Mr. Wichmann from the CDU
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| Original title | Mr. Wichmann from the CDU |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Andreas Dresen |
| script | Andreas Dresen |
| production |
Franz X. Gernstl Fidelis Mager |
| camera | Andreas Höfer |
| cut | Jörg Hauschild |
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Herr Wichmann from the CDU is a documentary by the director Andreas Dresen from the series Thinking of Germany ... It was produced by Megaherz Film und Fernsehen . The film, published in 2003, focuses on the election campaign of the CDU politician Henryk Wichmann before the federal election in 2002 . In 2012, the documentary Mr. Wichmann followed from the third row .
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The 25-year-old student Henryk Wichmann is a direct candidate for the Brandenburg CDU in the constituency 57 Uckermark - Barnim I in the 2002 federal election . He is challenging Markus Meckel ( SPD ), who has been a member of the Bundestag for many years , whose polls are far above those of Wichmann and who won the last election with 52% of the first votes. With the slogan "Fresh wind brings movement into politics", Wichmann advertises for votes at street stalls, at public festivals, at companies, in schools and old people's homes. The candidate who is taking a vacation semester for the election campaign and has taken out a loan can hardly fall back on personal support. He personally takes care of ordering and distributing election posters and other advertising material. Both Angela Merkel and Jürgen Rüttgers support him during an election campaign appearance. On the evening of the election, he followed the reports with party friends and was happy about the victory, which Edmund Stoiber , candidate for Chancellor , booked for himself in the early evening. In the course of the evening, the projections change and the relaxed mood turns into depression and bewilderment. In his own constituency, Wichmann is clearly defeated by the SPD candidate Meckel (Meckel: 49.3%; −2.5% compared to the 1998 Bundestag election; Wichmann: 21.4%; +1.1%).
History of origin
When director Andreas Dresen was asked by his future producer Fidelis Mager whether he would like to make a film for the series Denk ich an Deutschland… , he spontaneously agreed, considering his previous experience with the documentary film genre, without any content at the time Concept was present.
“We wanted to be very pure in terms of design, without comment, with a character who leads through the film and comes into contact with different people. We wanted the situations in the film to be organic. At the beginning we thought of a bailiff or something similar, later we got the idea of accompanying an unknown politician on his campaign tour. "
The CDU chose Dresen in order to “maintain a certain amount of friction in the film”, but at the same time denied the particular importance of party affiliation. The CDU Brandenburg drew his attention to Henryk Wichmann, who agreed. Due to the upcoming election, filming began quickly, and Wichmann was accompanied by a three-person team during campaign appearances on a total of 15 days of filming.
Reviews
"The clairvoyant and at the same time illuminating film is a stroke of luck for political documentarism, which, over and above the specific individual case, also reflects the fundamental crisis of German democracy."
Web links
- Official website for the film
- Mr. Wichmann from the CDU in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mr. Wichmann from the CDU. In: The Movie Database . Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Mr. Wichmann from the CDU . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2003 (PDF; test number: 94 068 K).
- ↑ a b herrwichmann.de - background
- ↑ Mr. Wichmann from the CDU. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 5, 2017 .