George (TV movie)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | George |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joachim A. Lang |
| script | Joachim A. Lang Kai Hafemeister |
| production |
Jochen Laube Nico Hofmann |
| music | Gert Wilden |
| camera | Holly Fink |
| cut | Eva Schnare |
| occupation | |
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George is a German television film from 2013 by SWR author and director Joachim A. Lang . The docu-drama thematizes the relationship between the actor Götz George and his father Heinrich George as well as the life and work of his father as an actor during the Nazi regime in Germany until his death in Soviet captivity.
The film explores the question of what responsibility an artist has in a dictatorship . He alternates between feature film and documentary film scenes. In the dramaturgical preparation, Götz George plays the role of Heinrich George as an actor, in the purely documentary film sections he speaks about his father as the de facto son.
George was on 21 June 2013 at the German Film Festival premiere . It was first broadcast on TV on July 22, 2013 on ARTE and on July 24, 2013 on Das Erste .
content
Scenic film elements and flashbacks through historical film material show the most important stages in the life of the actor Heinrich George since the National Socialists came to power up to his last theater performance in the Hohenschönhausen prison camp . The film is based on scenes from an interrogation that Heinrich George has to face. The Russian People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs ( NKVD ) tries to understand George's involvement in the Nazi regime. George's roles in the propaganda films Jud Süss or Kolberg and his commitment to Jewish colleagues and members of the opposition while he was in charge of the Schiller Theater are discussed. In real scenes, Götz explains to George what it was like for him to play his own father.
background
The television film George is a teamWorx production in co-production with SWR (leading), WDR , RBB and NDR in cooperation with ARTE , funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG) and Film - and Media Foundation NRW .
When the National Socialists took power in Germany in 1933 and established a dictatorship, Heinrich George was one of the most famous actors of the Weimar Republic, which had lasted around 14 years . Only a few days after the end of the Second World War in Europe, the suppression of the Nazi regime, he was arrested on the orders of the Soviet occupying power . He died in Soviet captivity in 1946. From then on, his wife Berta Drews raised their sons Jan and Götz alone. Götz George, along with his brother Jan, was one of the most important contemporary witnesses when it comes to Heinrich George's last years. He was eight years old when his father died. The Soviet interrogation protocols have been available since the mid-1990s.
reception
Audience ratings
| Channel | date | Time | spectator | Market share | source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | 14 to 49 years | total | 14 to 49 years | ||||
| Arte | 22. July 2013 | 8:15 pm | 0.8 million | 0.21 million | 3.3% | 2.5% | |
| ARD | July 24, 2013 | 9.45 p.m. | 1.96 million | 0.35 million | 9.2% | 4.2% | |
Awards
In 2013, Joachim Lang, Götz George and Jan George jointly received a German Television Award in the Special Achievement category for the film . The members of the German Academy of Performing Arts nominated George for the competitions of the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival 2013 with the 3sat audience award .
literature
- Joachim A. Lang: Heinrich George. A search for clues. Henschel Verlag, Leipzig 2013. ISBN 978-3-89487-755-2 .
- Hans-Georg Rodek: The role of his life , Die Welt , June 22, 2013, p. 25
Web links
- George in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- George at filmportal.de
- Official website of the SWR about the film
- Pictures for the film
items
- Götz George plays his superfather , Bild.de , October 16, 2012, with a photo series
- Götz George plays his father Heinrich , Focus Online , October 17, 2012, photo gallery
- Playing the father to banish his power , by Judith Luig, Die Welt Online, October 24, 2012
- The shadow of the father , by Hanns-Georg Rodek , Berliner Morgenpost , June 22, 2013
- TV film “George” on Arte - Final Truth can be very provisional , by Andreas Kilb , FAZ , July 22, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release to George . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2013 (PDF; test number: 139 607 V).
- ↑ George at the Festival of German Films 2013, accessed on June 28, 2013
- ↑ Götz George plays Heinrich George. at teamworx.de. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 19, 2013 . ( 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.
- ↑ George. on DasErste.de. Archived from the original on July 10, 2013 ; Retrieved June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Docudrama - George. on SWR.de. Retrieved June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Alexander Krei: Considerable ratings for the docudrama "George" at Arte. DWDL.de , July 23, 2013, accessed on July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: "Schimanski" strong, "George" in the first only weak. DWDL.de , July 25, 2013, accessed on July 25, 2013 .
