Father Morgana
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Father Morgana |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Till Endemann |
| script | Till Endemann Daniel Schwarz |
| production |
Douglas Welbat Alisan Saltik |
| music |
Daniel Welbat Stephan Gade |
| camera | Lars Liebold |
| cut | Norbert Herzner |
| occupation | |
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Father Morgana is a film comedy by Till Endemann and Daniel Schwarz from 2010 with Christian Ulmen , Michael Gwisdek and Felicitas Woll in the leading roles. MovieCompany produced the film together with Warner Bros. Film Production Germany. The film will be released by Warner Bros.
action
As a little boy, Lutz sits on a jetty with his father Walther and goes fishing. When Lutz unexpectedly caught a fish and it pulled him into the water, his father disappeared without a trace, as was so often the case in Lutz's childhood.
Lutz has grown up now and is actually pretty happy with his life. He works in the office of a security company and arranges the operations of his colleagues. However, he would much rather be out and about in a value van.
When he wants to propose a marriage to his girlfriend Annette at the company party of the security service, his father Walther suddenly stands in front of him. He usually lives in a retirement home and entertains the other residents with his singing interludes. Since Walther has only caused him problems in his life so far, Lutz wants to get rid of him as soon as possible. However, he has pity and lets his father stay with him.
A colleague does not show up for duty and so Lutz steps in for him and drives with him as a passenger in the value van. The value van is ambushed and the thief steals several diamonds. Lutz recognizes the robber as his father, but lets him escape.
Due to the strange course of the attack, Lutz is suspected of having worked with his father and is therefore taken into custody. However, he can escape from this unexpectedly and so he goes in search of his father. He finds him in the retirement home and learns that his father has Alzheimer's disease. This pretends not to remember anything.
Walther pours water over his trousers with a watering can and is then very surprised and lets the others believe he is incontinent.
Lutz and Walther flee from the police several times and Lutz tries to help his father to remember the details of the attack and the whereabouts of the diamonds, as he hopes to be able to prove his innocence. Walther tells several times about a submarine that will pick him up and bring him to Cuba. It wasn't until late that Lutz found out that his father had a small notebook in which he wrote down all the important things, presumably also a reference to the hiding place of the diamonds. However, Walther lost the notebook while on the run.
Lutz and Walther are finally caught by the police and Inspector Lothar Rehberg finds the notebook, but keeps it to himself. When the misappropriation of evidence threatens to be exposed, Lothar tries to burn the book, but fails. Lothar is then taken away and Lutz and Walther are released because they are innocent or incompetent.
In the end, Lutz, Walther and Annette sit on the jetty and fish. Everyone is amazed when the submarine actually shows up. Walther boards the submarine and sets off on a journey to Cuba. Until the end it remains unclear whether Walther actually has Alzheimer's disease or whether he just wants the people around him to believe this.
production
The shooting of Father Morgana lasted from August 11, 2009 to September 2009. The shooting took place in Hamburg , Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony . Before father Morgana was 7 dwarfs - The forest is not enough, the last movie that producer Douglas Welbat produced.
music
The music for the film was created by the Hamburg musician Daniel Welbat, also known under the pseudonym WellBad. The recordings were made in the Hafenklang recording studio together with producer Stephan Gade.
Reviews
“Director Till Endemann ('Vom Ende der Liebe') balances absurd jokes with dementia tragedy. His film is a little like Walther: At first you don't know what to think of him. But then you take him to your heart, especially thanks to Gwisdek's flippant and charming game. "
"In 'Vater Morgana' Christian Ulmen staggers from debacle to debacle in a very funny way. (...) with every minute of the film life becomes more catastrophic for Lutz and more entertaining for the viewer (...) then suddenly there are also poignant moments when something like that happens how emotion and sadness mix in Lutz's despair, in view of his father's illness. Incidentally, that is also pretty cinematic.
“A comedy narrated lightly and loosely with a sentimental touch, in which Christian Ulmen and Michael Gwisdek have to get their complicated father-son relationship under control. (...) Because the father-son story also has many moving, heartfelt moments, the criminalistic part (especially the 'reenactment' of the robbery to make it easier for the father to remember) has a lot of humor (...), the romantic comedy should be (...) definitely find their audience. "
Web links
- Father Morgana in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Father Morgana at filmportal.de
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for father Morgana . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2010 (PDF; test number: 125 417 K).
- ^ Start of shooting of "Vater Morgana" with Christian Ulmen in cinefacts.de from August 12, 2009, accessed on December 13, 2010
- ↑ Film review of father Morgana in tvspielfilm.de accessed on December 13, 2010
- ↑ Disaster in the Maren Keller suit in KulturSPIEGEL of November 29, 2010, accessed on December 13, 2010
- ↑ Film review of Father Morgana on kino.de accessed on December 16, 2010