I'm the other (film)

Movie
Original title	I am the other
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2006
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12 ; JMK 14
Rod
Director	Margarethe von Trotta
script	Peter Märthesheimer , ; Pea Fröhlich
production	Markus Zimmer
music	Christian Heyne
camera	Axel Block
cut	Corina Dietz
occupation
	Katja Riemann : Dr. Carolin Winter; Kim Grether : Carolin as a child; August Diehl : Robert Fabry; Armin Mueller-Stahl : Karl Winter; Barbara Auer : Miss Schäfer; Karin Dor : Mrs. Winter; Bernadette Heerwagen : Britta; Dieter Laser : Bruno; Peter Lerchbaumer : Dr. Corn;

I am the other is a German drama directed by Margarethe von Trotta from 2006 . The literary film adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Märthesheimer .

action

The young, very successful, happily engaged engineer Robert Fabry accidentally meets the lascivious prostitute Alice in a hotel and spends a night with her. A little later he meets the sober-looking lawyer Carolin Winter in a law firm and - recognizes Alice in her. After dinner and a violent advances, he strays after her to her father's winery, where he gets an insight into the peculiarities of her family. Winter lives with her alcoholic mother and her bossy father, with whom she has a submissive relationship.

Shortly after he fled, he met Carolin again - now again as 'Alice'. After that night he continues to pursue her. The trail leads to Casablanca, where he finds it again. After a trip into the desert and a mysterious explosion of the jeep, light slowly shines into the darkness of Carolin's childhood trauma . Everything seems to be going well now, the wedding is being planned. But once again fate strikes.

criticism

"A novel based on the traditional doppelganger motif. The film is just as uninterested in realism as it is in psychological accuracy; Style-conscious and with the courage to exaggerate the staging goes to work, which generates visually beguiling settings. Of course, the film cannot detach itself from the clumsy style of the original. "

- Lexicon of international film

“She has proven often enough that von Trotta can produce beautiful pictures, but the protagonists of this family story remain strangely blurry and pale, the director doesn't offer an interior view, the scenes are too schematic. In addition, von Trotta simply packs too many aspects into this story, less would certainly have been more. Some of the attitudes seem overly exaggerated and sometimes borders on involuntary comedy. The acting presence of Katja Riemann [...] is not of much use. However, August Diehl acts convincingly in the role of Robert Fabry - as does Dieter Laser, who plays the silent servant. "

- prism

Web links

I am the Other in the Internet Movie Database (English)
I'm the other at filmportal.de
http://www.dieterwunderlich.de/Trotta_die_andere.htm complete table of contents

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for I am the other . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2006 (PDF; test number: 106 914 K).
↑ Age rating for I am the other . Youth Media Commission .
↑ I am the other. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ I am the other , prisma.de

[FSK-1] Release certificate for I am the other . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2006 (PDF; test number: 106 914 K).

[JMK-2] Age rating for I am the other . Youth Media Commission .

[3] I am the other. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[4] I am the other , prisma.de