Vampire Academy (film)

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Movie
German title Vampire Academy
Original title Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy (Movie Logo) .jpg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Mark Waters
script Daniel Waters
production Don Murphy ,
Susan Montford ,
Michael Preger ,
Deepak Nayar
music Rolfe Kent
camera Tony Pierce-Roberts
cut Chris Gill
occupation

Vampire Academy is an American fantasy film from the year 2014 . The director Mark Waters produced the film in collaboration with the US film company The Weinstein Company . It is based on the novel Blood Sisters by Richelle Mead . The film opened in American cinemas on February 7, 2014. In Germany, the film opened in cinemas on March 13, 2014.

action

There are two types of vampires: Moroi and Strigoi. Moroi are mortal and good vampires, while the Strigoi are vicious, undead, and dangerous. You can become a Strigoi in two ways: Either you are forced to do so by force of the bite of a Strigoi, or you choose to do so voluntarily as a Moroi and intentionally kill a person while drinking. Strigoi try everything to destroy the Moroi, which is why the Dhampire (half human, half Moroi) are trained as guardians to protect the Moroi from them.

17-year-old Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir. She is trained in fighting techniques at the Vampire Academy St. Vladimir as she has to protect her best friend and Moroi princess Vasilissa Dragomir (nickname: Lissa). Lissa is the next queen to be chosen from one of the twelve royal families and has a special element (water, air, fire or earth). Rose and Lissa flee the Academy after Lissa's parents and brother were killed in a traffic accident and strange events occurred at the Academy. Rose was also killed in the accident, but Lissa managed to bring her back from the dead. Since then the two have been connected and Rose knows what is going on in Lissa's thoughts and feelings - this is called shadow kissing. At this point Lissa has no idea that she has specialized in the rare element "spirit". Her teacher Mrs. Karp discovered the element and warned the two of them at the time (before they flee).

After a year on the run, Rose and Lissa are brought back to the Academy by Dimitri Belikov, guardian of St. Vladimir. The director Ellen Kirova is appalled that Rose ran away with Lissa and wants to expel her from the Academy. Dimitri, however, is of the opinion that Rose could become a good guardian and thus ensures that she is allowed to stay at the school. Since Rose is far behind with her training, she gets Dimitri as a mentor and trainer. During the training, the two keep getting closer and fall in love. At the same time, Lissa has to realize that her status as a princess is gone, and she is being ignored by everyone. She also has to realize that her ex-boyfriend Aaron has a new friend named Mia Rinaldi who hates Lissa. Lissa's brother had an affair with Mia, but she wanted more and was dumped by him. Over time, Lissa befriends the outsider Christian Ozera, whose parents were Strigoi. The two get closer and - after hating each other in the meantime - become a couple.

With the return to the Academy, the strange events of the past also return. So Lissa's room is smeared with blood and her cat and other animals are murdered. With her element, Lissa manipulates her popularity again and therefore clashes with Rose. She found out that Mrs. Karp no longer works for the Academy. She investigates and learns that after the departure of Rose and Lissa, Mrs. Karp went crazy, voluntarily transformed from a Moroi to a Strigoi, and eventually escaped from the Academy. Rose also learns that Mrs. Karp also masters the element "spirit" and has gone mad because of it, and has turned into a Strigoi because of the pain the element brings with it. Rose is concerned and warns Lissa about it.

At the Academy Ball, Rose reveals Mia's secret as Bluthure, and she and two other Moroi confess that she smeared Lissa's room. At the same time, Lissa is kidnapped by Victor Dashkov, a longtime family friend and the rightful aspirant king. Victor wants Lissa to heal him with her element so that he can ascend the royal throne, which he was denied because of his illness. That's why he killed the animals; to see how far Lissa's element is. With the help of her tape, Rose can locate Lissa and with the help of Dimitri and Christian she manages to free Lissa and stop Victor. But the four did not expect that Victor's daughter Natalie, who is a friend of Rose and Lissa, has turned into a Strigoi. But she is killed by Dimitri and Rose. Through this Rose learns that Dimitri is reciprocating her love, but the two cannot be together because of the age difference and because they will both later be Lissa's guardians.

