Blind Spot (2017)

Movie
Original title	blind spot
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2017
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Stephan Lacant
script	Ben Brownish
production	Hans W. Geißendörfer
music	Dürbeck & Dohmen
camera	Michael Kotschi
cut	Monika Schindler
occupation
	Herbert Knaup : Karl Holzer; Hanno Koffler : Thomas Holzer; Johanna Gastdorf : Elsa Holzer; Emma Drogunova : Anyá Krasniqi; Kasem Hoxha : Fazil Krasniqi; Dirk Borchardt : Zeiler; Jan Pohl : Rolf Wenzel; Theresa Scholze : Marianne; Ronald Kukulies : Brenner; Fynn Zinapold: Andreas Weber; Christine Sommer : Gabrielle; Armin Schmitt: Policeman; Eva Blum : Inge; Axel Gottschick : Harald Retzlav; Antje Lewald : Lotte Retzlav; Konstantin Lindhorst : Manuel Retzlav; Ruzica Hajdari: Dafina Krasniqi;

Toter Winkel is a German television film by director Stephan Lacant from 2017, produced by Hans W. Geißendörfer for ARD and broadcast for the first time on May 3, 2017 as part of the Filmmittwoch in Erste slot .

action

Master hairdresser Karl Holzer leads a quiet life with his wife Elsa in a small German town. When Manuel, the childhood friend of his adult son Thomas, is run over by a truck at night, rumors arise that he belonged to a right-wing extremist terrorist organization. Thomas is also suspected of having something to do with it. Karl Holzer now has doubts about his son. He questions the upbringing of his son and the values he taught in his upbringing.

At the same time, the family of 15-year-old Anyá is picked up by the immigration authorities in the middle of the night to be deported to Kosovo. Anyá managed to flee and in the end met Karl Holzer. He begins to suspect that there could be a connection between the nightly deportation of Anyá's family and the terror cell.

reception

Audience rating

When Toter Winkel was first broadcast on May 3, 2017 on Das Erste , the film was seen by a total of 4.17 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 13.7 percent.

criticism

Film critic Thomas Gehringer on Tittelbach.tv said: "Strong characters, great actors (especially Herbert Knaup & Emma Drogunova), a stringent and exciting story with two storylines that fatefully converge".

Awards

2017: Günter Rohrbach Film Prize - Saarland Radio Prize for Herbert Knaup

Web links

Dead angle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Heike Kunert: Die Alltälichkeit des Evil , review of the film in the features section of the weekly magazine Die Zeit on May 3, 2017 (online at www.zeit.de/kultur, accessed on May 9, 2017)
Arno Frank : When the granddaughter sings "Wacht am Rhein" ; Review of the film in the feature section of Spiegel Online from May 3, 2017 (online at www.spiegel.de/kultur, accessed on May 9, 2017)
Kurt Sagatz: My son, a terrorist? ; Review of the film in the features section of the Tagesspiegel from May 3, 2017 (online at www.tagesspiegel.de/medien, accessed on May 9, 2017)
Luise Schendel: You taught me not to talk, but to act ; Review of the film in the features section of the FAZ on May 3, 2017 (online at www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton, accessed on May 9, 2017)

Individual evidence

↑ Toter Winkel audience rating at quotenmeter.de, accessed on August 31, 2017.
↑ TV film "Toter Winkel" review of the film at Tittelbach.tv .
^ "Western" wins Günter Rohrbach film award . Article dated November 3, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017.
↑ Günter Rohrbach Film Prize 2017 goes to "Western" ( Memento from November 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated November 3, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017.

[1] Toter Winkel audience rating at quotenmeter.de, accessed on August 31, 2017.

[2] TV film "Toter Winkel" review of the film at Tittelbach.tv .

[3] "Western" wins Günter Rohrbach film award . Article dated November 3, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017.

[4] Günter Rohrbach Film Prize 2017 goes to "Western" ( Memento from November 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated November 3, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017.