Just get out
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Just get out |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Vogel |
| script | Torsten Schulz |
| production |
Susanne Freyer , Gudrun Föhrig |
| music | Hans-Peter Ströer |
| camera | Günter Jaeuthe |
| cut | Ina Alvermann |
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Just get out is a German television - Drama by Peter Vogel from the year 1999 .
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On May 2, 1989, the barbed wire fences at the Austro-Hungarian border were dismantled. At this time, various GDR citizens were planning a trip to Hungary: The 21-year-old Andreas Hallbrandt wants to travel to Budapest with his parents for the Hungarian Grand Prix , Michelle and her friend Hans, while Manfred and Renate Reimann and their 16- year old daughter Martina want to go on vacation to Lake Balaton . The events in Hungary influence the families differently: Andreas, whose father is party secretary at a school, spontaneously decides to flee to the West, Michelle goes on vacation with the intention of fleeing, even if her boyfriend does not know about it, and Renate and Manfred are also planning to flee, but have not told their daughter about it.
Renate and Manfred let Martina in on their plans and at the end of July 1989 they were admitted to the German embassy in Budapest, where they applied for asylum. Michelle first tries to find someone at her vacation spot who would smuggle her across the border. She flirts with an Austrian who rejects her escape plans. So she finally inaugurates Hans. After a period of reflection, he agrees to flee with her to the west. Since his mother has a handicapped child and has to rely on the car that Hans and Michelle used for their vacation trip because of frequent doctor visits, Hans asks his good friend Jörg to take the car with him to the GDR. On August 14th, Hans and Michelle no longer find accommodation in the West German embassy, which is closed due to overcrowding, but are taken to Pastor Imre Kozma's Maltese camp Zugliget , where they live with numerous GDR citizens who are willing to leave. One day Hans' friends Angelika and Jörg also appear here, who also want to leave. Hans finally decides not to flee because his family needs the car. He returns to the GDR. Angelika and Jörg manage to flee across the open border to Austria at the pan-European picnic in mid-August.
Andreas is camping with his parents. He secretly escapes from the campsite at night and tries to cross the Austro-Hungarian border on foot. He is caught by Hungarian police officers, captured, but released. He returns to his parents who, after some discussion, understand his escape plan. Andreas applies for a German passport, which he gets issued after a few days in Budapest. He goes to the Zugliget camp, where he meets Michelle. He also made the acquaintance of the sensational reporter Dieter Korn, who initially wanted to market him as a typical refugee and later used him as an informant in the camp. Andreas is supposed to deliver sensational news from the camp, which the reporter himself is not allowed to enter. Andreas is soon beaten up by camp residents and after a while he becomes of no interest to Korn. In the GDR, Andreas' appearance in the West German press and his escape plans ensure that his father is dismissed as party secretary and teacher. In Budapest, on the other hand, there was movement in the cause of the GDR refugees: on August 22, 1989, the occupiers of the embassy learned that they were being flown to the Federal Republic. Andreas, who met Martina, is desperate when he sees her driving off on the bus, as he doesn't even know her name. On September 10th, the time has come for the refugees in the Zugliget camp as well: They learn that they are allowed to travel to Austria with their passports. Andreas and Michelle, who have made friends in the camp, embrace each other and promise that they will meet again in ten years in the same place if they are still as happy as they are now. Ten years later, Andreas returns to Budapest. He remembers Michelle and Martina - Michelle does not appear, from which Andreas concludes that she may not have become happy.
Production notes
Simply out was filmed in Leipzig and Budapest, among others. The costumes were created by Barbara Braumann , Winnie Krause and Saskia Richter , the film construction was done by Thomas Knappe . Original footage from 1989, including news reports, was used for the film. Pastor Imre Kozma can be seen in a guest appearance as himself. Simply out experienced its television premiere on June 29, 1999 on 3sat .
Ulrich Mühe and Susanne Lothar, who play the Reimann couple in the film, were actually married to each other at the time.
Reviews
The film “traces the events of the summer, with the focus on human destinies despite the explicit political references,” said the film service . “Turning summer - completely private, almost apolitical”, on the other hand, summed up the TV Spielfilm .
Web links
- Just get out in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Just get out at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Just get out . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2015 (PDF; test number: 154 159 V).
- ↑ a b Just get out in the lexicon of international films
- ↑ See tvspielfilm.de