Love by the fjord - under the ice

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Episode in the series Love by the Fjord
Original title Under the ice
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 9 ( list )
First broadcast February 6, 2015 on Das Erste
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Director Jörg Grünler
script Silke Zertz
production Sabine Timmermann
music Boris Bergmann
camera Markus Selikovsky
cut Gerald Slovak
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Love on the Fjord - The Woman on the Beach

Successor  →
Love at the Fjord - The Age of the Earth

Unterm Eis is a German TV film by Jörg Grünler from 2015 . It is the ninth episode of the ARD film series Liebe am Fjord , whereby the individual films are linked by the fact that they are set against the backdrop of Norwegian fjords and have romantic melodramas as their content. David Rott can be seen as Isak Nerhus, whose relationship with his father Thore, played by Henry Hübchen , is problematic. Renate Krößner is cast as Isak's mother Ingrid Nerhus, Lucas Prisor as his brother Jonas. Julia Hartmann , Friederike Linke and Annika Blendl also play key roles .

action

It has been some time since Isak Nerhus left his hometown. Now he comes back to celebrate the baptism of little Eyrik, son of Jonas and his wife Malin, in the circle of family and friends at the request of his older brother Jonas. Isak is picked up from the airport by his father Thore. The relationship between father and son has been problematic since Isak left his family and started studying computer science in distant Ålesund . Isak's father would have liked to see his sons run the carpenter's workshop, which has been in the family for 48 years, together. Isak has now realized her professional life in the city and lives with Stella Ytterdal, who also studied computer science.

Isak and Jonas get along well and are very fond of each other. It is Jonas' idea to quickly set off on a glacier tour the day before the christening ceremony , as in earlier times. Jonas assures his wife Malin that they will be back in the early afternoon to help with the preparations. Once at the summit, Jonas pushes around so that Isak has the feeling that his brother wants to trust him with something. Jonas leaves it at hints. During the brothers' descent, a slab suddenly loosens and causes an avalanche that buries Jonas under him. Isak is rescued injured and only wakes up in the hospital. He learns from his mother that the mountain rescue service has not yet been able to find Jonas and that the avalanche danger makes a search even more difficult.

The hope of being able to find Jonas alive disappears as the days pass and he remains undetectable. Thore Nerhus is certain that the ice cream will not yet release his son in order to at least be able to say goodbye to him appropriately. Isak feels guilty that Jonas, married and father of two, fell victim to the avalanche and not him. Malin also subliminally blames him for what happened. In addition, Jonas was the support of the large carpenter's workshop and the family relied on him. Isak is also struggling with the situation because he was always sure that he would not really be recognized by his family. He becomes painfully aware once again that his father cannot do anything with his job as a computer scientist and that he is denied respect in this respect.

Isak flees to his apartment in Ålesund, but does not find peace here either, his feelings, which are permeated with deep sorrow, are too conflicting. However, it drives him back to his hometown, to which his and his brother's childhood friend Oda Wahlstrom has returned with her little daughter Emma and to which Isak is still strongly drawn. Nor can he simply put aside his father's request to support him in the company management, otherwise he would have to sell the company, especially since his father is struggling with the fact that his eyesight is noticeably reduced. It is Oda who tells him about an observation that suggests that Jonas had a lover, even if Isak at first cannot believe it. However, a conversation with Stine Hellström, who is also married and has two children, teaches him better. It was agreed not to burden Malin with such a revelation in her already difficult situation.

So Isak promises his father to think about joining the company. He and Stella break up and have a conversation with Oda, which assures him that she has never stopped loving him. However, Isak believes that he is the cause of problems that will crop up wherever he goes, and takes refuge in the mountains without proper clothing. Oda is very worried and speaks to Thore and Ingrid Nerhus, who call the mountain rescue service. In fact, Isak comes across his dead brother in the mountains when he discovers part of his red anorak in the snow. The family can at least say goodbye to Jonas. He should find his final resting place where he had planned the installation of a wind farm with a view of the fjord. There is a rapprochement between Isak and his father that makes everything a little easier.

production

Production notes, filming

The film was created by Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH, Studio Hamburg FilmProduktion GmbH. The editing was with Stefan Kruppa and Sascha Schwingel, the production management with Lena Reuter, the production management with Hartmut Damberg and the production management with Sibylle Maddauss and Kirsten Frehse ( ARD Degeto ).

