Lindenberg! Do your thing
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding is a German feature film from 2020 about childhood, youth and the beginning of the music career of Udo Lindenberg . Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth , the leading actor is Jan Bülow . The film premiered on January 7, 2020 in Hamburg, and was released on January 16, 2020.
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Udo was enthusiastic about drumming even as a child. The family suffers from the father's alcohol addiction. Udo is doing an apprenticeship as a waiter so that he can go to sea afterwards. He has fun in Hamburg with his buddy, bassist Steffi Stephan . He has engagements as a drummer in various jazz bands and some studio jobs. A music colleague gives him a job in a band for US troop entertainment in Libya.
Back in Hamburg, Udo plays in a rock band in the music bar " Onkel Pö ". When their leader rejects the offer of a record contract, Udo sees his chance and recommends himself to the Teldec talent scout Mattheisen. Even as a teenager, he had the goal of having his own band, which he never lost sight of. Mattheisen is of the opinion that you can only be successful with English rock songs. However, the first English-language album flops. Finally, Udo records a hit with the song Hoch im Norden as B-side. This is played on the radio to the surprise and delight of the band. Lindenberg negotiates a large advance payment from Mattheisen. When Steffi temporarily quits after a conflict with Udo, her future career is at risk. In the pub, the transvestite Butterfly advises him to be himself and show his feelings. Lindenberg then sings the song Girls from East Berlin solo , which in turn causes talent scout Mattheisen to give spontaneous applause. He writes other songs in German such as cello and the rock song Alles Klar auf der Andrea Doria . Steffi appears at the last moment for the concert in Hamburg, which is important for his career, and despite Lindenberg's fall due to alcohol at the beginning, the concert is a triumph.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on January 10, 2020. It contains 15 songs by Lindenberg, four of which are sung by Jan Bülow. There is also a radio version of the new song Never doubted , which is played in the film by Lindenberg and the pianist Jean-Jacques Kravetz for the credits.
reception
Britta Schmeis from epd Film praises the "detailed" equipment. Jan Bülow plays Lindenberg with “awkward shyness, youthful vulnerability and snobbish loudmouthedness”. The film developed its greatest charm in the flashbacks of Udo's childhood.
Jörg Brandes from Filmstarts thinks it is “nice, as incidentally, reference is made to later Lindenberg characteristics” (e.g. living in a hotel, eggnog). The milieu of St. Pauli seems real, and the "musical program outside of Lindenberg's output" is consistent. All in all, it is a "snappy, well-played and beautifully equipped Lindenberg biopic with only minor flaws".
Matthias Dell at Spiegel Online comes to a negative judgment , who calls the film a “very schematic and rather lazy undertaking”. This is due to the fact that “the artist hardly seems to have any problems” and what is shown is “far removed from excesses, falls and despair [...]”. “Lindenberg! Do your thing "is ultimately" [n] soberly [...] nothing more than a noble, refurbished super anniversary special edition CD - an attempt to increase Udo Lindenberg's popularity through a biopic with a retro feel and popular pieces of music into the cinema, ”says Dell.
Awards
- 2020: Bavarian Film Award - Best Young Actor ( Jan Bülow )
- 2020: German Film Award :
- Bronze Film Award for Best Fiction Film ( Michael Lehmann , Johannes Pollmann , Günther Russ ),
- Nominations in the categories of Best Male Leading Role (Jan Bülow), Best Costume Design ( Sabine Böbbis ) and Best Make-up Image ( Astrid Weber , Hannah Fischleder )
Web links
- Lindenberg! Do your thing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lindenberg! Do your thing at filmportal.de
- Website of the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ World premiere of Lindenberg film celebrated in Hamburg. In: welt.de , January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Film music: Lindenberg! Do your thing. In: jpc.de , accessed on February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Critique of Lindenberg! Do your thing. In: epd-film.de, December 23, 2019.
- ↑ Lindenberg! Do your thing. In: filmstarts.de , accessed on February 1, 2020.
- ^ Matthias Dell: Special train to nowhere. In: Spiegel Online. January 16, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Prize winners 2020 . In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (accessed April 25, 2020).