The temptation - the priest and the girl

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Movie
Original title The temptation - the priest and the girl
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1995
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Udo Witte
script Peter Freund , Anita Mally
production Karlheinz Brunnemann
music Biber Gullatz ,
Eckes Malz
camera Jochen Radermacher
occupation

The Temptation - The Priest and the Maiden is a television film produced by Phoenix Film for Sat.1 in 1995 .

action

Katja Simon from Berlin catches her partner Thomas Vermeulen, in whose company she works, in bed with another woman. To calm down after this disappointment, she travels to the island of Amrum to see the landlady Elli Lauritzen, a friend of her late parents. The Roman Catholic deacon and priest candidate Christian Röhmer from Münster has also quartered here. After the accidental death of his best friend, a young family man, he has doubts about his calling. The two young people become friends and develop feelings for each other. Katja is fascinated by Christian's reserved and courteous manner, he appears to her pleasantly different from the arrogant and macho Thomas. Christian on the other hand tries to suppress his infatuation and hides Katja about his professional situation. Thomas appears on Amrum and tries to persuade Katja to forgive him and to return with him. She sends him away during a heated argument. Christian, who comes to help Katja, is physically attacked by Thomas. Then there is spontaneous sex between Christian and Katja. But before Katja wakes up, Christian has already secretly left. She returns to Berlin, deeply disappointed.

Katja is persuaded by her sister Heike Schumann to contact Christian. She finds out his postal address without realizing that it is a seminary, and writes him several letters. But Christian does not answer that because he is determined to be ordained a priest. When Katja finds out that she is pregnant by Christian, she travels to Münster at the urging of her sister, where she finds Christian in the seminary. He explains to her that he has chosen his profession and against her. Desperate, she travels home; she has not told Christian about her pregnancy.

In Berlin, Thomas tries again to get Katja and proposes to her. When he learns that she is pregnant by someone else, he promises her to raise the child like his own. Against her sister's advice, Katja accepts the proposal, although she no longer loves Thomas. Meanwhile, Christian's spiritual mentor, Pastor Johannes Landgraf, has suffered a serious heart attack. On his deathbed he appeals to Christian to follow his feelings and to give up the priestly career if he really loves Katja. Otherwise he could not be happy. After Landgraf's death, Christian leaves the seminary. He travels to Berlin to see Katja. Here he bursts into Thomas and Katja's hen party. In a private conversation, she explains to Christian that she will marry Thomas the next day. Christian goes back to the train station. But Katja asks Thomas for forgiveness and runs after Christian to the train station. On the platform the two hug each other.

background

The Temptation - The Priest and the Girl was first broadcast on Sat.1 on March 5, 1995 as part of the series Der Große TV-Film and repeated several times in the following years. Renowned actors were cast in the film, in some cases right down to the supporting roles.

Reviews

  • The story is old-fashioned; the direction and the actors seem - thank God - fresh and intense. ( TV feature film )
  • It is probably true that the Pope only adheres to celibacy so that TV movies like this one - sweet Katja (Muriel Baumeister) tempts a priest candidate (Johannes Brandrup) - chastises the viewer. Because it is a lot maudlin in this game about forbidden love on the North Sea island of Amrum. ( Der Spiegel 37/1999)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/die-versuchs-der-iester-und-das-maedchen,1309550,ApplicationMovie.html , accessed December 28, 2009
  2. ↑ Preview . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 1999 ( online ).