Herbert (film)
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| Original title | Herbert |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Thomas Stuber |
| script | Thomas Stuber, Clemens Meyer , based on a template by Paul Salisbury |
| production | Thomas Kral, Undine Filter, Anatol Nitschke |
| music | Bert Wrede , Robert Seidel |
| camera | Peter Matjasko |
| cut | Philipp Thomas |
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Herbert is the feature film debut of the German director Thomas Stuber . Stuber wrote the script together with the Leipzig writer Clemens Meyer . The fictional film is a milieu and character study about a debt collector and former boxer who tries to reconcile with his daughter after being diagnosed with a fatal muscle wasting disease. Under the international title A Heavy Heart , the film premiered on September 12, 2015 at the Toronto International Film Festival .
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The former East German boxer Herbert earns his living as a debt collector and doorman. He also trains the aspiring boxer Eddy. When Herbert gets muscle cramps, he tries to cover them up at first, but eventually he is diagnosed with fatal muscle wasting, ALS . Now he has to learn to live with limitations, cramps and a wheelchair, while his old environment no longer needs him. His protégé Eddy also finds a new trainer. His girlfriend Marlene accompanies him on his way. For years his work had been more important to him than his family. Now he tries to get to know his daughter Sandra and his granddaughter Ronja and to reconcile with them.
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Herbert was produced by Departures Film and was created in coproduction with deutschfilm , Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , ARTE and Hessischer Rundfunk . The film was funded by Central German Media Funding, the German Film Funding Fund, the Commissioner for Culture and Media , the Board of Trustees for Young German Film and the German Film Fund .
Herbert is the first full-length feature film by Thomas Stuber . The film is Stubers second collaboration with Departures Film after the short film Von Hunden und Pferde . As in Stuber's previous works Von Hunden und Pferde and Teenage Angst , Peter Matjasko was responsible for the camera. Stuber wrote the screenplay together with the Leipzig writer Clemens Meyer , who already wrote the underlying short story for Von Hunden und Pferde .
The film was shot in the spring of 2014 in 35 days in Leipzig and Halle . Peter Kurth worked on 16 kilos of muscle mass for the role and starved it off during the filming in order to represent Herbert's decline. The film was therefore filmed in chronological order. Kurth's acting starts very physically and is restricted more and more until it is almost limited to the face. When Herbert also loses his voice, the spectacle is completely limited to his eyes.
The director Thomas Stuber sees an inverted boxing film in the film. In the classic American boxing film, you have a young guy out of nowhere who works hard, struggles his way to triumph, and wins recognition and luck. Herbert , on the other hand, is a film about the decline of a once great boxer.
Wild Bunch / Senator Film brought Herbert to German cinemas nationwide in spring 2016. Picture Tree International takes over the worldwide distribution.
Awards
The screenplay of the film was nominated for the German Screenplay Award 2014.
The film had its German premiere at the Hof International Film Festival , where it was nominated with nine other films for the 2015 New German Cinema Award. At the Lünen Kinofest from November 12th to 15th, 2015, Herbert received the main prize of 10,000 euros, the Lüdia . Along with three other films, the film was nominated for the MFG-Star Baden-Baden young talent award from the Baden-Württemberg media and film company. The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded Herbert the title “particularly valuable”.
At the German Film Prize 2016 the film received the award "Best Feature Film in Silver". Peter Kurth was honored for the “Best Male Leading Role” and Hanna Hackbeil for the “Best Makeup”. In addition, Peter Matjasko was nominated in the “Best Camera / Image Creation” category and Lina Wendel in the “Best Female Supporting Role” category.
Reviews
The film received critical acclaim at its premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the Toronto Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter called the film "bleak but moving". The evening newspaper praises: “They manage to show a film in which nothing seems constructed. The story and the actors are believable and at the same time frighteningly close to reality. In a great ensemble, it is above all Peter Kurth whose performance stands out. [...] Kurth makes the film an event - a film event that is actually worthy of an Oscar. "
Web links
- Herbert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official site for the film from Picture Tree International (English)
- Press releases of the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Herbert . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 153 213 K).
- ↑ a b c d Scott Roxborough: TIFF: 'A Heavy Heart' Marks Impressive Debut from New German Talent. September 18, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 .
- ^ Opinion of the German Film and Media Assessment , accessed on June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Winner of the German Film Prize 2016 ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2016 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), accessed on June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Stephen Dalton: 'A Heavy Heart' ('Herbert'): TIFF Review. September 16, 2015, accessed June 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Ron Stoklas: AZ film criticism "Herbert": The heaviest rainfall. In: evening newspaper . March 17, 2016, accessed March 17, 2016 .
