Nina Undercover - agent with kids
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Nina Undercover - agent with kids |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Simon X. Rost |
| script |
Derek Master Simon X. Rost |
| production |
Stefan Raiser Felix Zackor |
| music |
Martin Berger Tilman Sillescu |
| camera | Jochen Stäblein |
| cut | Martin Rahner |
| occupation | |
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Nina Undercover - Agentin mit Kids is a German action comedy by the production company Dreamtool Entertainment from 2011, produced on behalf of RTL .
action
Nina Wenzel was once the most powerful weapon that the German secret service "Federal Security Service" (BSD for short) had to offer. A smart, tough and intelligent master of espionage with lots of sex appeal, who taught the bad guys of this world fear on the international stage. Her greatest success was the arrest of the globally operating gun dealer Wolf Geiger. However, when Nina's sister and her husband were killed in a traffic accident, everything changed for the top agent: she got out, moved in with her sister's three children and from then on looked after Jasmin, Lukas and baby Jonas. Nina went from being a spy to being a housewife and a mother with a part-time job; no neighbor had any idea of her previous life.
Five years later, Geiger is now to be tried, but shortly before the trial, the unscrupulous gunsmith manages a spectacular escape. Nina's former boss, BSD leader Lieutenant General Husen, sees only one chance: his former best agent has to return to active service undercover. Nina wants to comply with Hussen's request, on one condition: the children must not suffer from it, Nina must continue to be able to look after them. Jasmin is in the middle of puberty, Lukas struggles with being overweight and little Jonas has chronic nonsense on his mind.
Nina returns to the world of espionage and terror and nothing is the same as it used to be - the bad guys are even more evil, the guns even more dangerous and they no longer fit into her bulletproof vest. The balancing act between ironing board and Kalashnikov is hell and Nina has to shoot like the devil, drive like the incarnate, spy, lie, fight and, with all that, be very careful that her cover is not blown. Stupidly, a romance is developing between Nina and her neighbor Ruby, Lukas' German teacher and a true rocker. But she can't tell him either where she disappears at night in black combat suit. Because the threat is greater than ever before: Geiger is planning an attack in the heart of Germany that will shake the foundations of the republic.
production
The television film with the original working title Kung Fu Mama - Agentin mit Kids was funded with a budget of 4 million euros by the Filmstiftung NRW , the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and the European funding agency MEDIA . The film was shot from June 10th to August 3rd, 2010 on original locations in Cologne , Munich and Wilhelmshaven . The rest of the scenes were created in a studio in Cologne.
In the search for the right line-up, the production company Dreamtool Entertainment wanted to try something new. It was decided to do the casting online. Then an advertisement was sent to all the acting agencies. In a specified period of time, the actors were supposed to play a specific scene from the script and record it with a camera. The recordings were then uploaded to a server and evaluated. The task was to find the cast from over 500 entries. According to the production, such a great response was not expected at the beginning of the casting.
Charisma
The film had its first broadcast on May 26, 2011 during prime time on RTL . At its premiere, the film reached a total audience of 4.11 million viewers and a market share of 13.9 percent, of which 1.96 million or 16.7 percent were in the advertising-relevant target group .
Reviews
"(TV) crime comedy based on well-known models, whose wild plot demands a lot from the heroine."
"James Bond sends his regards: 'Nina Undercover' is a successful agent comedy with a lot of effort and unknown main actors. […] Whereby Rost and Meister dose the satirizing elements so carefully that 'Nina Undercover', like the RTL film 'Undercover Love' shown in December, is not a parody. "
“The TV mix of the family evening series and ' Mission: Impossible ' superlight is outrageous nonsense, of course, but thanks to the speed, action and its agile heroine, entertaining fun. Conclusion: Droll TV spectacle without after-effects "
“You haven't seen so much concentrated dramaturgical incompetence, technical sloppiness and so much mediocrity in front of the camera for a long time. Out of the question as a TV movie. The basic idea is at least suitable for series production. Thin action, stupid gags, zero tension, zero pop factor. "
Awards
The television film was nominated for the 2011 German Comedy Prize in the Best TV Comedy category.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Overkott: RTL-Film: Superwoman can be hard and tender. In: DerWesten.de. WAZ media group , July 28, 2010, accessed September 30, 2012 .
- ↑ Why the Internet is becoming more and more important in the casting process. (PDF (0.12 MB)) (No longer available online.) Blickpunkt: Film 22/10, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sabrina Brixius: RTL disappoints with TV film "Nina Undercover". Cinefacts.de, May 27, 2011, accessed September 30, 2012 .
- ↑ Nina Undercover - Agent with kids. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Nina Undercover - Agent with kids. Kino.de, accessed on September 30, 2012 .
- ↑ Nina Undercover - Agent with kids. Cinema , accessed September 30, 2012 .
- ↑ Rainer Tittelbach: What RTL understands by action comedy: borderline nonsense from the "Rappelkiste". tittelbach.tv, accessed on September 30, 2012 .
