Storm time

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Movie
Original title Storm time
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1999
length 448 minutes
Rod
Director Bernd Böhlich
script Bernd Böhlich ,
Wolfgang Kirchner
production Regina Ziegler film production
music Tamás Kahane
camera Peter Ziesche
occupation

Sturmzeit is a five-part TV film made by ZDF in 1999 . The screenplay by Bernd Böhlich and Wolfgang Kirchner after the trilogy Sturmzeit by Charlotte Link . Directed by Bernd Böhlich. The first broadcast took place in December 1999 on ZDF.

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In the family saga Sturmzeit , the story of Felicia Domberg, who comes from East Prussia , is told as the great fate of women in the 20th century. It is only superficially about the development of women in the 20th century, rather it is a reflection of Germany in the 20th century from the First World War to reunification. In the film, an amber found by Felicia Domberg in the Baltic Sea plays a role, which maintains the connection to Maxim Marakov, a boy who also grows up in East Prussia.

Felicia Domberg is the daughter of a very wealthy family in East Prussia. She is only interested in herself and her immediate environment, least of all in politics. But it is politics that keep going differently than planned. It starts with her great love for Maxim Marakov, a boy from the neighborhood. In contrast to Felicia, he is very interested in politics and open to communist ideas. When the First World War broke out, the two were separated, Felicia was left alone, while Maxim went to Berlin and then to Russia. But even the apolitical Felicia shows a very strong will - it is she who prevents arriving Russian soldiers from entering the upper floors of the house where her grandfather is just dying. The turmoil of war finally brought Felicia to Russia.

Felicia later meets Maxim again in Russia, who takes part in the Russian Revolution. Both start a passionate affair with each other and sleep together several times, although Felicia previously married the Munich industrialist Alex Lombard. One day, however, Maxim disappeared without a word to help found the USSR. Felicia remains alone again, but this time pregnant by Maxim. She returns to Munich to the factory that belongs to her husband. However, the marriage ended in failure with Felicia's pregnancy by another man. Alex Lombard was also in the war and addicted to alcohol - the chief officer Wolf has now taken over. Felicia remarries in East Prussia, but the second marriage also fails, not least because of the shadow of Maxim Marakov, who cannot be reached by Felicia.

Wolf is now starting a subtle game to completely win the factory for himself. Felicia has to agree to that. In return she receives money to save the East Prussian estate Lullin from her childhood from financial ruin. Felicia remains a partner in the company, but under Wolf.

When Hitler came to power, politics changed Felicia’s life again: Wolf was Jewish and quickly found himself exposed to Nazi hostility. Felicia, who doesn't like Wolf, but doesn't want to hand him over to the Nazi perpetrators either, hides him and protects him from certain death. She herself continues the company in Munich on her own. Again, during the National Socialist era, there was a meeting with Maxim, who went to Felica and asked for help. Maxim, who saw the communist ideals betrayed by the USSR, returned to Germany and, as a staunch communist, is now on the one hand persecuted, on the other hand he helps comrades before the Gestapo seizes them. But even this encounter is short-lived.

After the collapse of the Third Reich, the badly marked and psychologically drained wolf decides to go to Israel. In the young Federal Republic of Germany, Felicia has to stand alone again in the corridor with her wife. It hits her hard that she can no longer go to East Prussia, to Lullin, where she spent her childhood and the best carefree time of her life.

When the GDR collapsed and both parts were reunited, Felicia briefly began to hope to go to Lullin again. But Felicia is now an old woman. In Berlin she meets again Maxim Marakov, who lived in the GDR. With age, Maxim is no longer a man who seeks radical political ideas, so that at the end of their lives they both still find each other.

background

Parts of this film were shot in one of the engine rooms of the Bramsche Cloth Makers Museum .

In 1998, some scenes were recorded in a sewing room from the 1920s on the premises of the Laundry Factory Museum in Bielefeld .

Film music

Tamás Kahane composed the film music .

Patricia Kaas sang the theme song of the film Unter der Haut in a duet with the Swiss tenor Erkan Aki .

literature

  • Charlotte Link: Storm time . In: Storm time . tape 1 . Blanvalet , Berlin 2010, ISBN 3-442-37416-2 .
  • Charlotte Link: Wild Lupins . In: Storm time . tape 2 . Blanvalet, Berlin 2010, ISBN 3-442-37417-0 .
  • Charlotte Link: The hour of the heirs . In: Storm time . tape 3 . Blanvalet, Berlin 2010, ISBN 3-442-37418-9 .

Other publications

The film was released on September 13, 2004 on three DVDs . Manufacturer: Universum Film . EAN : 0828766143393.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tomas Kahane. IMDb , accessed August 18, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Charlotte Link: Sturmzeit, Part I - V. buecher.de , accessed on August 18, 2010 .

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