Polish Easter
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Polish Easter |
| Country of production | Germany , Poland |
| original language | German , Polish |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jakob Ziemnicki |
| script |
Katrin Milhahn , Jakob Ziemnicki |
| production | Steffi Ackermann |
| music | Dirk Dresselhaus |
| camera | Benjamin Dernbecher |
| cut | Dirk Gray |
| occupation | |
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Polish Easter is a German - Polish comedy film from 2011 . Henry Hübchen , directed by Jakob Ziemnicki, played the leading role of a German who wants to bring his granddaughter back to Germany from Poland. The film was produced by ZDF as part of the small television game . Like many comedies about the clash of cultures, Polish Easter balances “on the fine line between affirmation and deconstruction of popular clichés”. While part of the German criticism saw the national prejudices and clichés pointed and refuted, another part stated that they were confirmed: The German shown is grouchy and staid, the Poles in the film are poor, steal cars and live very Catholic.
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After her mother's accidental death, Mathilda lives with her grandfather, the master baker Werner Grabosch. Tadeusz, Mathilda's father, is granted custody. She leaves Rendsburg and moves with him to Czestochowa, Poland . The grandfather doesn't think much of the father and wants to bring his granddaughter back. That is why he, the atheist, visits Tadeusz's Catholic family at Easter. He wants to use the video camera to collect evidence that his granddaughter's family is harming.
Grabosch's fears seem to be coming true. Tadeusz does not live in his own house, as it is still in the shell, but in a prefabricated building with his egocentric mother Irena. He also seems to be involved in dubious business; after all, his strictly religious wife Agnieszka struggles with psychological problems. Grabosch tries unsuccessfully to convince the Polish social service that the child is in unsuitable care. Gradually Grabosch settles in with the family and comes close to Irena, which throws him into confusion.
At the traditional Easter breakfast, he already feels at home with the family and, against his original will, as part of the family. At that moment, the Polish social service is at the door and brings Mathilda to a children's home. Grabosch gives Tadeusz money so that he can finish his house and show that the situation is in order to the authorities; In return, he defies him to be allowed to bring Mathilda back to Germany. Mathilda returns to her father and is happy about her new room. Grabosch realizes that she is better off with her father, but he still feels his failure is a defeat. Having returned to Rendsburg, Grabosch received a letter from Mathilda the following summer and traveled to Poland to join his “new family”.
reception
The jury of the German Film and Media Evaluation awarded the film the title “Particularly valuable” on the grounds: “A nice and very likeable story about German-Polish family entanglements and getting to know and understand each other. You just have to show the will to do so. Jakob Ziemnicki staged this first work with a well-chosen Polish-German acting ensemble with a calm rhythm , from which Henry Hübchen as Grabosch, Adrian Topol as Mathilda's father and also the little Paraschiva Dragus as Mathilda stand out. The camera work and the appropriate musical accompaniment round off the little game about interpersonal relationships across borders. "
The star writes: “In his comedy Polish Easter, Jakob Ziemnicki succeeds in affectionately confirming prejudices and at the same time reducing them - a charming contribution to international understanding. 4 out of 5 stars! ”
The BZ writes: “A vicious comedy that wants to dispel prejudices between Germany and Poland. That works very well because clichés are crumbled in a human-loving way. Situational moments invite you to laugh loudly - hopefully on both sides of the Oder, because humor connects! "
Knut Elstermann on Radio 1: “Master baker Grabosch, played wonderfully grim by Henry Hübchen, has lost his wife and daughter, his only happiness is his granddaughter. But he also loses this child - to the Polish father who takes the girl with him. With all the usual prejudices in your luggage, Grabosch travels to the neighboring country, where he gains an astonishing insight: these are completely normal people like you and me. The Polish-born director Jan Ziemnicki plays with the clichés in his cautious and carefully staged film and lovingly shows the people behind them. 3 out of 5 film rolls. One should see. "
Kino.de writes that the film benefits greatly from Henry Huebchen's performance. The actual story is framed by anecdotes that both the German and the Polish side take on the arm. The humor is subtle, sometimes melancholy, which is reinforced by the soundtrack. The camera work is almost static, so that the performance of the actors comes into its own.
Kino-zeit.de thinks that the film is a culture clash comedy with a somewhat slower momentum. The film's charm only becomes apparent at second glance. "A little more bite and satirical sharpness would certainly not have harmed the concerns of the film."
Welt.de writes: "With every cliché that is served from now on, the film's humor goes downhill, because instead of effectively clashing stereotypes, only poorly thought-out inconsistencies pile up."
Web links
- Polish Easter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Polish Easter at filmportal.de
Footnotes
- ^ Certificate of Release for Polish Easter . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2011 (PDF; test number: 126 044 K).
- ↑ film service No. 10/2011: Polish Easter
- ↑ A refutation of the prejudices saw the reviews in Stern, May 12, 2011: Kulturmagazin Film , and in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 12, 2011, p. 5: It turns out differently than you think . The prejudices were confirmed by Rudolf Worschech: Polish Easter in epd No. 5/2011, p. 47, and Cosima Lutz: Neu im Kino. Polish Easter: A little too much quirk with Henry Hübchen in der Welt , May 12, 2011, p. 26
- ^ German film and media rating
- ↑ Radio Eins ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kino.de, Polish Easter , accessed on May 12, 2011
- ↑ kino-zeit.de, Polish Easter 12 May, 2011.
- ↑ welt.de, Henry Hübchen dares to go to Poland with the Benz , May 12, 2011
