Night over Berlin
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Night over Berlin |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Friedemann Fromm |
| script | Rainer Berg and Friedemann Fromm |
| music | Florian de Gelmini |
| camera | Jo home |
| cut | Annemarie Bremer |
| occupation | |
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Night Berlin is a German television film on February 20, 2013 First was sent. The leading roles are cast with Anna Loos and Jan Josef Liefers . In the film, the real couple plays lovers against the backdrop of the Nazis' seizure of power.
The film premiered on January 31, 2013 in the Astor Film Lounge in Berlin.
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Germany 1932
The Jewish doctor Albert Goldmann treats his brother Edwin, who is seriously ill. Goldmann therefore made a special trip to Denmark . Edwin asks his brother to smuggle documents into Germany for him. When Goldmann says he does not want to have anything to do with his actions, he assures him that it is not about weapons , but rather about escape plans. Goldmann does not refuse his brother's request. On the way back he met the singer Henny Dallgow, who came from a wealthy family. Goldmann suffers from kinetosis and Henny stands by him. The next time they meet, they are in a queue and shortly after board a train together. During a conversation, Henny told Goldmann that he couldn't tell that he was a member of the Reichstag , and added that she thought there was a bunch of nuts in the Reichstag. All of a sudden, two officials appear and ask Goldmann to follow them. They ignore his protest that he is a member of the German Reichstag and therefore enjoys immunity . He is accused of having been in Denmark the day before with his brother who wanted to smuggle propaganda material into Germany. On the train with Henny Dallgow, Goldmann's hat remains, into which a small envelope has been sewn, as Henny notes. Back in her apartment, the young woman examines it and recognizes the explosive content. When Goldmann shows up at Henny's, she is upset and tells him that even she has seen that this plan is about smuggling weapons and hand grenades . Goldmann asserts that his brother had sworn to him that it was merely a question of escape plans. Henny explains that she has thrown the documents away and asks Goldmann to leave. Shortly afterwards, he is intercepted by his brother's accomplices who ask for the documents. He tells them that he threw them into the sea on time and that the Prussian secret police searched them on arrival .
Henny Dallgow has a dispute with her uncle who is managing the family's extensive estate for her. She is a singer in the establishment "Ballhaus" and wants to acquire the object like. Your uncle is of the opinion that there is not enough capital available at the moment. Goldmann is repeatedly interrupted in his speech in parliament and then his speaking time is cut short. The parliament is riddled with men in Nazi uniforms, and Henny is also among the spectators. Later she said to Goldmann that she had visited him in his world and that he should come to her world one evening after all. The current owner Matze Belzig, a good friend and mentor of Henny, also performs in the “Ballhaus”. Belzig, a Jew, recognized the signs of the times early on and wants to emigrate to America and therefore sell the club. Goldmann, who accepted Henny's invitation, also notices many men in brown uniforms in the “Ballhaus”. That night, Henny is intercepted and threatened by Edwin Goldmann's like-minded people in front of her apartment. They want to know where the package with the documents is. Should she go to the police, she would come back and she and her entire family would regret it. Then they brutally beat the woman. Henny goes to Goldmann and accuses him of setting his thugs on her neck, then she collapses. Goldmann, who previously yelled at her in the pub because the Nazis had congratulated her on her vocal performance in the pub, takes care of Henny. At the same time, the young woman reappears, who belongs to the communist cell just like Goldmann's brother Edwin and was among the thugs. She had seen Henny's motorcycle in front of the house and wants to speak to her. Goldmann unequivocally takes sides with Henny and makes it clear to the young woman that he will betray her and her like-minded people to the police if they don't leave Henny alone. When they are alone again, Henny thanks Goldmann and there is a first tentative kiss between them. A few days later, Henny wants to celebrate the purchase of the "Ballhaus" that has now been completed with Goldmann. They go on a motorcycle excursion together and later sleep together in a small boat. When Henny asked Goldmann to come to the “Ballhaus” later, he said that he didn't fit in there and that she had never heard the Nazis who frequented the “Ballhaus” talk about Jews. Henny says lightly that they wouldn't mean that at all. While Goldmann is still working, his brother Edwin appears in his practice with some like-minded people and a bleeding young woman. Although Goldmann is anything but happy, he helps the young woman. He implores his brother to finally stop, because he is the only one left from his family. Shortly afterwards, Henny appears. She notices that Goldmann is lying to her when she asked her what was going on here. After a moment's thought, Goldmann tells her what happened nine years ago. The police suddenly stood in his home, then two shots were fired and his wife and son were shot.
