The victims - don't forget me
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The victims - don't forget me |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Züli Aladağ |
| script | Laila Stieler |
| production |
Quirin Berg , Gabriela Sperl , Max Wiedemann |
| music | Matthias Weber |
| camera | Yoshi Heimrath |
| cut | Boris Gromatzki |
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The Victims - Don't Forget Me is a German television film by Züli Aladağ that tries to trace the experiences of the NSU murders from the perspective of the victims' families. The docu-drama , produced by Das Erste , ran as the second part of a trilogy called Mitten in Deutschland: NSU and was first broadcast on April 4, 2016 in the Das Erste program.
action
The film begins within the Şimşek family. The florist Enver Şimşek drives out with his Sprinter to set up his flower stand on a country road. This is where the action from the first part of the trilogy begins , with two masked men ( Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt ) opening the sprinter's door and shooting at Enver. Enver dies in the following days.
The police's investigations focus primarily on the family and their environment. A revenge murder is assumed. There is no shrinking from exerting pressure with false claims. Among other things, the widow Adile Şimşek is told that there is a lover of her husband. After finding a large amount of cash, her husband is also assigned a role as a drug dealer. Adile is undergoing psychiatric treatment.
Bronner takes the place of Hegemann as the new investigator. He quickly encounters inconsistencies within the previous theory regarding drug trafficking. He gets a rethink in the investigation, which is now focused on a right-wing murder.
Semiya Şimşek gives a speech on a funeral procession in Kassel regarding the series of murders. She later gave a speech at the central memorial service for the victims on February 23, 2012 in the Konzerthaus Berlin .
background
The victims - don't forget me is the second part of the three-part television series Mitten in Deutschland: NSU , which was initially broadcast on the television station Das Erste from the end of March to the beginning of April. On the part of the victims, he deals with the murders of the NSU. The focus of the film is the family of the first murder victim Enver Şimşek. The story is told mainly from the point of view of Semiya Şimşek, the daughter of the dead man. The script is based on the previously published book Painful Home. Germany and the murder of my father. written by Semiya Şimşek and Peter Schwarz.
Reviews
The film was accused of not putting all ten NSU murders on the same level. Barbara John in particular criticized the fact that the Heilbronn police murder against Michèle Kiesewetter was marginalized:
“Because the ARD gives the impression that Michèle Kiesewetter is not one of the victims of the series of murders. 'This exclusion raises questions,' says Barbara John. "
Regarding the decision of the ARD, the same article says:
“The murder of Kiesewetter could only be assigned to the NSU after the service weapon was found on the dead NSU members Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt, and this knowledge only reached Semiya Simsek after a time delay - that is, after the point in time when our film ends ', so the ARD. ... The Kiesewetter murder played a role at the beginning of the third film on Wednesday ' ( The Investigators - For official use only ) '. "
Web links
- The victims - forget me not in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Victims - Don't Forget Me Official website for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joachim Huber: Second degree victim? Tagesspiegel , April 4, 2016, accessed April 5, 2016 .