Ilse is gone

Movie
Original title	Ilse is gone
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1976
length	114 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Ilse Hofmann
script	Hajo Gies ; Martin Gies ; Ilse Hofmann
music	Birger Heymann
camera	Axel Block
occupation
	Susanne Werner : Erika; Marion Heister : Ilse; Lina Carstens : Grandma Janda; Renate Küster : Use's mother; Sonja Karzau : Councilor; Klaus Graetzer : Alibaba; Wolfram Koch : Klaus; Günter Lamprecht : Kurt; Holger Küppers : Dabbed; Horst Naumann : Use's father;

Ilse ist weg is a German feature film from 1976. The film was based on the novel Ilse Janda, 14 by Christine Nöstlinger .

action

Erika and Ilse Janda are sisters. The film is told from the perspective of twelve year old Erika. The two sisters suffer from the separation of their parents. They live with their mother, her new husband Kurt, and two smaller half-siblings in a cramped apartment building. This is becoming more and more of a problem, especially for 14-year-old Ilse, as she is constantly fighting with her mother. Only grandma seems to understand the pubescent girl. When Ilse did not come home until after midnight one day, her mother put her under house arrest. She is at home punctually every afternoon, but the mother does not know that Ilse skips school during the day and thus still has her freedom. Ilse tells Erika that she wants to leave the family and go to England with friends . There she would like to work as a nanny. Erika helps her escape because Ilse has threatened to kill herself if she continues to live in the family prison.

Ilse is gone now, and neither Erika nor the parents receive a sign of life from Ilse. Finally, Erika goes in search of Ilse and finds out that Ilse has not even traveled to England. In the end she finds Use, and the sister actually comes home with her.

background

The first broadcast took place as a three-part on October 26th, 27th and 28th 1976 in the evening program of the ARD , on November 21st 1976 the film was repeated as a one-piece in the evening program.

Reviews

Lexicon of international films : A 12 year old girl's search for her 14 year old sister who has disappeared. Problems of upbringing become visible behind the cheerful and serious story. Dramaturgically not completely seamless, but dramatically remarkable.
Der Spiegel (44/1976): It is astonishing how credibly Marion Heister lets the girl Ilse slide out of the apparent warmth of her nest into adolescent adventure. It is shocking to see how Susanne Werner as Erika, from whose childlike point of view the whole story is rolled out, opens the eyes of adults to what so-called parental love can achieve and genuine sibling love. Let it be daring: TV game of the year.

Web links

The Ilse's gone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Der Spiegel 44/1976

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?serie=994

[2] Ilse is gone. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 23, 2017 .