A summer in Alsace (2012)
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| Original title | A summer in Alsace | ||
| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 92 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 0 | ||
| classification | Episode 5 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | April 15, 2012 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Michael Keusch | ||
| script | Michael Keusch | ||
| production | Sam Davis | ||
| music | Stephen Chaste | ||
| camera | János Vecsernyés | ||
| cut | Julia Prokasky | ||
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A summer in Alsace is a German love film of director Michael Keusch , who also wrote the screenplay, from the year 2012 . In the main role , Tanja Wedhorn plays the newly engaged Jeanine Weiss and Jean-Yves Berteloot embodies the Alsatian Marc von der Lohe. Supporting roles with Rüdiger Vogler , Renate Krößner and Gerhard Garber occupied. It is the fifth episode of the A Summer in ... film series by ZDF , which takes place in different locations around the world.
action
Jeanine Weiss and her fiancé Rüdiger Walter own a shoe store in Berlin. Since her mother's death, she has also owned half of a house in Alsace. So she goes there to sell her share of the house to her uncle, who owns the other half.
During the journey by car, Jeanine is careless for a moment when she pulls her engagement ring from her finger and looks at it intensely. So she is suddenly forced to avoid a donkey that is standing in the middle of the street and belongs to the attractive Marc von der Lohe. As a result, your car is no longer roadworthy. Even at this first meeting with Marc, it is obvious that there seems to be a deep affection between the two. Marc complies with Jeanine's request to tow her car with his tractor, and so she reaches her destination. On the drive, the sympathy between Jeanine and Marc deepens for each other.
When she arrives at her destination, however, Jeanine has to take note that her uncle himself is about to sell his half of the house. He runs a small shoemaker's workshop there and plans to process the pending orders and then close the shop so that he can only take care of his vineyard afterwards.
Jeanine, who actually only had in mind to return to Berlin as soon as possible, is thus forced to help her uncle with the processing of the orders. This is how she discovers the talent of repairing shoes that is still hidden in her. But she also comes to another realization: She learns to enjoy the tranquility of the countryside again, far away from the hectic life in the big city.
Ultimately, everything turns out differently than initially planned: Jeanine ends the engagement on the phone to Rüdiger, who was still in Berlin, takes over her uncle's shoe store, enters into a love affair with Marc and decides not to go back to Berlin.
production
Sam Davis produced the love story for Rowboat Film- und Fernsehproduktion ( Cologne ). The film was shot in Berlin and Alsace .
First broadcast and film title abroad
A Summer in Alsace was first broadcast on ZDF on April 15, 2012. In Spain , the first broadcast took place on January 22, 2015, there under the title Un verano en Alsacia .
criticism
TV Spielfilm summed up: “Total predictability is one of the principles of this broadcasting slot. The rest is a casual ode to savoir-vivre, idyll, good food, cannabis cultivation for personal use (yes, yes!) And true love. The action point is for the tractor race ”. The summary of the program guide is: "Scheme F, but sunny and nicely occupied".
Rainer Tittelbach gave his appreciative judgment: "An enlightened feel-good film, superbly cast, freshly played, casual in its tone and for an entertainment film with unusually complex dialogues".
The Lexicon of International Films is of the opinion that A Summer in Alsace is "a somewhat awkwardly developed (television) film that is about calm, serenity and the ability to enjoy yourself in front of an illustrious Alsace backdrop" .
Web links
- A summer in Alsace in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A summer in Alsace in the online film database
- A summer in Alsace at fernsehserien.de
- A summer in Alsace on tvspielfilm.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for A Summer in Alsace . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 133 067-a V).
- ↑ A Summer in Alsace (TV Movie 2012) - Filming Locations - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ A summer in Alsace. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ A Summer in Alsace (TV Movie 2012) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ A summer in Alsace. In: tvspielfilm.de. Accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ A summer in Alsace. In: tittelbach.tv. Accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ A summer in Alsace. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 20, 2018 .