Halali or the shot in the bun
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| Original title | Halali or the shot in the bun |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 95 minutes |
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| Director | Joachim Roering |
| script | Joachim Roering |
| music | Rolf Wehmeier |
| camera | Rolf Paulerberg |
| cut | Gaby Kull New Year |
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Halali or The Shot in the Bread Roll is the title of a TV satire by Joachim Roering from 1994. The film was produced by TV60Filmproduktion .
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Episodically, the film tells a story of this hunting party based on the individual people and the comments of the critical dog owner.
The film caricatures the hunters and their customs by contrasting them with “normal” society or by mixing both “parallel societies” in a humorous way.
At the beginning of the film, a tragic accident occurs during a driven hunt . One of the participants in the hunt dies from negligent handling of his high-quality firearm : after the shot has not been released when the trigger is pulled , he looks directly into the barrel of his loaded, unlocked and stabbed weapon. The detaching shot hits the careless hunter right in the face, more precisely in a bun that he is holding in his mouth (the film title is derived from this).
The incident puts the local hunters in a difficult position. It is feared that a shadow will fall back on the entire hunting community. Especially since the public is not particularly well-disposed towards the hunters. Therefore everything is done to downplay the misfortune. All means are right for the hunters - including corruption . Since the hunters mostly come from the “better society” of the place (not named), it is not too difficult to take the appropriate measures here.
The hunter's people are also plagued by other worries: the entrepreneur Brahms has to live with the fact that his wife openly holds a young lover and just as openly despises her wives. There is no escape, because the company managed by Brahms has been in the possession of his wife since a ( slight ) bankruptcy ( "... he is just my employee. If I want, I just throw him out! ..." ). Brahms reacts to his frustration with excessive violent fantasies, he secretly dreams of "just blowing his wife away" . He lives out his sex drive with bizarre role-playing games in the local brothel .
The doctor Dr. Dittmer has a drinking problem. He keeps a supply of wheat grains in the freezer in his practice , which he serves to his patients and hunting friends in small medicine cups.
Dr. Dittmer is also the family doctor for those von Sarau. The Baron von Sarau is ancient and increasingly demented . He has difficulty timing events correctly. At breakfast, for example, he asks why his son-in-law wasn't sitting at the table - his slightly bitter (but loving) daughter tells him (apparently for the repeated time) that the marriage has been divorced for several years. Freiherr von Sarau is an ambitious and experienced hunter who has written many books on the subject ( "... standard works of the hunt! ..." ). a. Hunted with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring in the Schorfheide . He is not only suffering from dementia, but also has a heart condition, but he dreams of "... to hunt the noble stag again, like before! ..." .
There are no more deer in the local hunting ground , in subordinate clauses it is suggested that the good baron is probably not entirely innocent of this. Nevertheless, his daughter Corinna tries to enable him to shoot a deer by buying a so-called "gate deer" from a wildlife dealer. However, since he is not ready to release the stag in the protagonist's territory, the trade does not take place.
Corinna is a bank director at a local private bank. She takes loving care of her father, but privately falls by the wayside . Their marriage was divorced a long time ago and she secretly longs for a strong shoulder - even though she is definitely her husband in day-to-day business and hunting. She is always concerned about the reputation of the hunters.
Since the hunters, i.e. the tenants of the area, are employed and cannot adequately look after their area, they have hired Bethge, who acts as a game warden to take care of the maintenance of the forest and its hunting facilities. He also embodies the "rational man" who often brings his flock back down to earth.
Ulrich Prosch is a wealthy loner who lives alone in a large villa. In his basement he has a huge collection of freezers . Only in the course of the film does it become apparent that he collects animal droppings (“ solution ”) in these chests and conserves them. This passion for collecting means much more to him than collecting hunting trophies ( "... the watchword is LIFE! A horn is death! ..." ), although in the course of the film he proves that he is one of the safest shooters among his comrades. Only later does a little romance develop between Prosch and Corinna von Sarau.
Stapenhorst is the "poor eater" among hunting enthusiasts. He's not nearly as wealthy as his friends, but as a kind of “model hunter” he has the highest demands on himself when it comes to hunting ethics . He or she strictly aligns himself and his behavior with hunting customs. A scene in which he does not call for help in an emergency, but imitates the hunting horn signal "Jäger in Not" ( "... Tä-Tä-Tärää! ... TÄ-TÄ-TÄRÄÄÄ !!" ) is characteristic. Stapenhorst suffers from severe hunting fever and is hardly able to independently z. B. to shoot a deer .
An older couple and especially the dog owner Brüderle appear again and again in supporting roles and lead the current plot into the absurd with their comments.
Reviews
"This is a satire not about hunting itself, but about hunters in Germany, the self-appointed masters of nature, and their self-appointed judges, animal lovers and conservationists."
"A satire that hits the mark."
"Bitter, Bitter, Bitter Evil."