Death game

Movie
Original title	Death game
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1997
length	177 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Heinrich Breloer
script	Heinrich Breloer
production	Ulrich Lenze
music	Hans Peter Ströer
camera	Hans-Günther Bücking
cut	Monika Bednarz-Rauschenbach
occupation
	Hans Brenner : Hanns Martin Schleyer ; Sebastian Koch : Andreas Baader ; Manfred Zapatka : Helmut Schmidt ; Gerd Preusche : Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski ; Dieter Mann : Horst Herold ; Hans-Jörg Assmann : Alfred Klaus ( BKA ); Christoph Piesk : Ulrich Wegener ; Ulrich Matthes : Jan-Carl Raspe ; Anya Hoffmann : Gudrun Ensslin ; Birol Ünel : Captain Mahmud ; Nezâ Selbuz : Souhaila Andrawes ; Karoline Eichhorn : Brigitte Mohnhaupt ; Claudia Michelsen : Sieglinde Hofmann ; Robert Viktor Minich : Peter-Jürgen Boock ; Dirk Martens : Stefan Wisniewski ; Stefan Gebelhoff : Willy Peter Stoll ; Susanne Schäfer : Gabriele Dillmann ;

Todesspiel is a docu-drama from 1997 about the terrorist attacks of the German autumn and the Red Army faction . The film interweaves feature film elements, original recordings and eyewitness accounts.

The two-part television film depicts the kidnapping of the employer's president Hanns Martin Schleyer and the kidnapping of the German vacation machine “Landshut” . The first part of the People's Prison begins on September 5, 1977 with the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer. It ends with the news to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane “Landshut”. The second part, entitled Abduct the Landshut, begins with the take-off of the plane on Mallorca and ends with Hanns Martin Schleyer's funeral.

Reviews

Lexicon of international film : A fascinating docu-drama that incorporates the opinions and memories of many participants and tries to be objectivity for the victims despite taking sides. Despite all the closeness to reality - especially in the second part - the possibilities of genre cinema are also used.

Awards

Bambi 1997 as "Best TV Game"
Golden Lion 1997 "Special Prize for Documentary TV Film" to Heinrich Breloer (screenplay and direction), Ulrich Lenze (producer), Horst Königstein (editing), Gebhard Henke (editing) and Monika Bednarz-Rauschenbach (editing)
Bavarian TV Prize 1997 for Heinrich Breloer (director and screenplay)
Special award from the German Academy of Performing Arts as part of the Baden-Baden Days to author Heinrich Breloer for his "outstanding achievements in documentary television play"
Golden Gong 1997 to the author and director Heinrich Breloer for "his true book, his sensitive and human interviews and the fascinating and convincing direction"; to Hans Brenner for his "breathtaking, human-touching portrayal of Hanns Martin Schleyer" and to Monika Bednarz for her convincing editing of game, real and interview scenes, which will certainly make television history.
Telestar 1997 in the actor category to Hans Brenner, in the director category to Heinrich Breloer, in the producer category to Ulrich Lenze
Golden Camera 1998 to Hans Brenner as actor
DAG television award 1998 to Heinrich Breloer
Prix Europa 1998 - Honorable Mention
Prix Italia 1998 - Honorable Mention

literature

Breloer, Heinrich: death game. From the Schleyer kidnapping to Mogadishu. A documentary narrative. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1997, ISBN 346202597X

Web links

Death game in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Death Game. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 28, 2016 .

[1] Death Game. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 28, 2016 .