The next evening, Henny thanks Matze Belzig in the “Ballhaus”, who says goodbye. With her in the “Ballhaus” there is always a free place for him, she assures her friend. When Henny later dances with Goldmann, a Nazi official, a regular at the “Ballhaus”, wants to know who she's dancing with and then smugly says: “Look, a Jew.” In the toilet anteroom, Goldmann has a conversation with Belzig, who says that he should make a good face to the bad game. Goldmann replied that he did not understand why it suddenly played such a big role what religion someone had, religion had never played a role in his previous life. Henny's dream is that the "Ballhaus" should be and remain a place where one can escape reality and be carefree happy, to be able to offer and preserve such a place for people, is what they can do during this time, that is certainly not as important as what Goldmann does as a doctor, but that is her dream. A few days later, when Goldmann was standing by an old man who was being beaten up by two Nazis, the policeman, who had deliberately looked the other way, wanted to arrest him instead of the beating Nazis. A dispute ensues, with more courageous citizens pushing back the National Socialists. A few days later, Erhart von Kühn and Henny's cousin Uta celebrate their engagement. Goldmann and Henny are also guests. Von Kühn attacks Goldmann without the others at the table taking sides for him, whereupon Goldmann says goodbye and Henny follows him. Later on, on Henny's roof terrace, Goldmann tells her about what really happened in the practice and emphasizes that if his brother were at his door, he would help him again, he was his family. Henny understands what he means very well. When Henny walks through her house the next day, she sees Ruth Fraenkel wiping the graffiti like "Jude" etc. from her front door. Angry, she threatens the Nazis, who have also rented a floor in her house, with dismissal if this is not done immediately. The receipt comes quickly, Nazis rage in the “Ballhaus”, and it is only thanks to the intervention of Erhart von Kühn, to whom she turns and who admires and probably loves her, that the “Ballhaus” does not suffer any worse. The giant Lanz, a Nazi leader, introduces himself to her and assures him that the Nazis are welcome guests in the “Ballhaus”, which Henny is forced to confirm.
New Year's Eve 1932 and February 1933
Gunda, a loyal employee and friend of Henny's, tells her on the head that she is pregnant. Henny says she doesn't know whether to tell Goldmann, she never expected something like that. Her dream has always been the “ballroom”. Gunda says she should think about it for a few more days. Just as Henny has come to a decision, there is a knock on the door and members of the communist cell appear with the seriously injured Edwin Goldmann, who is screaming in pain. Goldmann's attempt to take him to the hospital immediately fails. Edwin Goldmann dies in his arms in the middle of the street. Albert's pain is great. In the meantime, Henny has made up her mind to visit an angel maker so as not to burden Goldmann with her pregnancy. When she sees a woman with a contorted face come out of the practice, however, she changes her mind and confesses everything to Goldmann. Goldmann wipes away her fears about the future with the argument that she and he and the baby are now a family and that that is all that counts. When Erhart von Kühn let Henny know in private a few days later that Hitler would probably win the upcoming elections and that there were already purge lists for this case on which Goldmann would be pretty high and it would therefore be better if he left the country Henny doesn't really know how to classify it. Your attempt to influence Goldmann in this regard fails, however, as he is firmly convinced that Hitler has no chance of winning the elections . It's just their way of intimidating people, that is their only chance. He too thinks that von Kühn might have told her that in order to get to the “Ballhaus” so cheaply. Shortly afterwards there was a wild brawl between the Nazis and protesting citizens. Goldmann grants them refuge in his practice, to which the SA members also gain access and continue to beat them completely uninhibited. Goldmann learned from his patient Marinus van der Lubbe that he intended to do something against the prevailing conditions and that he wanted to set fire to the Reichstag . The doctor wants to prevent that in any case, since that would only be grist to the mill of the NSDAP and would help them with their choice. In his attempt to stop van der Lubbe's plans, Goldmann is in danger and can only save himself from the burning part of the building with the last of his might. Fire brigade approaches. Just as Goldmann is about to leave the Reichstag, he is sighted by the Nazis who ask him to stand still. He does not manage to escape from them. Henny, who, following an inspiration, drove to the Reichstag on her motorcycle, sees Goldmann being led away. Marinus van der Lubbe, who was also arrested, insists in his interrogation that he started the fire all by himself and that no one helped him.
Goldmann is now being questioned by a Mr. Klein from the political police to prove his complicity in the fire in the Reichstag and has to realize that nobody is interested in the truth. Meanwhile, Henny tries to speak to Inspector Fraenkel, which is prevented. In the meantime, Goldmann continues to be tortured in the most brutal manner, and Erhart von Kühn insists Henny to renounce Goldmann, as she has no future in Germany as the lover of a Jew. A young Nazi loses patience during interrogation, draws his pistol and shoots the defenseless doctor strapped to a chair. Klein then yells at him that he is of no use to them dead, and his corpse is thrown into the river. Leo Fraenkel brings Henny the news of Goldmann's death. The young woman said goodbye on his stretcher, shocked. Later she sits on her roof terrace crying and screaming out her pain. At some point, Henny will run out of tears.
Production and Background
The film was shot in August and September 2012 in the Babelsberg studio in Potsdam as well as in Berlin , Zwickau , Cologne ( MMC studios in Ossendorf ) and Leipzig . Hundreds of extras were used. Costumes, masks and wigs as well as props were originally adapted from the 1930s.
The symphonic film music composed by Florian de Gelmini was recorded from November 27th to 29th in the Smecky Studios in Prague by the seventy-one-strong “City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra”, the soundtrack for the film was voted Soundtrack of the Month (April) by Bavarian Radio.
