Rosamunde Pilcher: The second chance

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Movie
Original title The second chance
Country of production Germany / Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1997
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Dieter Kehler
script Uta Berlet
music Richard Blackford
camera Wilfried Kleist
occupation

The second chance is the title of a German television film directed by Dieter Kehler from 1997. It is based on Rosamunde Pilcher's story The Marigold Garden from the short story anthology Blumen im Regen and is the 18th episode of a ZDF film series with works by the successful ones British writer. Sandra Speichert , Andreas Brucker , Rita Russek and Thomas Fritsch play the leading roles.

action

The young Julia Hawthorne works as a journalist . First and foremost, her job is important to her; besides, at her age she wants to enjoy life first. At first she doesn't think about love. Remembering her mother Liz's fate makes her reluctant to bond. Her mother, still an attractive woman in her mid-forties, was abandoned after a long marriage by Juliet's father, who had fallen in love with a young village girl and finally ran away with her. Julia definitely doesn't want to suffer a fate like her mother's.

When Julia meets the young, attractive Miles Brendan, who has been hired as estate manager for the family estate, her decision is shaken. Miles keeps it secret that he is the son of a well-known diplomat , as he wants to build a professional existence on his own, without the support of his father and the family legacy. This repeatedly leads to arguments between father and son.

Miles immediately falls in love with Julia. Julia feels drawn to Miles as well, but refuses to feel deeper and wants to keep their relationship on a purely friendly level. She also thinks Miles is a marriage swindler who wants to gain access to a higher class of society as an administrator. When Julia Vic, an attractive and superficial bon vivant from London , fell in love with him. She moves to Vic in London and tries to forget Miles. The latter then gives up his position as administrator. To distract himself from his grief, he retreats into solitude and alone renovates his cottage , which he inherited as part of the family estate.

Julia's mother Liz regrets her daughter's decision because she would have liked Miles and Julia to become a couple. She herself is now unhappily in love with the fisherman Garry, who, however, cannot reciprocate her feelings, as he is married and puts the well-being of his daughter, whom he lovingly cares for, above everything else.

Julia finally invites Miles to her wedding in London. When he receives the invitation, he realizes once more that Julia is his great love. He decides to fight for her.

Production and Background

The film was produced in 1997 by UFA Fernsehproduktion GmbH on behalf of ZDF and was first broadcast on July 31, 1997. The film was shot in Ireland . Outdoor shots found u. a. in the small town of Castletownbere in County Cork in south-west Ireland. At one point in the film, the fish restaurant “Breen's Lobster Bar” can be seen in the background.

The second chance was released on DVD on April 24, 2006 together with Magie der Liebe as part of the “Rosamunde Pilcher Collection” by Universum Film .

criticism

TV Spielfilm was of the opinion that this "Pilcher philosophy just deserves a cross-thumb". Conclusion: "If you like Pilcher, look anyway ..."

For Kino.de , the film was a "tragic TV drama with a lot of emotion".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The Second Chance Background information. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ Rosamunde Pilcher - The Second Chance Production details at UFA. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ The second chance plot / production details at Fernsehserien.de. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ Rosamunde Pilcher Collection ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. DVD at universumfilm.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.universumfilm.de
  5. ↑ Rosamunde Pilcher: The second chance at tvspielfilm.de. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ Rosamunde Pilcher: The second chance at kino.de. Retrieved July 27, 2016.