My way to Olympia
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | My way to Olympia |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Niko von Glasow |
| script | Niko von Glasow |
| production | Ingo Fliess |
| camera | Hajo Schomerus |
| cut |
Mechthild Barth Bernhard Reddig |
| occupation | |
My Way to Olympia (Engl. My Way to Olympia ) is a German documentary film of Niko von Glasow (* 1960) from the film in 2013 portrayed the athletes at the 2012 Summer Paralympics participated (August 29-September 9) :
- Aida Husic Dahlen , a one-armed table tennis player from Norway
- Greg Polychronidis , a bocce player from Greece who was paralyzed from the neck through chronic muscle wasting
- Christiane Reppe , a swimmer from Germany with a leg amputated on one side
- Matt Stutzman , a short armed archer from the United States
- the sitting volleyball team from Rwanda
The director even as thalidomide born -Geschädigter with short arms, interviewed in the film that featured athletes as they cope as disabled competitive sports. He accompanies them in preparing for participation in the 2012 Paralympics in London . Von Glasow's film shows victories and defeats and also focuses on relatives. "Von Glasow is the perfect companion for the athletes he portrays: unsentimental but sensitive; critical but open."
The audio description of the film was spoken by Thomas Holländer and was nominated for the German Audio Film Award in the cinema category in 2014 .
The film was shown on February 15 and 16, 2013 in the Berlinale Spezial section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and had its premiere there. The film opened in German cinemas on October 17, 2013 (Distributor: Senator / Central).
Web links
- My Way to Olympia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Presentation on the Berlinale homepage (German); Berlinale catalog page (German, English, PDF file; 194 kB)
- Page to the film on the homepage of the production company Ifproductions
- Page about the film on the homepage of the co-production company Palladio-Film
- Interview with the director of Mein Weg nach Olympia on Deutschlandradio Kultur on February 15, 2013 (full interview text)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kanthak, Dietmar: Mein Weg nach Olympia , review on epd film from October 17, 2013 (link checked on December 9, 2014)
- ↑ My way to Olympia in the audio film database of Hörfilm e. V.
- ↑ 12th German Audio Film Award 2014
- ↑ According to the film review by Marion Glasow on aktion-mensch.de (accessed on February 20, 2013)
- ↑ According to the Association of German Film Distributors (www.vdfkino.de) (accessed on July 20, 2013)