Moment of Truth (1988)

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Movie
Original title Moment of truth
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1988
length 80 minutes
Rod
Director Jurij Kramer
script Jurij Kramer
production DFF
music Axel Donner
camera Michael Albrecht
cut Gerti Gruner
occupation

Moment of Truth is a by GDR television produced TV movie directed by Jurij Kramer in 1988 with Hans Jürgen Hürrig in the role of restorer Dr. Dieter Weinberger, who is faced with a difficult decision after the fatal accident of his divorced wife and her partner, as three children remain behind, only one of whom is Weinberger's biological child. Key roles are occupied by Simone von Zglinicki , Jaecki Schwarz and Ursula Werner .

action

The restorer and specialist in the restoration and conservation of old, valuable monuments Dr. Dieter Weinberger receives a phone call in which Kollwitz, an employee of the “Youth Welfare” department, asks him to come to him. At the office, he informed him that his divorced wife Brigitte Thiele and her husband had a fatal accident. Three children remained, once twelve-year-old Carla, the daughter of his former wife from another connection, the second the seven-year-old son Theo of the former couple and the third the 4-year-old Robert from his ex-wife's new connection. His son Theo kept asking about him, let Kollwitz know and advised him to have all three children, as they shouldn't be separated after such a bad stroke of fate. He knows that Weinberger is heavily involved in his job and restores monuments in Africa. But at least it is about the fate of three children.

In the following time the restorer tries to be clear about what to do next. He speaks to his colleague Dr. Sabine Schmidt, with whom he is also in a relationship, about the problem. Sabine makes it clear to him that she definitely does not want to give up her job and that he is probably not thinking of giving up the half-finished project to save temples in East Africa.

A reunion with his son Theo makes Weinberger thoughtful. A conversation with Kollwitz does the rest, even if Weinberger does not yet want to admit it. Sabine Schmidt tries to make it clear to Kollwitz that a life with Weinberger and the three children does not fit into her life plan. Shortly afterwards, she told a friend that she was pregnant. Weinberger's father has meanwhile offered his son to support him and his mother in looking after the children so that he and Sabine can continue their careers.

The institute assumes that Weinberger will continue to lead the project and has already found a home for the three children where they can be accommodated. Meanwhile, Weinberger lets the children's teacher, Ms. Wiebke, teach them how they can get by in the children's school. When he and Sabine visit the grave of his wife who has had an accident, he meets the mother of the second husband of his former wife, who is resigned to the fact that her son has finally found the right wife in Brigitte after two failed marriages and that fate is cruel. Brigitte was such a good mother. When she offered herself to take the children with her, however, she was told at the office that she was too old for it. The old lady leaves the couple behind with the thought-provoking sentence: "You can see how quickly life can be over."

After a further period of reflection, Weinberger decides to take the three children with him and work on site for the time being. Sabine tells him about her pregnancy and that she, too, will not travel anywhere for the time being. Together they pick up the children from the youth welfare office.

production

It is a film made by GDR television. The first broadcast took place on September 9, 1988 in the first program of the GDR, a repetition took place on September 10, 1988 and another repetition on July 17, 1991 in the DFF program .

Tom Schilling played his first small role here as the youngest of the three half-siblings whose mother had a fatal accident.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hour of Truth Information about the film adS fernsehenderddr.de. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Katja Hübner: Portrait of the scarf and devotion In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 19, 2013. Accessed on November 12, 2017.