The consequence

Movie
Original title	The consequence
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1977
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Wolfgang Petersen
script	Wolfgang Petersen, Alexander Ziegler
production	Bernd Eichinger
music	Nils Sustrate
camera	Jörg-Michael Baldenius
cut	Johannes Nikel
occupation
Jürgen Prochnow : Martin Kurath Ernst Hannawald : Thomas Manzoni Walo Lüönd : Giorgio Manzoni, father Edith Volkmann : Ms. Manzoni Erwin Kohlund : Director Reichmuth Hans Irle : Inmate Bloch Erwin Parker : Inmate Kunz Alexander Ziegler : Inmate Lemmi Werner Schwuchow : Diethelm, educator Hans-Michael Rehberg : Rusterholz, director of the institution Elisabeth Fricker : Babette Hans Putz Jr .: pupil Enrico Alexis von Hagemeister : Member of Parliament Krauthagen Wolf Gaudlitz : pupil Schlumberger Thomas Haerin : pupil Benny Carsten Neumann Franz Kollasch Jan Groth Gerold Nölli Franz Boots

The consequence is the film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same name by Alexander Ziegler , directed by Wolfgang Petersen .

action

The homosexual actor Martin Kurath met the prison guard's son, Thomas Manzoni, who was only 16 years old in prison. The two fall in love and move in together after Kurath's dismissal. This triggers violent outrage in those around them. Thomas' father enforces the admission of the boy to an educational institution in order to break the relationship. But the sensitive boy cannot cope with the accommodation there. Due to the consequences of his stay there, his psychological problems have become too great to continue the relationship satisfactorily. Thomas later attempts suicide and is admitted to a psychiatric clinic, from which he breaks out.

Literary template

The novel The Consequence is set in 1974 from the perspective of Martin Kurath's diary . The Swiss Alexander Ziegler processes his personal experiences in the book. He was two and a half years because of "seduction of minors to sodomy" detained .

background

Alexander Ziegler personally worked on the film adaptation of the novel, produced by Bernd Eichinger in 1977 and directed by Wolfgang Petersen . The shooting took place in March and April 1977 in Zurich and the surrounding area, Munich , on Lake Starnberg as well as in the Vechta correctional facility and on the Rhine . Nils Sustrate was responsible for the film music .

The consequence had its premiere on October 29, 1977 as part of the Hof Film Festival . The film was awarded the rating "valuable" and was nevertheless censored in its original version and, due to its content, which was perceived as explosive, was boycotted by Bayerischer Rundfunk when it was first broadcast on ARD on November 8, 1977 , because the latter refused to broadcast it. It opened in theaters on December 2, 1977.

The film was released on DVD in March 2008 as part of a complete retrospective by director Wolfgang Petersen (22 DVDs).

Reviews

"The emotionally overwhelmed film sees itself as a plea for tolerance and respect for homophiles."

- Lexicon of international film

"Despite the somewhat dramatic accessories [...] it [the story] is above all a natural love story in black and white - one of the most private and believable that has been on the screen for a long time."

- The mirror

"[...] sometimes, in the drawing of some negative contrasting figures, too crude didactic [...]. But the nuanced black and white photography and the incredibly intense interplay between Jürgen Prochnow and the 17-year-old layman Ernst Hannawald help over these weaknesses. This boy [...] plays his role with an authenticity and emotional consternation that is hardly ever seen on television. "

- Hans-Christoph Blumenberg in Die Zeit

Awards

• 1978: Adolf Grimme Prize with bronze for Alexander Ziegler and Wolfgang Petersen
• 1978: German Critics' Prize

literature

• Alexander Ziegler: The consequence. Fischer-TB 3407, Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-596-23407-7 .
• Wolfgang Petersen and Ulrich Greiwe (eds.): The resonance. Letters and documents for the film "The Consequence". Fischer-TB 3423, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-596-23423-9 .

Web links

• The consequence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The consequence with filmportal.de
• www.gay-web.de ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ): Description of the film and documentation: Bavaria in November 1977 - press article on the broadcast of the film

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for The Consequence . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2007 (PDF; test number: 49 529 DVD).
2. ↑ Barbara Schmied: 50 Years of Evening Show (= Forum Communication and Media, Volume 3). Meidenbauer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89975-500-6 , p. 24 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
3. ↑ The consequence. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 3, 2017 .  
4. ↑ Shock at the Trample Der Spiegel, 46/1977, cf. also: Hans Scheugl : Sexuality and Neurosis in Film. The cinema myths from Griffith to Warhol. Approved, unabridged paperback edition. Heyne, Munich 1978 (Heyne-Buch; 7074), ISBN 3-453-00899-5 , p. 211.
5. ↑ Among Men in Die Zeit, No. 46, November 11, 1977