Seven moons
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Seven moons |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Peter Fratzscher |
| script | Nils-Morten Osburg |
| production | Michael Bütow |
| music | Ali N. Askin |
| camera | Thomas Merker |
| cut | Barbara Gies |
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Seven Moons is a German horror - comedy from 1998 with Jan Josef Liefers and Marie Bäumer.
action
Fear has been raging in Munich for weeks : an unknown murderer has already murdered various people in bloody and sometimes very cruel ways. Since the crimes were committed on nights of the full moon , the victims were mutilated with scratches and animal hair was found at the crime scenes, the rumor of a werewolf is making the rounds among the population . The responsible head of operations, Lasinger , deploys two experienced but completely contradicting officers to investigate the murders: the unconventional Becker , who himself believes in the supernatural variant, and the down-to-earth Graf .
At the same time, the introverted writer and screenwriter Thomas Krömer is working on the synchronization of horror films. Krömer seems rather shy about his environment, is still tinkering with his first novel , supported by his editor Eschbach , and only maintains platonic contacts with his partner, the bookseller Alexandra , which he would like to deepen.
The author suddenly gets involved in the investigation when he is supposed to take care of his grandmother's house one night. The scenery turns out to be eerie, the house dog runs away nervously and finally Krömer is attacked by a creature. The next day the grandmother is dead - obviously killed by the serial killer. While Becker and Graf continue investigating, Krömer ponders. He wonders whether the werewolf legend is a reality and he is probably one of those mythical creatures. This is supported by various trivialities that he has not yet been able to explain: hunger for bloody food, night activities or that he has no memory of the night of the murder, for example.
The police officers are also slowly discovering Krömer, who himself increasingly believes that he is a murderous werewolf. However, the author notices that being a wolf person also has decisive advantages: He now appears much more self-confident, finally approaches Alexandra and spends a passionate night with her.
When the police investigations draw ever closer circles to Krömer and he has concerns about possibly harming Alexandra as a werewolf, he goes into hiding. Since the next full moon is imminent and another murder threatens, Krömer finally wants to document certainty and his transformation with a video camera. At the same time, Graf and Becker discovered clues that relieve Krömer. You come across the real murderer's utensils, which he used to hide the killings through fictitious wolf attacks.
The final takes place at the grandmother's house. Krömer, who has not mutated and is not a werewolf, unmasked the real culprit just like the police: Lektor Eschbach, who planned the murders in the spirit of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales and wanted to put the blame on Krömer. Eschbach has also brought Alexandra into his power and threatens to kill her and herself. Ultimately, the police and Krömer manage to free Alexandra, while Eschbach blows himself up with the house.
criticism
“The attempt of a German mystery thriller with horror effects, which applies the rules of the genre quite effectively, without slipping into the optically speculative. In the game with the classic "werewolf myth, but above all with the motifs of German fairy tales, a convincing deepening of the central character between inner turmoil and hysterical insecurity of life is of course not available."
this and that
- The TV broadcaster ProSieben , in whose program the strip ran exclusively for a long time, took part in the production. The film was initially only conceived as a television film, but eventually made it to German cinemas.
- Sieben Monde was originally supposed to start under the title Nachts , but this was changed by the marketing company Avista for reasons not yet known. Another alternative title was Seven Moons - Evil Never Dies .
Web links
- Seven Moons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seven moons. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed November 20, 2011 .