The kings of timber production

Movie
Original title	The kings of timber production
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2006
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Matthias Keilich
script	Matthias Keilich, Khyana el Bitar
production	Nicole Gerhards
music	Niel Filby , Doreen Kutzke
camera	Henning Stirner
cut	Gergana Voigt
occupation
Bjarne Mädel : Krischan Frank Auerbach : Ronnie Steven Merting : Bert Peter Sodann : Eberwirt Christina Große : Ellen Barbara Philipp : Jeanette Monika Lennartz : Bert's mother Max Reschke : Peter Christian Steyer : Günter Schubel Doreen Kutzke : Tonnia Schubel Thomas Dehler : Will Simon Schwarz : Head of Human Resources Andreas Beck : Edgar Malschie Thomas Bieberstein : Rainer Lambo Ursula Andermatt : Psychiatrist Michael Kind : Brockenwirt

The Kings of Timber Production is a German comedy film by Matthias Keilich from 2006 with Bjarne Mädel , Frank Auerbach and Steven Merting .

action

After many years, Krischan is returning to his hometown Tanne in the Harz Mountains , which he left after a bankruptcy in the catering sector, while his unemployed former colleagues have to pay off the debts. He wants to organize a big lumberjack competition there. With a lot of effort he pulls the village out of its lethargy.

background

The film was shot in Tanne in the East Harz. The world premiere took place on June 9, 2006 at the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival and on August 24, 2006 the German theatrical release.

reception

According to Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv, the comedy is characterized by “wit, parable realism” and a wonderful ensemble of types.

The editorial staff of the television magazine Prisma awarded three out of five stars. She praised the “wit” and the “irony” with which the director shot the film and the convincing play of the main actor Bjarne Mädel, but criticized the fact that the film only achieved television standards.

Josef Engels, the reviewer of welt.de , compared the film with the English-language films Full Monty - All or nothing or Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets that would have served as inspiration.

In the review in the news magazine Der Spiegel , the film comedy is classified as a “funny, true-to-life, all-round delightful film” and praised as “fresh and beguiling”.

Rainer Gansera from the Süddeutsche Zeitung , on the other hand, could "gain little" from the comedy.

Web links

• Official website. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007 ; accessed on December 15, 2018 . 
• The kings of the timber production in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The kings of timber production at filmportal.de
• The kings of timber production in the lexicon of international films
• Press booklet "The Kings of Lumber Production". (PDF; 801 kB) Neue Visionen Filmverleih 
• The kings of timber production at ard.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for The Kings of Lumber Production . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2006 (PDF; test number: 107 187 K).
2. ↑ Cinema preview: A mojito to Cuba , faz.net , August 22, 2006
3. ↑ The Kings of Lumbering. In: crew-united.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The Kings of Lumbering. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on December 6, 2018 . 
5. ↑ The Kings of Lumbering. In: filmstarts.de. Film releases , accessed December 6, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Cinema co-production “The Kings of Timber Production” , tittelbach.tv, December 15, 2018
7. ↑ The Kings of Lumbering. In: prisma.de . Retrieved December 15, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Josef Engels: On the recovery of masculinity. In: welt.de. Die Welt , August 23, 2006, accessed December 15, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Cinema in a nutshell: “The Kings of Timber Production” , Der Spiegel 34/2006 of August 21, 2006 on spiegel.de
10. ↑ Today in the feuilletons Ehrenvolle Stasi-Akten , spiegel.de , August 24, 2006