Brave in the new times: just no waves
Just no waves is an Austrian television film from 2006 by Harald SICHERITZ and after Im Reich der Reblaus (2005) the second part of the three-part series Courageous in the New Times . The first broadcast took place on the Austrian national holiday 2006 on ORF 2 , on Arte the film was shown for the first time on August 2, 2008.
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While the first part of the trilogy Courageous in the New Times deals with three families in the Austrian post-war period in the 1950s, the second part takes place in the 1960s.
The meanwhile 19-year-old Karli "Charlie" Redlich tries to disguise himself as an American as a rock 'n' roll musician on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg . After his dizziness is exposed, he returns to Vienna. The waitress Gina, with whom he starts a relationship, follows him from the Alster to the Danube, but she is disappointed. Charlie's mother Elfi, who works as a tailor, takes care of her own sick mother and her husband Viktor, who is addicted to games and alcohol. Daughter Moni wants to stand on her own two feet.
The Berkowitz family's company developed positively and the Ulmendorff sawmill, the Adelholz company, also benefited from the economic upturn. While Paul Berkowitz's assignment as reserve major in the Israeli army repeatedly required secret trips to the troops, his wife Rita was busy looking for her family's Aryanized works of art.
Ferencz, Gregor's manager and son-in-law from Hungary, is drunk and died in a car accident after his wife Valerie confessed to him. She is pregnant by her lover, the painter Ramsacher.
The insidious and agile Otto Hasak tries to spin his intrigues for his own benefit, but he got bogged down with the Russian-Austrian smuggler mafia. Hasak procures a party book for Gregor Ulmendorff, who then tries his hand at politics. However, after he lacks economic competence and tactical skills for his political activities, Hasak realizes that he has backed the wrong horse and reorientates himself again.
Production and Background
The shooting of Nur kein Waves took place together with the third part Alles anders from May 23 to August 5, 2006.
The film was produced by the Austrian MR Film , with Arte and the Austrian broadcasting company involved .
Ulli Fessler was responsible for the costume design, Bertram Reiter for the production design, Walter Amann for the sound and Adolf and Hannelore Uhrmacher for the make-up.
The title of the series refers to the third stanza of the Austrian national anthem . With Erwin Steinhauer and Matthias Franz Stein as well as Fritz Karl and Aaron Karl two fathers and their sons stood in front of the camera.
reception
Tvspielfilm.de described the film as a "multifaceted time panorama" and wrote: "An uncomfortable, often sarcastic home chronicle with strong actors." DerStandard.at found: "Even the smallest role is [...] exquisitely cast."
Awards and nominations
- Nomination in the fiction / special category
Web links
- Courage for these new times: Only no waves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Brave in the new times: Just no waves at crew united
- Brave in the new times: Just no waves in the dictionary of international films
- Brave in the new times: Just no waves in the online film database
- Brave in the new times: Just no waves on ORF.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Brave in the new times 02: Just no waves. In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Just no waves. In: programm.ard.de. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c "Just no waves": ORF family saga makes a stop in the 1960s. In: DerStandard.at . October 28, 2006, accessed May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Brave in the new times: No waves at crew united . Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ↑ Brave in the new times: Just no waves. In: Tvspielfilm.de . Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Nominations for the Grimme Prize: Shiny feature films, dull entertainment. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 28, 2009, accessed May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Five ORF co-productions nominated. In: DerStandard.at . January 29, 2009, accessed May 19, 2020 .