Moritz, dear Moritz
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Moritz, dear Moritz |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hark Bohm |
| script | Hark Bohm |
| production | Hark Bohm Natalia Bowakov |
| music | Klaus Doldinger |
| camera | Wolfgang Treu |
| cut | Jane Seitz |
| occupation | |
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Moritz, dear Moritz is a German feature film by Hark Bohm from 1978.
action
Moritz is fifteen years old and in the middle of puberty . His parents are in an economic crisis. The family still lives in a huge villa in Hamburg on the Elbchaussee , but it is only a matter of time before they have to leave. Moritz's parents are bankrupt . Moritz is left to himself during this time. The lonely boy seeks contact. His grandmother was once a central figure in his life, but her parents deported her to an old people's home. There she vegetates under impossible circumstances and is harassed by the keepers who have no time for her. Moritz feels similarly lonely. When Moritz visits her, she asks him for euthanasia .
Moritz is delighted that at least one aunt is taking care of him. But it turns out that she has not only friendly family interests in him. When she also approaches Moritz sexually, he again flees from the adult world. The only thing that seems to stay with him are his dreams, in which he takes brutal revenge on his surroundings. Change only seems to be in sight when he meets the nice Barbara and a rock band. The new friends show him an alternative path away from his parents and towards a new family.
background
After Nordsee ist Mordsee (1976) Moritz, dear Moritz, is the second film in a row in which Hark Bohm deals with the problems of young people during puberty. His foster sons Uwe Enkelmann and Dschingis Bowakow, who also play here again, certainly had an influence on this. For Genghis Bowakov this was already the third film with Hark Bohm. He had also played the title role in Tschetan, the Indian boy . In North Sea is Mordsee , Uwe Enkelmann joined the group, who was later adopted by Hark Bohm and is now a well-known theater actor under the name of Uwe Bohm.
All scenes were shot in Hamburg . The Struckmanns' villa is located above the Elbchaussee in Nienstedten on Baron-Voght-Straße . The scene in which Barbara is followed on his bicycle from Moritz to the S-Bahn was also shot on the same street. The scene in which Moritz collides with the blue limousine was filmed on Otto-Ernst-Strasse at the corner of Ohnsorgweg . The school scenes were created at the nearby Christianeum . The film was also shot at the pier in Teufelsbrück , as well as in Sankt Pauli and in Hamburg's Michel .
reception
Reviews
“And Bohm wanted (again on Scorsese's heels. Namely the ' taxi driver ') to let the boy chase after a blonde dream, whereby a compromise between young love and touchingly untrained kisses came about - love 78, it has never been so pure . [...] What could have become of 'Moritz, dear Moritz' is made clear by his most impressive scenes, which deal with Moritz's relationship with his grandmother and the non-relationship with his mother. "
“The need for contact and understanding of a fifteen-year-old from a good family who becomes his grandmother's helper. The study of a young person, which is occasionally charged with emotions, gets to the bottom of behavior problems, but also contains some partisan clichés. "
Awards
Moritz, dear Moritz , had its world premiere as part of the 1978 Berlinale competition . He received an honorable mention here at the Interfilm Awards .
literature
- Matthias Itzel: Moritz, dear Moritz. Booklet accompanying the film by Hark Bohm. Atlas Forum. Atlas-Film + -AV, Duisburg 1987, 26 pages, ISBN 3-88932-817-2 .
Web links
- Moritz, Dear Moritz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Moritz, dear Moritz at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Moritz, dear Moritz . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2011 (PDF; test number: 49 801 V).
- ^ Hellmuth Karasek: Hamburg, Hamburg . In: Der Spiegel . No. 11 , 1978, p. 132-133 ( Online - Mar. 13, 1978 ).
- ^ Moritz, dear Moritz. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 19, 2017 .