Fatherland Love (film)

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Movie
Original title Patriotism
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2011
length 20 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Nico summer
script Nico Sommer,
Fabian Püschel
production Nico summer
camera Nico summer
cut Nico summer
occupation

Patriotism is a German mockumentary - short feature film by director Nico summer from the year 2011 . The film received the rating of Particularly Valuable from the Film Evaluation Board .

action

The young, bald, museum attendant Jens Hartmann believes that he is tolerant, tall and handsome. The hobby boxer lives with his girlfriend in a small apartment and talks about his love for Germany in the form of joint interviews and voice over. But despite his great love for his homeland, he asserts that he is not a Nazi. However, he is increasingly perceiving a negative development in his home country. Growing migration and the loss of German identity are troubling him. Many people therefore consider Jens a Nazi, especially because he u. a. Wearing uniform-like clothing in his spare time. In the parallel plot he tries to prepare for a fight together with his boxing trainer. In the end he loses the boxing match and thinks about swallowing a pill that will ease his suffering for his love for Germany.

reception

Patriotic love wants to polarize and provoke in its creative intent. The film succeeds in doing this very well, as topics such as racism and German identity are satirically processed. It is perceived as controversial, humorous, ironic. In the end, the film does not take a clear position from the makers. The film is assigned to the genre Mockumentary, as it fictionally imitates the genre documentary. The short film was briefly available for viewing on Zeit Online in December 2013 and was discussed a lot and extremely hot on Facebook.

background

The students at the time, Fabian Püschel and Nico Sommer, developed the idea for the film together a year before filming began. The film is part of his thesis at the Kassel Art College . Before that, Sommer shot the film Stiller Frühling and let his experiences flow into the film about love of fatherland. So he could take full advantage of the mockumentary genre. The film was shot on an HD camera with only 20 mm pancake optics. The team consisted of three crew members and a few main and secondary actors, as well as lay people. The film was shown at numerous national festivals. However, it was not accepted at just as many festivals because the film is too provocative and politically ambiguous and could possibly be misunderstood. During a screening in Frankfurt at the Visionale 2011, it split the audience present and there were loud arguments within the cinema. The film has not been approved for young people by the FSK . On the other hand, the film received the rating of Particularly Valuable from the Film Evaluation Board .

Awards

In 2012 the film was awarded as Best German Film at the Berlin International Short Film Festival.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interfilm 2012 , hanfjournal; Retrieved September 5, 2014
  2. ↑ Fatherland love , interfilm blog ; Retrieved September 5, 2014
  3. ↑ The Winners are! , interfilm; accessed on August 31, 2014
  4. ↑ Press release on the website of the film evaluation office; accessed on August 31, 2014
  5. ^ Archive of the Hay Duration Film Days; accessed on August 31, 2014