung on the website of the Vienna Film Fund. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ↑ a b Presentation of "Die Auslöschung" with Klaus Maria Brandauer and Martina Gedeck. ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: kundendienst.ORF.at. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Please just say love". WESER-KURIER. Retrieved May 3, 2013 .
- ↑ The extinction. on DasErste.de. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013 ; Retrieved May 3, 2013 .
- ↑ FERNSEHFONDS AUSTRIA is funding “Die Auslöschung” with Klaus Maria Brandauer with 611,000 euros. In: Press release from Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR), February 11, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.
- ↑ Up to 804,000 viewers saw "The Extinction". ORF / SWR drama with Klaus Maria Brandauer and Martina Gedeck. In: APA / OTS broadcast by ORF on February 14, 2013. Accessed on May 8, 2013.
- ↑ $ 75, 77, 41, 43 Austria. criminal code
- ↑ Irene Bazinger: Don't forget mine. On TV: "The Extinction". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 6, 2013, accessed on May 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Love in the times of Alzheimer's. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, May 7, 2013.
- ↑ The extinction. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
