Drechsler's second chance
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Drechsler's second chance |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jobst Oetzmann |
| script |
Jürgen Egger , Isabell Kleefeld , Lothar Kurzawa |
| production |
Christian Granderath , Anke Scheib |
| music | Dieter Schleip |
| camera | Daniel Koppelkamm |
| cut | Claudia Wolscht |
| occupation | |
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Drechsler's second chance is a tragic comedy staged in 2004 by director Jobst Oetzmann for Westdeutscher Rundfunk .
action
The Dortmund towing operator Sebastian Drechsler knows no mercy with parking offenders, and least of all with parking offenders Novak. The former police officer Drechsler blames the private detective and former police officer Novak for the death of his wife Tanja, also a police officer, in a shooting three years ago. Drechsler's friend, the policeman Budde, provides him with tips and blank tickets for a "commission".
One day he runs into the Danish Iben Ameland with her seven-year-old son Milan. Drechsler saves the boy's life if he falls off the roof. Iben Ameland rented a pension while fleeing from her husband. Henry Ameland, of all people, hires private detective Novak to look for his wife and Milan. Novak locates the pension, but Iben and Milan manage to escape at the last moment. On the run they hide in Drechsler's truck. The always bad-tempered turner reluctantly takes them home. By chance, Novak discovered that the Amelands had found shelter at Drechsler's and informed Henry. The next day, Henry meets Iben and Milan while ice skating on Milan's birthday. He pleads with Iben to return to him, but Iben refuses. In the end, before the eyes of the disturbed Milan, a scuffle breaks out between his parents. Drechsler, who is an eyewitness to the dispute, then decides to save the boy from separating his parents. With the help of Novak, he arranges an encounter between Iben and Henry the following morning. The plan succeeds and there is actually a reconciliation between Iben and Henry.
Finally, Drechsler makes his peace with Novak, and he also falls in love with the bar owner Jenny, who has always had a weakness for him. For the first time since Tanja's death, which he has finally gotten over, he is back playing bowling with his buddy Budde .
criticism
"Well-staged tragic-comic love and friendship story that lives mainly from the two male protagonists who are perfectly attuned to one another."
"This tragicomedy about coming to terms with the past by director Jobst Oetzmann [...] is a stroke of luck in the mostly bland TV monotony: a sensitive story, strong actors - such as Joachim Król as a policeman and buddy - and a successful implementation."
Locations
The film was made in the two major cities of Cologne and Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Web links
- Drechsler's second chance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Drechsler's second chance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Drechsler's second chance. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on September 4, 2017 .