A chapter of its own (film)

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Movie
Original title A chapter in itself
Country of production Germany , Switzerland , Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1979
length 366 minutes
Age rating FSK from 12
Rod
Director Eberhard Fechner
script Eberhard Fechner
production Ullstein AV Production and Distribution GmbH
camera Gero Erhardt
occupation

A three-part television series from 1979 that was produced by Ullstein AV Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH for ZDF is a chapter in itself . It is the continuation of the two-part television series Tadellöser & Wolff from 1975. The film is based on the novels Uns geht's ja gold , Im Block and Ein Kapitel für sich by Walter Kempowski . It was first broadcast on December 26 and 29, 1979 and January 1, 1980. The film was as successful as Culprit & Wolff .

action

In contrast to the first film Tadellöser & Wolff , which was based exclusively on the novel of the same name , the stories of three Kempowski works flowed into a chapter for itself : We're Still Going Gold , from 1972, Im Block , Kempowski's first work from that year 1969, and finally a chapter of its own from 1975.

The film plot spans the period 1945 to 1956 and begins where the last part of Tadellöser & Wolff left off, on the balcony of the Kempowski family on May 1, 1945: Russian units are currently occupying Rostock . First of all, life and the supply situation in Rostock after the war are presented. Walter later crossed the zone border to the west, first to see relatives in Hamburg and then to a friend in Wiesbaden, where he came into contact with the American secret service CIC . He gives the secret service copies of shipping documents that he had received from his brother Robert. Then Walter goes back to visit his mother in the Soviet occupation zone in Rostock. This is followed by the arrest and imprisonment of Walters and Roberts for alleged espionage and of their mother for "complicity" . The prison conditions of the brothers in the prison in Bautzen and their mother in the women's camp of the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp and then in the women's prison in Hoheneck near Stollberg are detailed below. The last part ends with Walter's release from prison and the reunion with his mother in Hamburg on March 8, 1956.

Filming

Unlike Tadellöser & Wolff , the film in black and white and not been Sepia shot . The location was, among other locations, a former biscuit factory in Celle , which served as a prison in Bautzen. The film scenes are occasionally commented on by the three main actors Walter, Robert and Mother Kempowski.

Film music

The main musical theme of the film with the text “Years of Life; all in vain. When will we see each other again? ”Delivered the 1st movement of the 6th Symphony in B minor , op. 74, Pathétique , by Peter Tchaikovsky .

Reviews

“... The sequel is not inferior to her [the pre-series Tadellöser & Wolff ] in empathy and accuracy. ... family novel, family series as an object lesson in contemporary history. Eberhard Fechner's TV-Kempowski is a chapter in its entertainment value, in a class of its own. "

- Rolf Becker : "Years of Life", Der Spiegel 51/1979

“On three public holidays, not sticky and contemplative, but a thoughtful artistic effort - for that one can thank the director Eberhard Fechner; instead of distraction, his film adaptation of Kempowski offers the opportunity to draw attention to something: to recent history, our entanglement. "

- Fritz J. Raddatz : Russians as Revenge of History , Die Zeit 52/1979

“An increase in the virtuoso use of stylistic devices, an increase in sensitivity to personal fate in the haywire of our recent past is hardly imaginable. ... That became most impressive in the third part of this 'chapter for yourself', where the Kempowskis retained their civil uniqueness even under the most difficult prison conditions - thanks to Fechner and the work of an Edda Seippel, a Klaus Höhne or Stephan Schwartz. "

- Ingeborg Müntze : Hörzu 2/1980

DVD

The film has been available on DVD since 2005 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Becker: Years of Life . In: Der Spiegel . No. 51 , 1979 ( online ).
  2. ^ Fritz J. Raddatz : Russians as revenge of history . In: Die Zeit , No. 52/1979
  3. ↑ Hörzu 2/1980, p. 31