The loneliness of the crocodiles
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The loneliness of the crocodiles |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jobst Oetzmann |
| script | Jobst Oetzmann |
| production |
Harry Kügler , Molly von Fürstenberg |
| music | Dieter Schleip |
| camera | Hanno Lentz |
| cut | Christel Suckow |
| occupation | |
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The loneliness of the crocodiles is a German crime film satire about an outsider and the misfortune of being different by Jobst Oetzmann from the year 2000. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Dirk Kurbjuweit .
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The strictly brought up butcher's son Günther is increasingly becoming an outsider and annoys the whole village with his crazy ideas. He longs to escape the confines of his hometown and is getting stranger and stranger. Ultimately, the ingenious weirdo ends up in psychiatry and later back home under the control of his parents, where he dies. It is said that Günther committed suicide. The budding journalist Elias investigates the strange death; he “is interested in the story of a lost life and finds himself through it”.
Reviews
"A multi-faceted film between black and humorous farce and deeply sad tragedy, which explores human sensitivities between utopian optimism and resigned adaptation in a playful and sophisticated way."
“With flashbacks, Jobst Oetzmann's laconically narrated tragic comedy puts this life story together piece by piece like a criminal puzzle. And in the process, the viewer is more and more immersed in a bizarre world in which hope is subject to emotional violence. "
“This curious search for traces of the novel by Dirk Kurbjuweit offers quite interesting approaches, shows remarkable performance, but leaves a lot to be desired in terms of film. Here the German province is presented as the birthplace of madness, where the supposedly crazy turn out to be the only normal ones. "
Awards
- 2000: Bavarian Film Award (producer award; awarded in January 2001)
- 2002: German Film Critics' Award (film music)
In addition, the film has been shown at several German (at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival , at the Lünen Kinofest and the Hofer Filmtage ) and international film festivals (as a German contribution in Cannes , at the Forum du Cinéma Européen in Strasbourg , the Hong Kong film festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival in California).
Web links
- The Loneliness of the Crocodiles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The loneliness of the crocodiles at filmportal.de (with photo gallery and film poster)
- Jörg Machill at Filmrezension.de
- jobst-oetzmann.de Chronology of the international reception of the film (accessed on November 17, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ^ Oetzmann in an interview with taz on May 17, 2001
- ^ The Solitude of the Crocodiles in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on August 15, 2008
- ^ Film review , Cinema , accessed August 15, 2008
- ↑ The loneliness of the crocodiles at prisma.de