Dragon maiden

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Movie
Original title Dragon maiden
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 2016
length 90 minutes
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Director Catalina Molina
script Nikolaus Leytner ,
Stefan Hafner
Thomas Weingartner
production Dieter Pochlatko ,
Jakob Pochlatko
music Patrik Lerchmüller
camera Klemens Hufnagl
cut Alarich Lenz
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Drachenjungfrau is an Austrian television film from the country crime film series from 2016 by Catalina Molina with Manuel Rubey , Stefanie Reinsperger and Patricia Aulitzky in the leading roles. The premiere took place in March 2016 on the Diagonale , the film was first broadcast on ORF on December 15, 2016. The film was first shown on ZDF on June 11, 2018. The script is based on the novel by Manfred Baumann , "Dragon Maiden: Merana's fourth fall".

action

In the middle of the night, Salzburg inspector Martin Merana is woken up by the ringing of his telephone, his spiritually gifted grandmother Kristina believes that something terrible must have happened. The next day in Krimml , where Merana grew up and his grandmother lives, the body of a 15-year-old is found near the Krimml Waterfalls . Merana had left the place of his childhood and has since avoided it after having had bad experiences there in his childhood. The victim is Laura Striegler that before the local preliminaries of a day camp followers had won -Misswahl. At first there are some indications of a suicide, but a heart-shaped stone is found that someone must have placed in the hands of the dead. The murder case is reminiscent of the legend of the eponymous "Dragon Maiden".

Together with the post commander Franziska Heilmayr, Merana goes in search of clues and traces. There are many suspects, some wanted to be close to Laura or even go to her laundry. Laura herself didn't like the contest organized by a regional broadcaster, she felt harassed by the local men, especially by Mayor Erlinger, the inventor of the competition. Merana, who was once in a relationship with Laura's mother Alma and now considers it possible to be her father, is viewing a video recording of the event in order to limit the number of suspects. The suspects include Erlinger, who has an alibi, and Laura's stepfather (Merana's archenemy from childhood), Heilmayr's colleague Ankerl, a kicked-out candidate, and Laura's friend, who was disappointed about the appearance at the vote.

Laura's mother, Laura had urged to participate in the competition, Merana finally reveals the truth that Laura before their eyes suicide committed by plunged into the waterfall. The desperate mother put the stone lying on the bank into her dead daughter's hands.

production

One of the locations: the lower waterfall of the Krimml Waterfalls

The shooting took place from June 17 to July 15, 2015, the shooting took place in Salzburg . Filming locations were among others Neukirchen am Großvenediger , Krimml with the Krimmler waterfalls and Mühlbach. The film was produced by Epo-Film , the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation was involved , and the production was supported by the Austrian Television Fund and the State of Salzburg . Theresa Kopf was responsible for the costume design, Klaus Kellermann for the sound and Rudi Coppel for the production design. The film is the feature film debut of director Catalina Molina .

reception

In Austria, 589,000 viewers followed the film when it was first broadcast on ORF. On ZDF , 5.09 million people saw the film when it was first broadcast; the market share was 17.9 percent.

Volker Bergmeister from tittelbach.tv wrote: "Manuel Rubey is convincing as investigator Merana, a fine ensemble around him makes the feature film debut of Haneke student Catalina Molina an entertaining crime thriller full of abuse , suspense, atmosphere and local reference."

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  1. ↑ a b Premiere for ORF country thriller "Drachenjungfrau" on the Diagonale 2016 . OTS bulletin of March 11, 2016, accessed May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ orf.at: ORF country thriller: The dead "Dragon Maiden" . Article dated March 11, 2016, accessed May 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b orf.at: ORF premiere for "Drachenjungfrau": Rubey and Reinsperger investigate in the Salzburger Landkrimi . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ A hearty "country thriller" from Austria . Article dated May 18, 2018, accessed May 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ EPO film: Dragon Maiden . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ derStandard.at: Schalko's country thriller only saw 673,000 . Article dated December 30, 2016, accessed on January 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Primetime check: Monday, June 11, 2018 . Article dated June 12, 2018, accessed June 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ TV film "Dragon Maiden" . Accessed May 31, 2018.
  9. ↑ Golden beaver for the German-Serbian film “Enclave” . Article dated November 6, 2016, accessed May 19, 2018.