Step into the light
| Episode of the Spring Series | |||
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| title | Step into the light | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
UFA fiction | ||
| length | 90 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 6 | ||
| classification | Episode 12 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | 29th January 2017 | ||
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| Director | Thomas Jauch | ||
| script | Natalie Sharp | ||
| production | Natalie Sharp | ||
| music | Christoph Zirngibl | ||
| camera | Florian Schilling | ||
| cut | Behruz Torbati | ||
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Step into the light is a German television film from the spring television series by Thomas Jauch . It was first broadcast on ZDF on January 29, 2017 .
The film tells the story of the village helper Katja Baumann, played by Simone Thomalla , who supports families in emergency situations and at the same time tries to bring spring into people's hearts. It is the twelfth film in a series that focuses on the people of the community called spring .
action
Hans Lohmeyer is deaf and lives with his also deaf wife Elisabeth and the adult daughter Inga a little off the beaten track in the mountains and lives from wood carving. When a potential customer arrives one day, he overlooks Elisabeth Lohmeyer while reversing, who, due to her deafness, does not notice the approaching car. Seriously injured, she has to be taken to the hospital and so that the doctors can communicate with the patient, daughter Inga stays with her because only she can speak sign language. Since her father cannot hear the phone and other things, village helper Katja Baumann is supposed to support Hans Lohmeyer until Inge is back permanently.
Katja is currently on the road with Marc, who recently returned from his Tyrolean vacation and will soon be going back to his sick father in Leipzig. Since Katja's trainee Yasemin has “thrown out” her job in the village helper station for a short time, Katja has to take care of everything by herself and immediately sets off when Pastor Sonnleitner informs her of the Lohmeyer's accident. Hans Lohmeyer is not very enthusiastic about having a strange woman around, just as he is extremely hostile towards strangers. But Katja is not put off. She has mastered every situation so far and is certain that she will not fail this time either. While Hans Lohmeyer does not seek any contact with Katja, his daughter is completely different. Katja even discovers in a photo that Inga must have liked to sing as a child, so it doesn't surprise her when she hears Inge sing and her voice is extraordinary. To make it easier for Inga to return to the public, she persuades the pastor to let the young woman sing at the upcoming church festival. At first Inga refuses because she wants to be there for her parents and for the sake of them she had given up a singing career. But Katja persists and makes it clear to Inga that she is still young and must not lose sight of her own path completely.
Katja's daughter Kiki broke off her medical training some time ago and has been working in Ms. Hagen's café ever since. Although she doesn't do everything flawlessly here either, she still has a little self-affirmation, even if she doesn't completely satisfy her work. A small ray of hope is Peet, her boss's son. Surprisingly, he invites her after work to come to a party that he would celebrate with his friends at the lake. Kiki is happy about the variety, especially since she likes Peet a lot. When he arrives at the lake, he makes the devastating mistake of jumping into the water with too much energy, because he doesn't know that the lake is way too shallow here. When he suddenly floats unconscious in the water, Kiki is immediately on the spot and begins to coordinate the rescue measures. Peet's friends, guided by Kiki, tackle everything properly and the boy can be brought to the clinic as quickly as possible. Kiki cannot undo the fracture of two lumbar vertebrae, but Peet stays alive thanks to her courageous help. In doing so, she has proven to herself and the others that medicine is perhaps her passion after all.
Katja can meanwhile contribute a little to the fact that Hans Lohmeyer “speaks” properly with his daughter. He realizes that his daughter must finally realize her dreams and he also comes to her concert in the church, which he had strictly refused at first. So it fills him with great joy that Inga's singing is so well received by the audience.
background
The episode was produced by ZDF in collaboration with “Seven Dogs Filmproduktion” and UFA Fiction and broadcast as part of the ZDF “Herzkino” series. The singing parts for Inga Lohmeyer ( Cordula Zielonka ) are dubbed by a professional singer. Christoph Zirngibl , who selected the singer, plays the piano himself in the relevant scene and accompanies the actress on her solo performance in the church.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on January 29, 2017, Step into the Light in Germany was seen by 5.29 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 14.4 percent.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv thinks: “The story suffers from the stereotypical dramaturgy, the purification template, which has been tried and tested for the twelfth time, and the extremely redundant cinematic impression. While the series was still a 'Herzkino' novelty in 2011, this credit is now almost wasted. ”“ Even the deaf topic does not change that, which at best makes the film a bit denser in terms of form, but does not penetrate it more deeply. But that would be necessary to counteract the impression after six years that only one & the same story is being told in a well-known setting. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm only give this episode the "thumbs straight."
Web links
- Step into the light in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Step into the light at Fernsehserien.de
- Step into the light at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for step into the light . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; January 2017; test number: 165 544 V).
- ↑ a b Rainer Tittelbach: Step into the light film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 22, 2017.
- ^ Film review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 12, 2016.