The automatic death

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Movie
Original title The automatic death
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2007
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski
script Wieland Bauder , Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski
production Norbert Sauer , Cornelia Wecker
music Jacki Engelken
Ulrik Spies
camera Arthur W. Ahrweiler
cut Barbara Hennings
occupation

The automatic death is a drama by the Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft and the Second German Television (ZDF) about the escape helper Michael Gartenschläger and the self-firing systems on the inner-German border between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR. The film is based on the actions of Michael Gartenschläger, who was shot dead in 1976 by a special command of the Ministry for State Security while trying to dismantle a self-firing system at the border . The film premiered on October 3, 2007 at the Hamburg Film Festival and was shown for the first time on ZDF on November 26, 2007 on television.

action

In August 1961, friends Lutz Lenarth, Manfred Brettschneider, Philip Blaschke and Bernd Briesow smeared anti-communist slogans on walls in Strausberg near Berlin . Because of seditious propaganda they are detained to long prison terms. 13 years later, Lutz was bought out by the FRG and found work in Hamburg. There he meets his old friend Manfred, who has already been ransomed by the federal government. He lives an apparently bourgeois life and runs an independent car workshop . In addition, however, he has contact with a bourgeois, conservative group of well-off citizens who are against the GDR. There he got in touch with an employee of the Spiegel who was looking for evidence of the existence of the self-firing systems on the inner-German border in order to turn it into a cover story. Manfred is also active as an escape helper , helping people from the GDR across the border with his converted vehicle. He was able to convince Lutz to help him to free GDR citizens and to prove the existence of the self-firing systems - much to the displeasure of his girlfriend Sigrid, who fled the shared apartment before every attempt to help escape out of concern for Manfred. Finally there is a dispute between Manfred and Sigrid, who fled into Lutz's arms. Nevertheless, he continues to support Manfred. The two succeed in dismantling a system and handing it over to the news magazine. But to their great astonishment they find that their article only plays an insignificant role in the magazine. Shortly afterwards, Lutz returns to his apartment and finds it broken into. His old friend Philip steps into the room and identifies himself as the current Stasi employee. He warns Lutz against further actions against the GDR. Then Lutz tries to warn Manfred of future actions, who wants to dismantle a system again. They drive to the border together again, but Lutz suspects that something is wrong. He warns Manfred to carry out the action. He, in turn, could not be stopped and was shot by border guards when he tried to dismantle a facility.

Locations

The film was shot in Hamburg , Helmstedt and Rothensee (district of Magdeburg ).

Reviews

"Captivating, first-class played and well-equipped processing of a dark chapter in German history."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. tittelbach.tv
  2. ^ IMDb: Filming Locations. Retrieved June 11, 2013 .
  3. tvspielfilm.de , accessed on June 12, 2013