Frizzy happiness

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Episode of the series Polizeihauptmeister Krause
Original title Frizzy happiness
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 5 ( list )
German-language
first broadcast		 December 16, 2016 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Bernd Böhlich
script Bernd Böhlich
production Eva-Marie Martens
Alexander Martens
music Jacob Ilya
camera Florian Foest
cut Gudrun Steinbrück
occupation

Krauses Glück is a comedy film from 2016 and the fifth film by director and author Bernd Böhlich in the film series about the retired police chief Krause . In this episode, he takes a five-person refugee family from Syria into his home and remembers his own childhood as a refugee from East Prussia . Krause is needed by everyone - and literally blossoms in the process. For Andreas Schmidt , who died in 2017, it was the last appearance as Krause's neighbor and friend Rolf-Dieter Schlunzke.

action

Horst Krause is now freshly retired and is no longer a police chief, but he is still a long way from having arrived in his new life. In the family inn in the village of Schönhorst, his sister Elsa is still in charge and there isn't really much to do. She doesn't want her brother, who has been grumpy for weeks, around her all day. Suddenly there is a new job for "Hotti", as Elsa always calls her brother, because at the behest of the mayor, a Syrian refugee family is being housed with them. They were supposed to go to see his neighbor Schlunzke, but it gets too scary for him, so he asks his friend Krause to take the family from Syria in. Krause, who was expelled from East Prussia as a child, feels a little morally obliged to help, which Elsa does not see at all. But before they can discuss it for a long time, the refugees are already in the courtyard: the head of the family, Omar El Chanati, a neat elderly gentleman who Elsa does not seem so unappealing, his heavily pregnant daughter Djamila, her teenage son Ahmed and the twins Mohammed and Yusuf. All of them move into the guest rooms and since they have very little luggage with them, Elsa looks for a few useful items of clothing for her.

Krause takes loving care of the two boys, they remind him of his childhood. First of all he has to teach her big brother the necessary respect for his mother, but otherwise he puts himself at the service of their mutual communication. Thanks to his multifunctional cell phone and the internet, the language barrier between them isn't too much of a problem.

Unexpectedly, Krause's sister Meta, who lives in Cologne, is also at the door. She looks depressed and is about to leave when she hears that her room is occupied. Krause immediately suspects that something is wrong with their marriage. In fact, her husband Rudi is in trouble because on her last vacation in Africa he had collected stones that turned out to be diamonds at the airport, and now Meta's husband is in prison and she doesn't know what to do. So that she can get other thoughts, Krause “instructs” his sister as a former teacher to teach the refugees German. In the meantime, he takes care of his friend Schlunzke because he has the feeling that something is wrong with him, but Schlunzke simply does not let himself be looked at.

So Krause continues fresh to work and provides young Achmed with work at the asparagus farmer Kowalski. After initial difficulties in the field work, Achmed gets closer to the young Polish woman Dana and becomes friends with her - much to the annoyance of some of the local youths, who try to make this clear to him immediately by throwing his bike into the pond. Krause knows that he has not only made friends with his welcoming culture in the village, but that is now going too far for him. In the old police manner, he takes on the main culprits and shows him what he means by "fun".

However, Krause's neighbor Fengler understands less fun. He is always looking for a new reason to complain against the foreigners. But Krause does not let himself be deterred and even ensures that the twins Mohammed and Jussuf can go to the “German” school.

However, it offends him personally when he learns that Rudi is in jail: the brother-in-law of a police officer in jail - that's too much for him.

The next catastrophe is looming when it emerges that Mohammed and Yusuf are orphans and do not even belong to the family. But before Krause allows them to go to the home, he persuades Schlunske, who has always dreamed of having children, to adopt the two boys. However, even more persuasion is required to get approval from the refugee commissioner.

After everything has gone so well and Krause has proven that two different cultures do not necessarily have to be incompatible, he gives a festival to which the mayor himself appears and gives a speech. To Meta's delight her Rudi climbs out of a police car in front of Krause's inn. He is currently being transferred from Namibia to the remand prison in Germany and asked to see his wife briefly - after all, his brother-in-law is a police colleague. When Djamila went into labor right now, Krause asks the officers to make the little detour to the hospital.

background

Krauses Glück was filmed from May 18 to June 16, 2016 in the outskirts of Berlin , including in Tropical Island .

reception

Audience rating

The first broadcasts of Krause's luck at December 16, 2016 reached the first reached 4.19 million viewers and a market share of 12.6 percent.

Reviews

Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv praised the film and said: “The topic is brand new. And Krause wouldn't be Krause if he didn't tackle the refugee issue in his very own way: shirt-sleeved and smart. If he shows where the problems are, it becomes a gracious ease. You can find that naive and superficial, but we're in the entertainment sector. In many places the film looks like an integration fairy tale. With his lovingly drawn figures with simple pictures - and also some instructive dialogue - Böhlich succeeds in showing on a small scale what is lacking on a large scale. "

Felix Müller wrote in the Berliner Morgenpost : “So it has now arrived in the evening entertainment on public television: the refugee crisis with all its big and small problems.” “In the light of the current news, you can find all of this in good faith or even a little bit sugar-coated - but the film cannot be blamed for having misunderstood the Christian core of Merkel's sentence 'we can do it'. Conclusion: Thanks to the dry joke and the wonderful Horst Krause, watching is simply fun. "

Heike Hupertz from the FAZ also rated it only positively: “Brandenburg, a summer fairy tale. Krause used to be the dormant police in Police Call 110 of the RBB . The character is a crowd favorite. It seems to have escaped a sway. "Krause is allowed to" experience a little something and bring his relaxed view of things to the audience. "

Kino.de came to the conclusion: “A nice film because it deals with the refugee issue in an uncomplicated way. You just have to like the stoic Krause, to tackle his kind of problems anyway. Through the dry dialogues and, last but not least, the formidable music by Jakob Ilja, 'Krauses Glück' has a lovable lightness. "

There were slightly critical tones at focus.de : “One shortcoming of the film is that the refugee figures remain quite pale. The viewers do not learn anything about the experiences of the Syrian family, who have a very special secret. The characters certainly have potential, even if the people who fled from war and suffering are not yet really able to speak German. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Krauses luck with crew united . Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Rainer Tittelbach : Horst Krause & Bernd Böhlich. Refugee issues easily & popularly packaged at Tittelbach.tv , accessed on January 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Felix Müller: "Krauses Glück" - A refugee comedy with a lot of heart. Review of the film at faz.net , accessed on January 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ Heike Hupertz: Der gute Mensch aus Brandenburg Review of the film at faz.net , accessed on January 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ Film review at kino.de , accessed on January 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ Timo Nöthling: "Krauses Glück": A crosshead with a heart for refugees at focus.de , accessed on January 23, 2020.