Romy (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Romy |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Torsten C. Fischer |
| script | Benedikt Röskau |
| production |
Markus Brunnemann , Nicole Galley |
| music | Annette Focks |
| camera | Holly Fink |
| cut | Benjamin Hembus |
| occupation | |
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Romy is a German TV film from 2009. The biography deals with stations in the life of actress Romy Schneider , who is portrayed by Jessica Schwarz .
action
Romy Schneider collapses in a taxi. In an emergency operation, a kidney is removed from her because of a tumor.
In flashbacks, excerpts from her childhood with her grandparents on the Mariengrund estate and as a young girl at the Goldenstein boarding school are shown. In 1953 she got a role alongside her mother Magda Schneider in the film When the White Lilac Blossoms Again ; this suddenly makes them known. At the same time, her mother married for the second time, namely the major restaurateur Hans Herbert Blatzheim , who from now on acts as her manager.
1955 comes Romy's final breakthrough with Sissi . Two more films follow about the Austrian Empress, but when her stepfather, with whom the relationship has deteriorated more and more, and her mother also demand a fourth Sissi film from her, she consistently refuses.
Instead, she made a film called Christine in France in 1958 , fell in love with her colleague Alain Delon and moved to Paris with him . He introduces her to Luchino Visconti , who gives her a role in one of his plays. Delon separates from her in 1964; out of desperation she tries suicide, but can be saved.
She met the German actor Harry Meyen , who was divorcing his wife for her, and married him on July 15, 1966. Their son David Christopher was born on December 3 of the same year. However, failures make Meyen a bitter person who indulges more and more to the consumption of alcohol and tablets. In 1968 she shot again with Delon, the film The Swimming Pool was a complete success. In 1973 she and Meyen finally drifted apart and moved to Paris with their son. In 1975 the divorce followed.
She is a celebrated star in France and received the French César Film Prize in 1976 . In 1975 she married her secretary Daniel Biasini, who was eleven years her junior, and had a daughter Sarah Magdalena on July 21, 1977 . Her ex-husband Meyen commits 1979 at his home in Hamburg suicide . In 1981 the divorce from Biasini takes place.
Romy has to undergo kidney surgery. On the day of her discharge, her son David, who is now 14, picks her up from the hospital; she plans to play with him in her new film The Walker from Sans-Souci . But just a few days after she was released from the hospital, David had a fatal accident while trying to get over the fence onto the property of the parents of his former stepfather Daniel.
Despite this bad stroke of fate, she made the film The Walker of Sans-Souci as planned . But shortly after filming was finished and a few weeks before the premiere, Romy Schneider died in her Paris apartment.
background
Initially, Yvonne Catterfeld was intended to play the title role. However, the engagement did not materialize.
The first broadcast of the television film, which cost around five million euros in production costs, was above average on November 11, 2009 in the first . 5.25 million viewers saw the film, which corresponded to a market share of 16.7 percent. The media campaign that preceded the broadcast included poster advertising and a cinema premiere gala in Berlin's Delphi Filmpalast on October 27, 2009. The film includes the songs The Windmills of Your Mind , sung by Dusty Springfield , and The Party's Over in the Heard version of Nat King Cole .
criticism
“Solid but surprisingly developed (television) drama about a star in search of happiness, security and love, based on common patterns. Well played, lavishly equipped, but more interested in the looks. "
Awards
- 2009: Nomination for the competitions of the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival
- 2009: Bambi Best Actress National to Jessica Schwarz
- 2010: Jessica Black was nominated for the German Television Award as Best Actress
- 2010: Hessian TV Award for Best Actress to Jessica Schwarz
- 2010: Nomination for the Golden Camera for Best German TV Film
- 2010: Magnolia Award for best director at the Shanghai International Television Film Festival to Torsten C. Fischer
Individual evidence
- ^ Romy-Film: Catterfeld threatens to exit Morgenpost.de
- ↑ Silke Burmester: Romy in black and white , Spiegel Online from November 11, 2009
- ^ "Aktenzeichen: XY ... ungelöst" before Schneider-Film , Hamburger Abendblatt from November 12, 2009, accessed on January 4, 2011
- ↑ Jessica Schwarz celebrated at “Romy” premiere , dpa message in Focus , accessed on January 4, 2011
- ^ Romy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 12, 2017 .
- ^ "Magnolia Award" for SWR television film "Romy" , SWR.de from June 11, 2010, accessed October 6, 2012
Web links
- Romy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Romy at filmportal.de
- Official website of the SWR for the film