Pursued - The Little Witness

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Movie
Original title Pursued - The Little Witness
Country of production Germany , Austria
Publishing year 2011
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Andreas Senn
script Christoph Darnstädt
production Constantin TV, film 27
camera Peter Zeitlinger
cut Achim Seidel
occupation

Persecuted - Der kleine Zeuge is a German television thriller from 2012, which was produced by Constantin-TV and Film 27 on behalf of Sat.1 and ORF eins under the direction of Andreas Senn .

action

The eight-year-old Chinese Tao comes to Vienna and witnesses the murder of his relatives in their Chinese restaurant. The two perpetrators discover Tao, but he escapes and follows the recently blind Ester to her apartment to hide. The LKA officers Decker and Kriesch take over the case. However, this increases the danger for Tao, because the officials are the perpetrators. You murdered on behalf of the Russian Mafia and are now supposed to kill the witness too.

background

The shooting took place in Vienna. Marie Zielcke prepared for her role as a blind man, among other things, by doing research in the Vienna restaurant Dialog im Dunkeln . Child actor Kevin Fang made his debut in Persecuted - The Little Witness . Although he portrays a Chinese in the film who does not speak German, he was born in Vienna.

Awards

Cameraman Peter Zeitlinger was awarded the German Camera Prize in 2012 for his contribution to "Persecuted - The Little Witness" . The jury praised his “precise color dramaturgy and varied camera choreography”. He succeeds in "skillfully reflecting the warm-hearted soul of the blind protagonist in the pictures". Zeitlinger also won the Romy 2013 in the category Best Cinematography for TV Film .

reception

The television film broadcast on SAT.1 on April 24, 2012 at 8:15 p.m. was not a great success. In the advertising-relevant target group, it achieved a 10 percent market share with 1.17 million viewers. So he was subject to the simultaneous series episodes of The Fat , CSI: Miami and The Simpsons .

The reviews were mostly positive. Rainer Tittelbach praises the straightforward plot, the telegenic staging and the engaging play by Marie Zielcke, Fritz Karl and Kevin Fang. The problem of the different languages ​​is realistically implemented. The plot is reminiscent of the suspense crime classic The Only Witness . The critic of kino.de, on the other hand, draws the comparison to the thriller Wait until it's dark , in which the leading actress is also blind. This tradition is followed by the film Persecuted - The Little Witness , whose "tension is at an impressively high level". The story and the fears about the two main characters, but also the remarkable staging, are primarily responsible for this. In this review, too, the performance of the main actors is positively highlighted, especially that of the young Kevin Fang. TV Spielfilm , on the other hand, only rates the TV film with a horizontal thumb, describes it as a trash thriller that relies on blatant types and proven statements, and draws the conclusion: "No eight treasures, but very respectable".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pursued - Der kleine Zeuge In: Focus April 20, 2014, accessed April 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ Peter Zeitlinger, category camera for television film / docudrama, for "Persecuted - The Little Witness" ( memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) deutscher-kamerapreis.de, accessed on April 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Report on Romy winners 2013 in kurier.at ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Primetime check: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 www.quotenmeter.de, accessed on April 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ TV film "Persecuted - The Little Witness" tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Persecuted - Der kleine Zeuge kino.de, accessed on April 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ Persecuted - Der kleine Zeuge tvspielfilm.de, accessed on April 30, 2014.