Anna Loos and Jan Josef Liefers have been married since 2004.
Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934) was a politically left-wing worker who was arrested in the burning Reichstag in Berlin on February 27, 1933 and sentenced to death on December 23 for high treason in the act of deliberate arson in the so-called Reichstag arson trial. The actual circumstances surrounding the Reichstag fire and, above all, the perpetrators could not be clarified properly. However, the political consequences were dramatic and played into the hands of the NSDAP.
Nacht über Berlin was released on DVD on February 21, 2013, published by Studio Hamburg Enterprises (AL! VE).
reception
criticism
“Nonetheless, the muted browns and gray tones that dominate both inside and outside and which have shaped our conception of the appearance of this era through hundreds of films, and above all the appearance of Max Raabe as Henny Dallgow's duet partner, make it clear that someone is staging an era after the codes and after the aesthetics that those who were born afterwards defined them for them. Watch out, otherwise we will take it as true. "
"" Friedemann Fromm already showed in 'Weissensee' and 'Die Wölfe' how well he knows how to adapt contemporary material. With 'Nacht über Berlin' he is also responsible for the script with Rainer Berg, it strikes dizzying volts in the final quarter of an hour, as a result of which the doctor Goldmann finds himself next to the arsonist Marinus van der Lubbe (played impressively confused by Johannes Klaußner). "[ ...] Jürgen Tarrach is also praised in his role as the ballroom owner Matze Belzig, who is "great, brightly made up and yet with a clear view of what is to come, [playing]."
“Nazi horror on ARD: The Reichstag is on fire, the Führer roars, and the (private) couple Loos & Liefers keep the tension high as (played) lovers…. [...] Even after eight years of (real) marriage, the two create a high level of tension in the (played) relationship. "
"Fictional love story in a carefully and elaborately staged journey through time." The television magazine Hörzu gave the overall rating: "Successful". "
““ An apolitical bon vivant and a social democratic Jewish doctor - that seems a bit clichéd. But at the latest when Anna Loos' face is wrinkled in pain, that's done. The characters are drawn differently and played credibly. A sad love story and a historical and multi-faceted drama at the same time. "The TV magazine Gong came to the conclusion:" Elaborate, exciting and lively staged "and gave five out of six points, which corresponds to the overall rating" very good "."
“Regrettably, the director Friedemann Fromm falls short of his artistic as well as his political claim. Tragedy turns into silliness, fun turns into slapstick, approaches of humor turn into kitsch, horror turns into entertainment; political events like the Reichstag fire are messed up. [...] Everything seems somehow weird, superficial and wrong. "
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Nacht über Berlin on February 20, 2013 was seen by a total of 5.90 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 17.7% for Das Erste . A market share of 9.9% was recorded among viewers between 14 and 49 years of age.
Web links
- Night over Berlin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Night over Berlin ( Memento from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Night over Berlin Christopher Pramstaller: “Heroes in the morning, traitors in the evening”, Jan Josef Liefers overnight in Berlin . In: Süddeutsche.de. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- Night over Berlin “Who really started the fire?” Reichstag fire - drama in the First. Article from February 20, 2013. hoerzu.de. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for night over Berlin . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2013 (PDF; test number: 136 638 V).
- ^ "Night over Berlin" celebrated its premiere. Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , February 1, 2013, accessed on July 12, 2018 : "Yesterday the ARD event film" Night over Berlin "premiered in the Berlin Astor Film Lounge."
- ↑ Night over Berlin - The Reichstag fire. Die Welt , August 16, 2012, accessed on February 20, 2013 : "A historic TV drama is being created in Babelsberg in which the Reichstag fire from 1933 plays a role."
- ↑ Esteban Engel: The doctor and the singer. Potsdam Latest News , February 19, 2013, accessed February 20, 2013 .
- ↑ night Berlin sS filmmuseum-potsdam.de
- ↑ Soundtracks of the month: Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee - Night over Berlin ( Memento from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at br.de/radio/b5-aktuell/b5-filmmusik. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Night over Berlin at moviepilot.de. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ↑ Tim Slagman: Nazi TV film: My heart burns - the Reichstag too. Spiegel Online, February 20, 2013, accessed on February 20, 2013 : “The ARD film 'Night over Berlin' with Anna Loos and Jan Josef Liefers is reminiscent of the Reichstag fire 80 years ago - and misuses a love story for a lesson. Or the other way around."
- ↑ Night over Berlin Sven Goldmann: "... and the terror takes its course". In: tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ↑ Night over Berlin Josef Seitz: “Where the Nazi smooches merrily”. In: focus.de. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ^ Night over Berlin In: TV magazine Hörzu No. 7 of February 8, 2013, p. 90
- ↑ Night over Berlin In: TV magazine Gong No. 7 of February 8, 2013, p. 81
- ↑ Wolfgang Bittner: Night over Berlin "Klamauk and superficiality: Night over Berlin on television". In: hinter.de. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ^ Fabian Riedner: Primetime check: Wednesday, February 20, 2013.quotemeter.de , February 21, 2013, accessed on October 31, 2018 .