Hanna's sleeping dogs (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Hanna's sleeping dogs |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director | Andreas Gruber |
| script | Andreas Gruber |
| production |
Fritjof Hohagen , Andreas Gruber, Sebastian Zembol , Stephan O. Hansch |
| music | Gert Wilden junior |
| camera | Martin Gressmann |
| cut | Julia Drack |
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Hanna's Sleeping Dogs is a German-Austrian feature film from 2016 by Andreas Gruber with Nike Seitz , Hannelore Elsner and Franziska Weisz in the leading roles. It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Elisabeth Escher , which is based on her own childhood experiences.
The premiere was at Diagonale 2016. The Austrian theatrical release took place on April 1, 2016, in Germany the film was released on June 9, 2016. The film was first broadcast on BR television on August 19, 2019, and the ORF premiere was on May 8, 2020 as part of the program focus on the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War .
action
In the late 1960s, nine-year-old Johanna Berger grew up as a Catholic girl in Wels in Upper Austria , where she lived with her mother Katharina, her father Franz and her brother. She likes to sing for her life, but her parents forbid everything that gives her joy. Her mother always takes care not to attract attention and to adhere to the usual customs, such as going to church on Sundays. Little Hanna is taught modesty, adjustment and restraint as important virtues.
After she suspects that the family is hiding a secret from her, she wants to know where she comes from and what the rejection that hits her is all about. Hanna begins to investigate and comes to the conclusion that she is of Jewish descent. She confides in her blind grandmother Ruth, who can remember who collaborated with the National Socialists in World War II and who still share their ideologies. Ruth lost her eyesight when a grenade flashed when the caretaker denied her access to the air raid shelter.
Hanna begins to understand the reason for the behavior and the fears of her mother, who definitely does not want to wake sleeping dogs, after National Socialism is still anchored in the minds of some people more than twenty years after the end of the war. On the other hand, the young girl does not want to hide and deny her identity. Supported by her grandmother, who is the only one in the family to rebel against the mendacious normality of the post-war era, Hanna begins to break the cycle of fear that still paralyzes everyone in her family. Together they expose the hypocrisy of society and the evil that could spread with impunity among the local residents. The family is finally starting to come to terms with the past.
Production and Background
The shooting took place from October 13, 2014 to April 21, 2015, and the shooting took place in Munich , Wels and Linz . The film was produced by the German Enigma Film , co-producers were the Austrian Provinz-Film International and the Munich-based Mixtvision . Were involved Arte , the Austrian and Bavarian Radio .
The production was supported by the Austrian Film Institute , Filmstandort Austria, the State of Upper Austria , the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and the German Film Funding Fund .
Tina Keimel-Sorge was responsible for the costume design, Oliver Hoese and Bettina Zirngibl for the production, Torsten Heinemann for the sound and Tatjana Krauskopf and Aurora Hummer for the make-up.
Director Andreas Gruber saw his film as a continuation of Hasenjagd - For sheer cowardice there is no mercy (1994). Elisabeth Escher , the author of the novel, was an extra for a scene that was shot in the St. Severin Church in Linz.
reception
Katrin Nussmayr wrote in the daily newspaper Die Presse : “The mood is gloomy, the pace all too leisurely as the sleeping dogs of the past are gradually awakened. The film is bursting with symbolic hints, all of which are conscientiously resolved. ”Hannelore Elsner takes care of the few cheerful moments, hiding her anger behind a stoic expression and mocking remarks.
The youth media commission found that Gruber was drawing an unadorned and straightforward picture of the morals of the late 1960s. Thanks to an excellent setting and detailed equipment, it is possible to clearly convey the post-war smug of this time. The film is formally very well and excitingly staged and captivates with the outstanding performance of the actors. The courageous Hanna is a wonderful figure of identification for young people.
Manfred Riepe ( epd Film ) was of the opinion that Franziska Weisz and Rainer Egger were convincing as the scuttled parents. As a lively nine-year-old, Nike Seitz never acts like a precocious child actress. The detailed and coherent equipment does not push itself into the foreground. Unfortunately, the milieu study, which was beginning furiously, got off track at some point, this was due to the concentration on the key figure of Hanna's resolute grandma, Ruth.
The Salzburger Nachrichten wrote that Gruber had experienced clumsiness and flat symbolisms. But what he succeeds depressingly well is "the description of the bigoted narrowness and mendacity of this society, in which people are beaten, looked the other way and hated". The work is "a disturbing film about the anti-Semitism and xenophobia of a self-satisfied society whose legacy continues to preoccupy us today."
Awards
Bavarian Film Award 2015
- Award in the film music category ( Gert Wilden junior )
Shanghai International Film Festival 2016
- Golden Goblet Award in the Best Screenplay category (Andreas Gruber)
Web links
- Hanna sleeping dogs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hanna's sleeping dogs at crew united
- Hanna's sleeping dogs at filmportal.de
- Official website
- Hanna's sleeping dogs on the ORF website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Hanna's sleeping dogs . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 158026 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for Hanna's sleeping dogs . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ a b c d e Austrian Film Institute: Hanna's sleeping dogs . Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d e Hanna's sleeping dogs. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Hanna's sleeping dogs. In: jmkextern.bmb.gv.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Hanna's sleeping dogs. In: diagonale.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Hanna's sleeping dogs at crew united . Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ↑ Hanna's sleeping dogs. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ^ Adaptation of the novel with Hannelore Elsner: Hanna's sleeping dogs. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ On the anniversary of Hannelore Elsner's death: ORF premiere for “Tatort - The Good and the Bad” and “Long Live the Queen”. April 15, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Katrin Nussmayr: “Hanna's sleeping dogs”: The Nazi is still waiting in the Wels cellar. In: The press . April 5, 2016, accessed April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Michaela Krenn-Aichinger: Gruber's new film has its premiere in Wels. In: Upper Austrian news . January 26, 2016, accessed April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Manfred Riepe: Critique of Hanna's sleeping dogs. In: epd-film.de. May 24, 2016, accessed April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ "Hanna's sleeping dogs": And the yesterday hate forever. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . March 31, 2016, accessed April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Bavarian Film Prize 2015: The Pierrots are awarded. In: br.de. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ 19th SIFF Golden Goblet Awards. In: Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). siff.com, July 1, 2016, accessed April 29, 2020 .