Ålesund, one of the locations where the film was set
Geirangerfjord , another location

The film was shot between May 12 and June 12, 2014 at locations in Norway , such as Norddal , Geiranger , Valldal, Ålesund and Haramsøy.

On the MDR television page it says: “The drama by the award-winning director Jörg Grünler deals with existential questions about self-discovery and responsibility. The impressive, wild and romantic mountain landscape of Norway becomes a subtle symbol for the hardened conflicts of the people, which are gradually broken up. "

David Rott, the actor in Isak, told the German Press Agency that when he traveled to the location he had just started to interview himself: “How do I feel about the character, how would I behave . “That was an exciting process. He also did not know how to behave adequately in such a case. For Isak it is about the search for his balance and his right to exist.

publication

The first broadcast of the film took place on Friday, February 6, 2015, in the program of ARD Das Erste .

criticism

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm gave the film one of three possible points for ambition and action, two for suspense and the best possible rating by pointing their thumbs up and saying: "Imposing pictures, with a tendency to fool around."

Tilmann P. Gangloff spoke in the Frankfurter Rundschau of a "worth seeing drama" in which "only one death" leads to "breaking up encrusted family structures". The drama is "always strongest when the 'Fjord'-experienced Grünler concentrates on the characters and thus on his actors". The title of the film was "cleverly chosen". 'Under the ice' refers "ostensibly to the fact that the search parties could not find the body of Jonas buried by an avalanche", which makes it "difficult" for the family to "say goodbye". “Subtle” are also meant “but without a doubt the almost frosty dealings of the parents with their youngest son and the encrusted family structures”. [...] “All the more impressive” is “David Rott's performance, who communicates Isak's inner turmoil very sparingly and yet always noticeably”. It speaks "for the quality of the script and direction that 'Under the Ice'" is a result of "earlier Degeto films, also thanks to the excellent performance, which is miles away".

The West's side was also of the opinion that viewers on the ARD slot on Friday evening were used to “pretty shallow films”, but that “the change process” was continuing with “Under the Ice”. For some time now there have been "refreshingly different, because more serious films to see". This family drama fits in nicely with this new development. David Rott (37) plays "this young man who feels unloved and not recognized and is looking for himself, with a noticeable conflict". [...] 'Under the Ice' has "elements of a modern Heimat film, but rather" the film is "a psychological and profound chamber play with a young, rather quiet hero". And this is "impressively underpinned by the great landscape near the Norwegian Geirangerfjord (known for its beautiful waterfall 'The Seven Sisters')".

Also Kino.de saw an obvious change in the film Friday in the First, who let themselves "seen in the films from Norway particularly well." “Under the Ice” tells a “worth seeing family drama with David Rott as a son who feels unloved and misunderstood” “against a Norwegian backdrop”.

The film service wrote: “A family drama inspired by expressive images of a rustic landscape; The beginnings of a musty Heimatfilm attitude make the good actors largely forgotten. - From 14. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Heine: Norwegian drama with Rott and Hübchen. Jörg Grünler is shooting the family drama “Under the Ice” in central Norway with a well-known ensemble.
    see page beta.blickpunktfilm.de
  2. ↑ Under the ice see page mdr.de (including 11 film images).
  3. ↑ a b The drama "Under the Ice" hides bitter cold feelings In: DerWesten, February 5, 2015. Retrieved on April 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Love at the Fjord - Under the Ice Cf. crew-united.com.
  5. ↑ Love at the Fjord - Under the Ice Cf. tvspielfilm.de (including trailer and 18 film images). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : "Under the Ice", ARD. The inability to mourn In: Frankfurter Rundschau , February 6, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Under the ice see page kino.de (including 17 film images). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ Under the ice see page filmdienst.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020.