The film ends when Sonya Karp announces the attack on St. Vladimir in the nearby mountains of her Strigoi army.

synchronization

The German synchronization produced the synchronous company Scala Media GmbH in Munich / Berlin under the dialogue director of Maren Rainer on.

role actor German speakers
Rose Hathaway Zoey German Lydia Morgenstern
Lissa Dragomir Lucy Fry Jacqueline Belle
Victor Dashkov Gabriel Byrne K. Dieter Klebsch
Ray Chris Mason Oliver Scheffel

background

In June 2010 Preger Entertainment secured the film rights to the Vampire Academy series from Richelle Mead . A month later, Don Murphy was hired as a producer to turn the novel into a feature film. In December 2012, it was announced that Daniel Waters would write the script and his brother Mark would direct.

The central female leading roles in Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir went to the American Zoey Deutch and the Australian Lucy Fry on February 1st . Also in early February, the Russian actor Danila Kozlovsky was awarded for the male lead of Dimitri Belikov . Olga Kurylenko , known from James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace , was cast in the role of Ellen Kirova on April 29, 2013 . Other roles were cast in May 2013 with Gabriel Byrne , Sarah Hyland , Cameron Monaghan , Ashley Charles , Sami Gayle and Claire Foy . Final roles went to Joely Richardson and newcomer Dominic Sherwood , who play the roles of Queen Tatiana Ivashkov and Christian Ozera .

Filming began on May 28, 2013 in London at Pinewood Studios and ended on July 20, 2013. A teaser trailer was released in August 2013. On November 21, 2013, the first trailer for Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters was released. In Germany, the teaser was released on December 4th, and the first trailer on December 19th, 2013.

Before it even opened in theaters, the title addition Blood Sisters was removed from the English title and Blutsschwestern from the German title.

reception

criticism

The film received mostly negative reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , only 9 percent of reviewers gave the film a positive rating.

Grossing results

On the opening weekend in US theaters, the film grossed just under $ 4 million, which started below the studio's expectations. With a budget of $ 30 million, the film's total box office revenue by the end of July 2014 was just $ 15.39 million.

In Germany, the film was seen by 77,588 visitors and achieved sales of 573,483 euros.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Vampire Academy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2014 (PDF; test number: 143 512 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Vampire Academy . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b Vampire Academy. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on July 28, 2014 .
  4. ^ New York Times Bestselling Series 'Vampire Academy' Staked by Preger Entertainment . In: Prnewswire.com . June 29, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  5. ^ Dave McNary: Academy 'bites bigscreen . In: Variety .com . July 6, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Lauren Davis: Heathers writer and Mean Girls director teaming up for the undead ass-kicking Vampire Academy movie . In: IO9.com . February 2, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  7. ^ A b Mike Fleming Jr. & Nancy Tartaglione: 'Vampire Academy' Film Takes Flight; Mark Waters Directing Daniel Waters' Script . In: Deadline.com . February 1, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr .: 'Oblivion's Olga Kurylenko Sinks Teeth Into' Vampire Academy ' . In: Deadline.com . April 29, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  9. ↑ Domimic Patten: 'Vampire Academy' Adds 'Blue Bloods' Sami Gayle, 'Shameless' Cameron Monaghan & More To Cast . In: Deadline.com . May 10, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  10. ↑ a b Domimic Patten: 'Vampire Academy' Adds 'Modern Family's' Sarah Hyland, Gabriel Byrne & More To Cast . In: Deadline.com . May 18, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  11. ↑ Thomas Zimmer: Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters - First trailer with teenagers & drama . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 15, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  12. ↑ Björg Prüßmeier: No party without blood: First German teaser for the vampire novel adaptation "Vampire Academy" . In: Filmstarts.de . December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Vampire Academy": Exclusive first trailer . In: Bravo .de . December 19, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved on December 20, 2013.
  14. ^ Vampire Academy (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed July 28, 2014 .
  15. ^ Vampire Academy . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  16. ^ Vampire Academy - attendance and sales (Germany) . In: Kino.de . Retrieved July 28, 2014.