Nikolaikirche (film)

Movie
Original title	Nikolaikirche
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1995
length	133 (DVD release) / 180 (TV) minutes
Rod
Director	Frank Beyer
script	Frank Beyer ; Eberhard Görner ; Erich Loest
production	Provobis , WDR , MDR , ORF , ARTE
music	Johann Sebastian Bach
camera	Thomas Plenert ; Peter Badel
cut	Rita Hiller
occupation
	Barbara Auer : Astrid Protter; Ulrich Matthes : Alexander Bacher; Annemone Haase : Marianne Bacher (Astrids and Alexander's mother); Günter Naumann : Albert Bacher (Astrids and Alexander's father); Daniel Minetti : Harald Protter (Astrid's husband); Ulrich Mühe : Pastor Ohlbaum; Otto Sander : ecclesiastical superintendent; Peter Sodann : General of the Ministry for State Security; Ulrich Tukur : Attorney Schnuck; Jutta Wachowiak : Gabriele Heit; Claudia Messner : Claudia Engelmann (Alexander's friend); Rolf Ludwig : Pastor Reichenbork; Alfred Müller : Linus Bornowski (Marianne's old friend); Niels Bruno Schmidt : Jörg Franzen; Julia Braun : Silke Protter (Astrids and Harald's daughter); René Steinke : Martin Vockers; Hansjürgen Hürrig : Prof. Huhnfeldt (head of the psychiatric clinic); Gerd Blahuschek; Hans-Jörn Weber; Julia Hunter; Karl Kranzkowski; Heath Kipp; Hans-Peter Reinecke; Günter Kurz : People's Police Officer; Rayk Gaida : Stasi employee;

Nikolaikirche is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Erich Loest , who also worked on the script . The film was shot in 1995 under the direction of Frank Beyer . It sheds light on the last months of the GDR and shows why so many people gathered in Leipzig's Nikolaikirche . Nikolaikirche was a two-part production for television . There is also a shorter theatrical version that was cut by the director himself .

action

A family is shown in the field of tension between the Stasi and the peace movement. While the main character, architect Astrid Protter, recognizes the mendacity of the system and looks for a way out, her brother Alexander Bacher continues to profile himself as captain of the state security , but tries to protect his family from being stalked by his own authority. The clashes culminated in the Monday demonstrations of 1989 . While the state power takes brutal action against the demonstrators, they respond with silence and pass the barricaded Stasi building.

Filmography

1995: Nikolaikirche Leipzig: Frank Beyer filmed Erich Loest's novel (TV, WDR)

Reviews

Lexicon of international film : The film concentrates on a torn Leipzig functionary family, the surveillance apparatus of the Stasi and two church parishes, refuges in a sea of lethargy and cynicism. He strives for historical truth and consistency in detail, but sometimes comes close to the colportage .

Web links

Description of the film from the Goethe Institute
Nikolai Church in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Nikolaikirche. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] Nikolaikirche. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .