Hierankl

Movie
Original title	Hierankl
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2003
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Hans Steinbichler
script	Hans Steinbichler
production	Alena Rimbach , ; Herbert Rimbach
music	Antek Lazarkiewicz
camera	Bella halves
cut	Christian Lonk
occupation
	Barbara Sukowa : Rosemary; Josef Bierbichler : Lukas; Johanna Wokalek : Lene; Peter Simonischek : Götz; Frank Giering : Paul; Alexander Beyer : Vincent; Ditte Schupp : Esther; Butz Ulrich Buse : Pastor; Julia Gschnitzer : Aunt Mietzel; Vroni Bittenbinder : Lene with 9 years; Paolo Walcher : Paul with 8 years;

Hierankl is a modern Heimatfilm that premiered on July 1, 2003 at the Munich Film Festival and was released in German cinemas on November 6, 2003. The drama was Hans Steinbichler's graduation and debut film and was shot in Chiemgau .

action

Lene grew up on Hierankl, a homestead on the edge of the Alps in the idyllic Chiemgau . After an argument with her mother Rosemarie, Lene fled to Berlin at the age of 17. After five years without any contact, Lene spontaneously decides at Munich Central Station to throw away the ticket she had already booked for Berlin and instead take the train to Salzburg for a surprise visit to her father Lukas' sixtieth birthday in Hierankl. Already in the Rosenheim train station, Lene happened to see from her compartment how her father said goodbye to a woman - apparently his lover - with kisses and hugs and then entered the same train. Lene's father is happy about his daughter's visit, but the greeting from her mother Rosemarie is much more distant. But in Hierankl there is mischief in the air: a facade that has been painstakingly maintained for a long time and conceals a swamp of adultery and incest is in danger of breaking. Under such circumstances, the family celebration turns into a general reckoning.

Without having revealed it to anyone, Lukas also invited his college friend Götz, with whom he had not had any contact for decades. Lene's mother Rosemarie and Lukas once met through Götz. Son Paul is bothered by his mother's relationship with the younger Vincent. Much to her mother's annoyance, Lene begins a relationship with the much older Götz. Lene learns that he had a relationship with Rosemarie when she and Lukas were already a couple. When Lene publicly confronts her mother in front of assembled guests, a chain of events is triggered.

Reviews

“Heimatfilm about family misconduct, guilt and lust, which explores the boundaries of the subject between tragedy and colportage with a wealth of relationships and allusions . Well played and sometimes tightly staged, the central conflict shrouded in mystery remains too artificial and artificial to really convince as an insightful journey into the psyche of the human being. "

- Lexicon of international film

“A real event, however, is Hans Steinbichler's home film 'Hierankl', behind whose unpromising title hides a story in which those abysses open up that most films do not even dare to dream of. ... When you finally understand, you are so entangled in this almost ancient tragedy that it takes your breath away. With ruthless accuracy, the film screws its way deeper and deeper into the web of secret love and open betrayal, which slowly constricts the throats of those involved. Steinbichler not only has excellent actors, but above all gives them the space to develop their powerful presence. The camera is as if inflamed by the beauty of the landscape and brings things within reach. There will be no way around this outstanding debut at the awards ceremony on Friday. The rest is hope - as always with German films. "

- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

"One of the great discoveries at the Munich Film Festival."

- Evening newspaper

“'Hierankl' has what many German films lack: cinema quality. And Hans Steinbichler shows daring, a not very common quality. "

- Focus: film

"The brilliant foothill tragedy 'Hierankl' ... was the most mature and best in terms of performance, overall the most outstanding film of the competition ( Munich Film Festival )."

- Munich Mercury

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Awards

Festival / Film Critics Association	Award	year	person
German Film Award	Best Director, Best Actress	2003	Hans Steinbichler Johanna Wokalek
Baden-Baden TV Film Festival	MFG star Baden-Baden	2003	Hans Steinbichler
Bavarian film award	Best Actress	2003	Johanna Wokalek
Adolf Grimme Prize	Book / Director Camera Actor Award	2006	Hans Steinbichler Bella Halben Johanna Wokalek, Barbara Sukowa, Josef Bierbichler, Peter Simonischek

Web links

Hierankl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Hierankl at filmportal.de

swell

Riemann, Andreas: "New Bavarian" (Heimat) Film? Title, subjects, tendencies. In: Bavaria and film. Edited by Hans Krah. MTS 1. Stutz. Passau 2007, pp. 11-25

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Hierankl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2004 (PDF; test number: 93 656 K).
↑ Hierankl. (No longer available online.) In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on August 29, 2006 ; accessed on August 26, 2018 .
↑ Hierankl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 22, 2017 .

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Hierankl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2004 (PDF; test number: 93 656 K).

[2] Hierankl. (No longer available online.) In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on August 29, 2006 ; accessed on August 26, 2018 .

[3] Hierankl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 22, 2017 .