The green hills of Wales

Movie
Original title	The green hills of Wales
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2010
length	89 minutes
Rod
Director	Andi Niessner
script	Bele North Barbara Engelke
production	Sonja Zimmererschitt
music	Christoph Zirngibl
camera	Bernd Neubauer
cut	Bettina Staudinger
occupation
Julia Richter : Alex Stapleton Christoph M. Ohrt : Michael Lloyd Heidelinde Weis : Margret Pollard Pascal Breuer : James Belbroughton Ole Doll : Sam Morgan Stephanie Japp : Sarah Gladestry Dominik Jahn : David Stapleton Rafael Gareisen : Henry Belbroughton Elfed Williams : Mr. Palmer Simon West : Jeff Owen Andy Turvey : Mr. Inglewood Francesca Pickard : Secretary Bob Joyce : Mr. Newman

The Green Hills of Wales is a German television film by Andi Niessner from 2010. It is a literary film adaptation of the novel Unter den Hügel von Wales by Diana Stainforth . The film was broadcast for the first time on November 26, 2010 on ARD .

action

After the death of her husband, Alex Stapleton and their son David returned from South Africa to Wales, where they grew up. She dreams of taking over a business in London where she can work as a furniture restorer. To do this, however, she must first sell the inherited house. Only her odd aunt Margret Pollard still lives here and runs a village shop. Unfortunately, the house is as good as not for sale because it is remote, dilapidated and out of date. As soon as Alex has arrived in the village, she's already being courted: by her childhood friend, the wealthy landowner James Belbroughton, by Mayor Michael Lloyd Glynn, who runs a roofing company and campaigns for the nature reserve, and the gold prospector Sam Morgan, who has been for a long time keen on the gold vein on Alex's property in the reserve. Michael and Alex are gradually getting closer, but since Michael is still formally engaged to TV presenter Sarah Gladestry, he withdraws immediately after kissing her spontaneously and passionately. Alex is offended and almost gets involved with the adventurer Sam, but when Michael tells her that he has finally separated from his fiancée, it comes to a happy ending. Alex stays in the village with her son, although she can also work as a restorer in London without having her own business, and Michael wants to gradually renovate Alex's house.

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv judged: “A woman unexpectedly finds happiness, finds home and home and a man who has been looking for exactly her. A 90-minute dramatic annoyance is followed by the happy ending. Apart from two attractive actors there is nothing to see here. At most, the film reveals something between the lines about the inestimable value of smiles in mating behavior. Worse than the trivial plot is the lack of narrative economy. "

The critics of the TV magazine tvtoday only gave it a medium rating and said the film: "Exchange of phrases in front of a picturesque backdrop."

Web links

• The green hills of Wales in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The green hills of Wales Official website of ARD
• The green hills of Wales at Prisma.de
• The green hills of Wales at filmreporter.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Julia Richter, Christoph M. Ohrt and the inability to turn novels into films on Tittelbach.tv , accessed on November 23, 2017.
2. ↑ movie review at tvtoday.de , accessed on 23 November 2017th