Father joys

This article covers the film by Matthias Schweighöfer; for the television film from the Wilsberg series (2020) see Wilsberg: Vaterfreuden .

Movie
Original title	Father joys
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2014
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6 JMK 8
Rod
Director	Matthias Schweighofer
script	Sebastian Wehlings , Christian Lyra , Andrea Willson
production	Marco Beckmann , Quirin Berg , Dan Maag , Matthias Schweighöfer, Max Wiedemann
music	Martin Todsharow
camera	Bernhard Jasper
cut	Stefan Essl
occupation
Matthias Schweighöfer : Felix Isabell Polak : Maren Tom Beck : Ralph Friedrich Mücke : Hen Natalia Belitski : Jessie Lina Hüesker : Leonie Moritz Grove : Tom Alexander Khuon : Norbert Luise Bähr : Sybille Katharina Schüttler : Betti Tim Sander : Frederic Sattelmeyer Detlev Buck : Dr. Parisius Susan Hoecke : Kara Margarita Broich : Dr. Slaughterer Michael Gwisdek : father of Felix Emilia Schüle : Lisa Gitta Schweighöfer : midwife Nadine Wrietz : Receptionist Milan Peschel : Egg Arnd Schimkat : Spoon Andreas Nowak : Uwe Suarez Kida Khodr Ramadan : Movers

Vaterfreuden is a German comedy film by and with Matthias Schweighöfer from 2014 . The production is based on the novel Frettsack from 2012 by Murmel Clausen .

In Germany, the romantic comedy was released for public screening on February 6, 2014 by its distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures . Like Schweighöfer's first films What a Man (2011) andschlussmacher (2013), it was right at the top of the German box office.

action

The bachelor Felix enjoys his life in Munich as a happy single. He can do little with the family life of his friends. His annoying brother Henne, who has taken shelter with him, leads him to earn a little money by donating sperm. When Felix loses his fertility in an accident with his brother's pet - a vicious ferret named Karsten - his attitude changes and he wants to start a family with the recipient of his sperm donation. Unfortunately, the recipient is a well-known TV presenter, Maren, so getting to her is difficult. Felix, however, does not give up his family dream and tries in many unsuccessful attempts to approach her. For example, he finds out in which swimming pool Maren regularly goes swimming, and he visits it with his godchild to present himself as a good father. So he finally arouses the interest of Maren, in whose relationship with the impotent Ralph, problems arise. Maren and Felix get closer, but in a dispute between Maren's fiancé Ralph and Felix, his sperm donation and expected paternity are revealed. When it turns out that Felix's sperm donation has not yet been used because his brother had lied to him about this to cheer him up, Maren turns away from Felix. At first he withdraws and tries to find his peace, which he does not succeed. In a conversation with his father, during which he learns that his brother Henne has been adopted, but they were and still are a happy family, he decides to fight for Maren. That succeeds and the two become a couple.

Five years later, Maren's little daughter is sitting next to Henne and it is obvious that he is her biological father. Maren is now pregnant again, this time through Felix's sperm donation.

production

The feature film was produced by Pantaleon Films and Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion in coproduction with Fox International Productions and Seven Pictures and shot from June 4, 2013 to July 26, 2013 in and around Munich. In addition to Schweighöfer, Isabell Polak , Tom Beck , Friedrich Mücke , Alexander Khuon and Katharina Schüttler appeared in front of the camera.

Recordings from the X-Games Munich 2013 were included in the film. Furthermore, several product placements by GLS , sky , Red Bull and others, which are also named in the credits.

Film music

The soundtrack for the film was released on January 31, 2014 on the Four Music label . It contains 21 tracks, including pieces by Major Lazer , Biffy Clyro and You Me at Six . The title Tears Will Fall by Ricky Dean Howard was able to place in the German single charts.

