Five Friends (2012)

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Movie
Original title Five friends
Logo Five Friends (2012) .jpg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2012
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 6
Rod
Director Mike Marzuk
script Peer Klehmet and Sebastian Wehlings based on templates by Enid Blyton
production Andreas Ulmke-Smeaton and Ewa Karlström ( SamFilm )
music Wolfram de Marco
camera Bernhard Jasper
cut Tobias Haas
occupation
chronology

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Five Friends 2

Five Friends is a German feature film from 2012. The script was based on the volume Five Friends on the Rock Island from the children's book series Five Friends by Enid Blyton , which, however, was largely expanded and reworked, so that basically a new story was created. Mike Marzuk directed the film . The German theatrical release was January 26, 2012. The shooting took place in Schleswig and the surrounding area.

action

The cast of Anne, George, Julian and Dick

George, who is actually called Georgina but would rather be a boy, gets a visit from her cousins ​​Julian and Dick and her cousin Anne during the holidays. The lonely girl actually has no desire at all for this forced family connection. She would rather go to the rocky island with her father Quentin, where he would like to continue developing the technical use of photosynthesis to generate energy in his secret laboratory. It wasn't until the three holiday guests free George's dog Timmy from a trap in a cave that she became friends with them. In this cave they discover a hiding place with a radio and overhear a conversation that suggests that George's father is being kidnapped and that his invention is being stolen. When they arrive back with the village police, all traces have been removed. Therefore, the four children and their animal friend Timmy have to continue the investigation on their own. In the course of this, various people fall into - false - suspicions, before the real gangsters, the two village policemen Hansen and Peters and George's neighbor, Mrs. Miller, overpower and Quentin's invention can be saved for posterity in a brilliant finale on the rocky island.

background

Film set at the St. John's Monastery in Schleswig
Set of the film Five Friends on the Darß , summer 2011

The film was produced by SamFilm from Munich . Sebastian Wehlings and Peer Klehmet wrote the script . It was based on motifs from Five Friends Exploring Treasure Island and Five Friends on the Rock Island and thus shows similarities to the implementation of the first story of the series adaptation of the Five Friends from the 1970s. Just like in this one, the children get to know each other in an adventure based on Five Friends on the Rock Island , whereby the film adaptation of the series is more oriented towards the book. The actual adventure of Five Friends Exploring Treasure Island later served as the base for Five Friends 3 .

In mid-May 2011, the first preparations began for the shoot in Schleswig on the Holm there . A vanguard of the film team moved into the premises of the Schleswiger Freiheit as a production office. Furthermore, assistants for film production were recruited in the regional area. In addition, the film was shot on a steep coast in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , on the Darß , as well as subsequently in Bavaria . The film was shortlisted for the German Film Prize (2012) before it even opened in theaters . Five Friends premiered in Munich on January 22nd and hit German cinemas on January 26th, 2012. On January 28th, there was also a North German premiere in Schleswig ( also known as the Schleswig premiere), to which all 200 extras were invited.

Marcus Harris , who played Julian from the 1970s film adaptation of the series Five Friends, made a cameo as a concierge in the film . The child actors were doubled in some scenes , as the daily shooting time for children is limited to a few hours.

The film comes in the rental of Constantin Film in German cinemas. Since the film was shot in three different federal states, it received corresponding film funding from these countries.

Along with the film, the film book, which is based on the script of the film, and a radio play about the film, which is produced by radio play production Europe, were also released.

The film had around 173,000 admissions by the end of January 2012, and in June 2012 the mark of one million viewers was exceeded.

Producers, actors, directors and the dog Coffey at the Schleswig premiere

In 2012, Five Friends in Essen was awarded the Emmi for the best German children's film by the children's jury at the 29th Children's Film Festival in the Ruhr Area .

Reviews

  • Kino.de describes the film as "carefully modernized", "the good, old-fashioned charm has been retained". “The spirit of Enid Blyton's originals” is preserved, “five to twelve year old boys and girls can identify very well [with the film]”.
  • Cinefacts describes the characters as "drawn as serious and interesting characters". The film is "exciting, funny and refreshingly contemporary".
  • Moviemaze.de thinks that "the product falls short of expectations". The action "remains (too) simple and child-friendly conflict-free", which creates little tension. There is "a [...] flood of stupid, dumb characters". “The nostalgia trip [turns] into a fun tour at times”.

Sequels

On April 10, 2012, the film distributor Constantin Film announced a sequel, Five Friends 2 . The shooting took place in the summer of 2012 and the film was released on January 31, 2013. Furthermore, Constantin Film announced on July 27, 2013 that the shooting of Five Friends 3 , with the same main actors, with the exception of the dog Coffey, who had been replaced due to difficulties in the run-up to production, had started in June 2013 in Thailand . The film started in German cinemas on January 16, 2014. After the success of Part 3, Constantin Film produced another sequel, Five Friends 4 , which was released in German cinemas on January 29, 2015. Mike Marzuk also directed all of the sequels. The fifth part followed in 2018 with Five Friends and the Valley of the Dinosaurs .

Web links

Commons : Five Friends  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Release certificate (PDF; 35 kB) of the FSK, accessed on March 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Age rating for five friends . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b c Five friends. cinefacts.de, accessed on January 13, 2012 .
  4. ↑ a b Five friends. moviemaze.de, accessed on January 13, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Five-friends-movie - main role for Schleswig ( Memento from 7th May 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ After Whitsun, the shooting of the “Five Friends” movie begins in Schleswig. In: Flensburger Tageblatt
  7. ↑ See, for example, the preselection of the German Film Prize 2012 ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (The list was created shortly after January 11, 2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-filmakademie.de
  8. ↑ 'Five Friends' in the starting blocks . In: Husumer Nachrichten
  9. ↑ Cinema premiere - The Return of the "Five Friends" . At: shz.de , January 30, 2012
  10. ↑ See The Internet Movie Database - Participating Companies for Five Friends
  11. ↑ Film hit list: Month January 2012 ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed October 1, 2012)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ffa.de
  12. ↑ Film hit list: Month June 2012 ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 1, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ffa.de
  13. ↑ Children's film award for "Five Friends".  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. WDR 3 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) cultural news, October 1, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wdr3.de  
  14. ↑ Rationale of the children's jury ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 55 kB), accessed on October 1, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kinderfilmtage-ruhr.de
  15. ↑ Five friends. In: kino.de. Retrieved January 13, 2012 .
  16. ↑ Constantin Film and SamFilm continue successful cooperation . April 10, 2012
  17. ↑ Movie - Five Friends 3
  18. ↑ Five Friends 4 announced for January 2015.