In silence (film)

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Movie
Original title In all silence
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2010
length 87 minutes
Rod
Director Rainer Kaufmann
script Ariela Bogenberger
production Gabriela Sperl ,
Sophie von Uslar
music Gerd Baumann
camera Klaus Eichhammer
cut Ueli Christians
occupation

In All Silence is a German television film that was first broadcast on television on November 3, 2010 and premiered on July 1, 2010 at the Munich Film Festival . Ariela Bogenberger wrote the screenplay, and Rainer Kaufmann directed it - as with Maria's last trip .

action

Anja Amberger is a detective inspector in a Bavarian community and the mother of two children. She lives separated from her husband and the divorce is imminent. The double burden as a working, single mother and the frequent night shifts demand a lot from her. Especially when dealing with her five-year-old son Tom, she often reacts irritably and a little carelessly. The relationship with her adolescent daughter Laura is also not unclouded, the prospect of being able to live with the father on the grandparents' farm instead of with the mother offers the opportunity to put the mother under pressure. Amberger fears that her husband and in-laws may alienate her children and draw them to her side.

One evening the detective and her colleague Anton Kirmayer are called to the house of the Anik family, whom Amberger knows by sight from her son's kindergarten. A resident, Mrs. Gallus, had observed how the three-year-old boy next door had to stand for two hours in the family's front yard in cool temperatures, and alerted the police. The parents of little Max, however, assure that it was only a matter of a few minutes, the boy did not want to follow him when he went to bed and should "cool down" a little. When Anja Amberger is just about to convince herself of the sleeping boy's well-being, the father comes into the children's room. Irritated by his sudden appearance, she fails to check whether the child's body shows any signs of abuse, but initially keeps this to herself. The next day she only informs the youth welfare office that there are problems in the Anik family.

A few days later, little Max disappeared. An extensive search is under way, but remains inconclusive despite the support of colleagues from Rosenheim. In the course of the investigation, it comes to light that Christian Anik has been unemployed for some time and occasionally does illegal work, while the mother as a saleswoman in a bakery largely makes a living for the family on her own, but increasingly tries to escape this pressure with alcohol. The family is in debt, the situation at home is often tense, and the mother is overwhelmed in everyday life. Stephanie Anik states that she was visiting a friend on the evening in question and only got home around midnight. Only later does she admit to Amberger that she was drunk and, contrary to her first testimony, that she no longer looked after the sleeping child, but fell asleep straight away. The father protests that he has nothing to do with the disappearance of his son. However, a neighbor claims that someone left the house one more night. The child continues to disappear. Amberger reproaches himself and confides in her colleague Kirmayer.

But Anja Amberger is not only burdened by the unresolved case, the policewoman is traumatized herself and struggles with fears that stem from her own childhood. This becomes clear when the Aniks' house is searched and the door to the boiler room slams shut behind her. Amberger also has a very tense relationship with her mother Mechthild. When the daughter confronts her, she justifies the strict upbringing methods of her deceased husband and would like to let the past rest on her. Noticeably at the end of her strength, Amberger forces her mother to hand over a suitcase with old diaries and memorabilia from her childhood after a violent argument. During a long night she tries to get to the bottom of the source of her fears.

In another search, the missing boy's body is discovered in a hiding place in a shed where Christian Anik had worked a few days earlier. The autopsy reveals that Max Anik died as a result of massive violence and had already been physically abused repeatedly in the past. The father is silent. Even when the head of the police investigation, Roland März, confronts him with evidence, Anik doesn't want to know anything about the child's previous abuse. Finally, he says it was an accident, that he didn't want anything to happen to the boy. Stephanie Anik then collapses. Christian Anik also insists on this version during later interrogations. According to his lawyer, his client only wanted to cover up the consequences of the tragic accident.

One last visit takes Anja Amberger to the basement of her parents' house. She feels that she has to change something in her life and dares to start over.

background

The shooting took place in March and April 2009 under the working title Schutzlos . The location mentioned in the film Seeberg is fictional. The most important location was Wolfratshausen , where it was filmed on 17 of the 25 days of shooting. Wolfratshausen was in demand as an “authentic” place “without classic recognition value ” , which is “not too lovely or picturesque” and “ has retained a high degree of normality” .

When it was first broadcast as part of the series Der Filmmittwoch im Erste , In aller Stille reached 5.37 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 16.5 percent.

Reviews

Quietly was, writes Björn Wirth in the Frankfurter Rundschau , "a great film about the everyday violence against children" "with a great Nina Kunz village and other great actors" who "from the first moment a disturbing, disturbing atmosphere" give off. "This oppressive mood is intensified by the camera, it [...] does not allow the viewer a moment of relaxation until the bitter end." The film "offers a solution in the end, but there is no redemption."

Tilmann P. Gangloff sees Klaus Eichhammer's camera work as the weak point of the film. "As in the cinema of the seventies, the images repeatedly jump into close-up, snappy pans replace the usual cut." Instead of giving the film a "quasi-documentary look" , this aesthetic appears "merely pretentious" . In all silence , Gangloff continues, "even without the intrusive imagery, it is uncomfortable enough." Measured against the "great work" Maria's last journey , In all silence is "a small film that tells an almost everyday story"

For Tagesspiegel reviewer Thilo Wydra , “The haunting drama about infanticide within the family [...] is also a sensitive treatise on all the things that remain unspoken between family members and lead to long-lasting trauma” , and states: “In all Silence is a deeply impressive soul study. It contains scenes that, despite all the restraint and cautiousness of the staging, despite all the indirectness and allusions to the visual, are nevertheless almost unbearable. Quietly belongs to the best that the German television film has produced in recent years. Without the slightest doubt. "

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfratshausen becomes Seeberg. In: merkur-online.de from April 20, 2009 (Link http://admin.merkur-online.de/lokales/landkreis-wolfratshausen/wolfratshausen-wird-seeberg-212375.html straight-line | date = 2018- 04 | archivebot = 2018-04-15 22:21:18 InternetArchiveBot | url = http: //admin.merkur-online.de/lokales/landkreis-wolfratshausen/wolfratshausen-wird-seeberg-212375.html}} no longer available )
  2. ↑ Audience ratings: Kaufmann drama defies FC Bayern , Blickpunkt: Film from November 4, 2010
  3. ↑ The fear of fear , Frankfurter Rundschau of November 3, 2010
  4. ↑ TV tip of the day: In aller Stille (ARD) , evangelisch.de from November 3, 2010
  5. ↑ Fear eats the soul , Der Tagesspiegel from November 2, 2010
  6. ^ In all silence ( memento of October 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at Das Erste