1. Six60 - "Forever"
2. The Majority Says - "Run Alone"
3. Kim Cesarion - "Undressed"
4. Martin Todsharow - "Imperfect"
5. Major Lazer - "Get Free"
6. Swim Deep - "King City"
7. Martin Todsharow - "Lights"
8. Jonas David - "Old"
9. You Me at Six - "Lived a Lie"
10. Martin Todsharow - "A Bunch"
11. Retro Stefson - "Solaris"
12. Biffy Clyro - "A Girl And His Cat"
13. Martin Todsharow - "Clouds"
14. Five for Fighting - "Stand Up"
15. Ricky Dean Howard - "Tears Will Fall"
16. Jonas David - "Home"
17. Walk the Moon - "Tightrope"
18. Martin Todsharow - "Imperfect At All"
19. Five for Fighting - "What If"
20. Kodaline - "Talk"

reception

criticism

Annett Scheffel from the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote in her review that, in her opinion, Schweighöfer had made himself comfortable in “Schweiger's climes”: “The result is a good mood film about a big city single and his sudden father feelings. In a summery, enthusiastic video clip look, charming actors tell of the beautiful, crazy existence in the woven film romance. Longing chase for the women, rough beer jokes keep the men happy. "

Michael Stadler from the Abendzeitung praised both the “glossy pictures” in the joys of fatherhood and the “high identification potential” that Schweighöfer offers through his game. However, he was critical of the script, which has bright spots like the character drawing of the character hen and his ferret, but pursues "simple conflict solutions in a rarely funny film". In addition, the comedy misses the necessary narrative rhythm and Schweighöfer's acting performance seems reduced.

Christoph Petersen von Filmstarts found that Schweighöfer “on the spot” with fatherly joys : “The directing career changer is getting better and better at producing“ big ”pictures at Hollywood level like his role model Til Schweiger , but what about timing and story and actor management, its development has stalled. "Petersen particularly praised the appearance and staging of the film, but criticized the fact that the production" felt like the stringing together of individual skits ", the" a series of hilarious slapstick scenes, but also similarly many gunshots ”, and the“ love story lives almost exclusively from the natural charm of the actor Schweighöfer ”and“ moreover hardly develops its own momentum ”.

success

Vaterfreuden celebrated its premiere on January 29, 2014 at the Mathäser-Filmpalast in Munich and was released for public screening in Germany on February 6 by its distributor, Warner Bros. At the end of the first screening weekend, the feature film recorded 483,000 viewers, displacing Martin Scorsese's biopic The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) from the top of the German cinema charts. Schweighöfer's third directorial work not only brought him his third number 1 placement in two years, but also the most successful start that a film with him in the lead role has made to date. The copy cut was above the 750 visitor mark when it was shown in 644 cinemas. Including preview performances and a further 440,000 moviegoers, Vaterfreuden reached the million mark in the second week of screening.

A total of more than 2.36 million cinema-goers saw the film by the end of the year. The total box office income in Germany was 17.7 million euros. The film thus took eighth place in the German cinema annual charts in 2014 and ranks second behind Philipp Stölzl's Der Medicus among the most successful German productions of the year.

Web links

• Fatherhood in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Father joys at crew united
• Official site for the film at Warner Bros.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for fatherly joys . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2014 (PDF; test number: 143 034 K).
2. ↑ Reason for release
3. ↑ Age rating for fatherly joys . Youth Media Commission .
4. ^ Murmel Clausen: Frettsack (Roman), 2012, Heyne, ISBN 978-3453436138 .
5. ↑ The joy of fathering at crew united . Retrieved August 5, 2016.
6. ↑ Product details on amazon
7. ↑ Annett Scheffel: Short reviews . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . Sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
8. ↑ Michael Stadler: Matthias Schweighöfer in "Father's Joy": Funny? Witty? Or just stupid? . In: evening newspaper . Abendzeitung-muenchen.de. February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
9. ↑ Christoph Petersen: Vaterfreuden> Filmstarts criticism . Filmstarts.de. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
10. ^ Premiere for Schweighöfer's "Vaterfreuden" in Munich. Focus , accessed on August 5, 2016 (agency report). 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Box Office Germany - Schweighöfer conquers the top with fatherly joys . Filmfutter.com. February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
12. ↑ Jens Schröder: Schweighöfer's “Vaterfreuden” cracks the million mark . Meedia.de. February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
13. ↑ ^{a b} Film hit list: Annual list (German) 2014 . In: Filmförderungsanstalt . FFA.de. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
14. ↑ Weekend charts> Germany . In: Blickpunkt: Film . Mediabiz.de. Accessed December 22nd.
15. ↑ Film hit list: Annual list (international) 2014 . In: Filmförderungsanstalt . FFA.de. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 22, 2015.