Lilly under the linden trees (film)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
Original title Lilly under the linden trees
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2002
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Erwin Keusch
script Anne C. Voorhoeve
production POLYPHON Leipzig for MDR and Arte
music Rainer Oleak
camera Rudolf Blahacek
cut Annemarie Bremer
occupation

Lilly unter den Linden is a German television film by Erwin Keusch from 2002. It is a family drama that shows the effects of the political situation in divided Germany on the life of a 13-year-old and the handling of the laws in the FRG and the DDR shows.

action

For 13-year-old Lilly from Hamburg , the death of her mother is a serious turning point. Her father died shortly after she was born and Pascal, her mother's partner, is more abroad than at home. He also doesn't make it to the funeral. Lena, Lilly's aunt and her mother's sister, can take part, although she has to travel from Jena to do so. Although she sees her aunt for the first time and only briefly, she would like to stay with her. But Lena has to travel back to the GDR because she only received a visa for a few days to attend the funeral, and Lena cannot just go with her, even if Lena's family is Lilly's only living relatives. Lilly shows her friend Meggi old photos, including one with her parents in front of the " Berliner Dom unter den Linden". Later, when she wrote a letter with this friend, she mentioned the street Unter den Linden , where her parents used to meet.

Pascal and Ms. Gubler, their guardian and employee of the youth welfare office, dissolve the apartment and the latter suggests to Lilly that she should be placed in a foster family, since adoption by her aunt is considered impossible because she lives in the GDR. At first Lilly lives in the boarding school as before. With her friend, however, she thinks about how she could go to see her aunt, because the crossing of the inner-German border in 1988 from west to east is very difficult. The official way takes Lilly too long and so she persuades Pascal that he tries to drive her to East Berlin with a day visa. This succeeds and so they drive through the city, where Lilly is looking for the spot in front of the Berlin Cathedral where her parents had their photos taken years ago. After finding it, she takes the train to Jena alone. She hopes that she can stay there, since Lena's family is Lilly's only living relatives.

When she arrives in Jena, however, she realizes that Katrin, her cousin, is not happy about it - not to mention the problems with the authorities. But Till, her cousin, is thrilled that his cousin has come from the west to the east and does a lot with her. After a few days, Lilly also learns that her cousin's rejection has reasons in the family history that she was previously unfamiliar with. Katrin was in a children's home until her third birthday because her mother was in prison because she had helped her sister escape to the West and was not married to Katrin's father at that time.

Lena and her husband think about how Lilly could stay with them. But even the reluctant involvement of an old acquaintance and Stasi employee at first only means that Lilly is allowed to stay until the end of the autumn vacation. So she has to go back to Hamburg and hope for regular opportunities to see her relatives. As a farewell, Till gives her a self-made calendar for 1989.

criticism

  • Erwin Keusch, known for many TV thrillers from the series Tatort , Polizeiruf 110 , Doppelter Einsatz or Bella Block , shot a sometimes rather boring drama about reluctant family reunification with solid actors and a few opportunities to grab a handkerchief .
  • Emotionally charged family history, which makes the absurdity of the political situation and systems tangible; the main focus is on the strength of the family.

This and that

The Berlin Cathedral featured in the film is not located directly on Unter den Linden , but on Museum Island , which connects to the eastern end of Unter den Linden . The film also shows the Alte Nationalgalerie while driving through Berlin . In the scenes filmed in Jena , the Ernst Abbe monument on Carl-Zeiss-Platz and the fox tower can be seen.

After this film, the screenplay writer, Anne C. Voorhoeve , wrote an award-winning youth novel with the same title two years later. There are also two other novels: Liverpool Street and July 21st .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prism
  2. ↑ Lilly under the linden trees. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ^ Anne C. Voorhoeve: Lilly unter den Linden , Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag 2004, 254 pages, ISBN 3-473-35251-9 , 2nd edition: 2006, 285 pages, ISBN 978-3-473-58228-0

Web links