Nothing but memory

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Movie
Original title Nothing but memory
Country of production Germany , Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1973
length 111 minutes
Rod
Director Michael Kehlmann
script Milo Dor
production Günther Köpf (production manager)
music Rolf Alexander Wilhelm
camera Elio Carniel
cut Karl Aulitzky
occupation

A German-Austrian coproduction from 1973 is nothing but memory. Milo Dor adapted his novel of the same name for the screenplay , which was published in 1959 and in which he processed his own family history.

action

Serbia, 1930s: The banker and businessman Slobodan Raikow lived with his wife Militza and his two sons Sascha and Sreten in prosperity, but threatens to become more and more impoverished in old age and is becoming more and more addicted to alcohol. He grew hops on his estate, which he wanted to export to Czechoslovakia and import Czech beer for it. However, due to changes in legal regulations, this is no longer possible, and in order to get rid of the hops, he would have to sell them at a bargain price. But he is too proud for that, despite the urgent requests of his wife.

His son Sascha, a former cavalry officer, earns his living with racehorses. When his business partner Willy Weiss commits suicide, Willy wants to sell his horses and his stable and go to Spain to take part in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republicans . His business partner Miko advises against it and instead tries to persuade him to grow chamomile, dry it in his father's hop drying plant and sell it to the pharmaceutical industry in Germany. At Willy's funeral, Sascha meets his widow Margit - there are signs that the two are starting a relationship with each other.

Slobodan travels to his estate to see his land manager Marko. Memories of Slobodan's brother Dragi, who emigrated to America many years ago, come back to life.

Because of the high tax debt, Slobodan's property is to be seized. The garnishment officer Issakovich is sent from Militza to Slobodan on the estate. Once there, he spends the night on the estate and plays with Slobodan and Marko Seventeen and Four in the evenings , where he loses a lot. Slobodan forgives his gambling debts, which is why the next day he does not seize the stored hops, but only a few less valuable items, including Slobodan's brother's car, which has not been driven for years (since he left for America).

Meanwhile, Militza asks her son Sascha for help, who promises her to raise money to avert a seizure of the family property. He sells his trotting racehorses, insisting on a completely inflated price and immediate cash payment. After lengthy negotiations, mediated by Miko, he receives the money and takes it to Slobodan. Sascha's brother Sreten also wants to help his father and has taken out a mortgage on his wife's business in order to get some money. He leaves for Slobodan with his son Mladen and meets Sascha on the train. He has given up his plans to go to Spain and now wants to get into the chamomile business recommended by Miko in order to put everything back in order. But Sreten fears that aid for Slobodan may come too late. He's probably right, because Slobodan drinks more and more and loses touch with reality. His brother who had emigrated appears to him, and shortly afterwards he collapses in his study.

production

The film is a co-production by ORF and NDR , made by Neue Thalia Film GmbH Vienna . The first broadcast on ORF was on October 18, 1973, on ARD on January 6, 1974.

reception

"Sensitively played human fate"

- TV movie

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Milo Dor about his film in a brochure of the NDR, published 1974, quoted from deutsches-filmhaus.de, accessed on July 22, 2020