Rommel (TV movie)
Rommel is a German television film from 2012. It tells the last phase of the life of the most famous German general of the Second World War , Erwin Rommel . It was first broadcast on November 1, 2012 on Das Erste .
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Rommel describes the last seven months of the life of the German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel from March to October 1944 . A quote from Hannah Arendt is displayed in the opening credits .
"We are also responsible for our obedience."
The television film begins on the day of Rommel's death with an excerpt from the conversation between him and Generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel . In this conversation, the generals presented incriminating material to Rommel and gave him the choice of either killing himself or answering the People's Court . After this scene, Erwin Rommel's last months of life from March 1944 are told in a retrospective in chronological order. During this time Erwin Rommel is responsible for the Atlantic Wall and is supposed to prevent the Allies from marching in from the west. He lost himself in the myth of the greatest general of all time, founded by the Nazis, and found himself in a conflict between loyalty to the Nazi regime and his own conscience. The film ends shortly after the conversation that was shown at the beginning of the film. Erwin Rommel says goodbye to his family and drives off with the two generals from Berlin in a car to kill himself.
background
The film partially shows original excerpts from the German newsreel . The location was u. a. The La Roche-Guyon Castle and Audinghen in France. Further recordings were made in Germany. Filming began on September 9, 2011 and ended on October 29, 2011. The budget was around six million euros, several times as much as the usual television films. Over 300 actors were involved. On the occasion of the first broadcast on November 1, 2012, Der Spiegel opened in issue 44/2012 with the cover story Myth Erwin Rommel - The Devil's Field Marshal .
On November 2, 2012, Universum Film released the film on DVD with an FSK -12 rating in Germany; on June 6, 2013, the DVD was also released in France.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Rommel was seen by 6.38 million viewers and achieved a market share of 18.8% for Das Erste ; In the group of 14 to 49 year old viewers , 1.71 million viewers and a market share of 12.8% were achieved.
Reviews
- Cicero , Konstantin Sakkas: "It's a great film ... If it had been shot in Hollywood, it would have been in the cinemas, it is almost too good for television."
- Stuttgarter Nachrichten , Götz Schultheiss: "... when it comes to television films, the broadcaster attaches great importance to presenting the facts based on the current state of research."
- Südwest Presse , Jan-Philipp Schütze: "And although the two makers brought a group of historical consultants on board and always promised the greatest possible accuracy, the controversial film project repeatedly raised many questions about the relationship between fiction and reality."
- Stern , Stefan Schmitz: "An event as a film - scary as a history lesson."
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Andreas Kilb: "That is the gesture, the facial expression, the mood that Niki Stein's film" Rommel "repeats in countless variations - the helpless, sad astonishment of a man who sees his life and fame collapse."
- Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine Zeitung , dpa: "Despite impressive actors - above all Tukur, who neither denounces nor heroizes his here jovial, charming, not unsympathetic Swabian compatriot - Stein's film does not solve the riddle" Rommel "either."
- Lexicon of international film : "Historical (television) drama that does not portray the" hero of Africa ", but rather traces the life of a disappointed man who increasingly sees his goals fading."
Awards
Ulrich Tukur was awarded a Bambi in 2012 in the category “Best Actor National”. ARD nominated the film for the competitions of the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival in 2012. Ulrich Tukur received a nomination for the Romy TV Award for Most Popular Actor in 2013 .
The SWR's multimedia offering for the film was awarded the Comenius Prize in 2013 .
Web links
- Rommel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website for the film Rommel at SWR
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Release certificate for Rommel . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2012 (PDF; test number: 135 393 V).
- ↑ Start of shooting for SWR co-production Rommel on swr.de.
- ^ Klaudia Wick: Nazi era Rommel Film. Man Rommel. Frankfurter Rundschau, November 1, 2012, accessed on November 3, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Internet Movie Database : Filming Locations , accessed November 17, 2013
- ↑ Internet Movie Database : Budget and Box Office Results , accessed November 17, 2013
- ↑ Ulrike Cordes, DPA: A Rommel with strengths and weaknesses In: Stern.de of October 30, 2012
- ↑ The hero who wasn't on cicero.de
- ↑ Struggle of conscience between loyalty and conspiracy on stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
- ↑ Eternal hype about Rommel on neckar-chronik.de
- ↑ The poor, poor field marshal on stern.de.
- ↑ His historic hour passed on faz.net
- ^ Rommel: ARD film with strengths and weaknesses on hna.de
- ↑ Rommel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Internet Movie Database : Nominations and Awards , accessed November 17, 2013
- ↑ SWR : Comenius prizes for multimedia offers from SWR: Awards go to the web special on "Rommel" and to the SWR children's network , June 21, 2013