Four friends in action
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Four friends in action |
 | |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rolf Liccini |
| script | Rainer Berg |
| production | Peter Otto |
| music | Axel Donner |
| camera | Rolf Liccini, Simon Schmejkal |
| cut | Angela Sengbusch , Caroline Brüning |
| occupation | |
Four friends in action is the 90-minute pilot film of the German emergency and rescue series Die Rettungsflieger . The first broadcast took place on February 15, 1997 on the Saturday 8:15 pm main broadcasting slot on ZDF .
The film marks the beginning of the television series Die Rettungsflieger, whose 108 episodes were broadcast in 11 seasons from January 27, 1998 to July 11, 2007 on ZDF. The work and private life of the rescue pilot crew of the Hamburg rescue helicopter SAR 71 of the German Armed Forces is depicted . The team includes the pilot Captain Alexander Karuhn ( "Alex"), on-board technician Sergeant Max Westphal, Emergency Physician Surgeon Dr. Maren Maibach and paramedic Oberbootsmann Thomas Asmus ("Thommy").
action
The rescue pilots are on their way to work on the Michel . There a little girl was hit by a car and seriously injured. While emergency physician Dr. Maren Maibach and rescue assistant Oberbootsmann Thomas Asmus take care of the medical care of the child, on-board technician Sergeant Max Westphal has to keep the onlookers away from the scene of the accident. The little girl can be flown to Eppendorf University Hospital , but the mother, who is also injured, is driven by the ambulance to St. Georg General Hospital (AK St. Georg). A contradiction for Maren Maibach. She advocates that mother and daughter are brought to the same hospital and therefore tries to speak to the mother's doctors after work to arrange for a transfer.
After the mission back at the rescue center, Thomas Asmus hands out a cake for the crew's anniversary, but pilot Captain Alexander Karuhn behaves strangely, to the astonishment of his colleagues, and leaves the group very quickly. A little later the other three crew members go shopping together, with Max Westphal falling in love with a young woman and inviting her on a date; Unsuspecting that the young woman is married.
The first mission the following day leads the rescue helicopter crew to a request for assistance from the Hamburg police : A young woman is missing. For the search, the police requested the assistance of the Bundeswehr helicopter. On the approach to the mission, however, the crew received the information that the wanted person had already been found by the police. The Bundeswehr rescue flight squadron can move away again and go to work. But while the others are enjoying their evening, Alexander Karuhn drives to his parents' house: his father, a general a. D. The Bundeswehr, which the pilot has not seen for several years, is in the end-stage lung cancer and is dying. Arriving at his parents' house, the captain meets his angry sister. Completely overwhelmed by the situation, he disappears again.
The next morning the pilot is still upset, but has to focus his full concentration on the next mission, because the rescue pilots are called to a person with poisoning. A large number of fire brigades and police are already waiting at the scene. However, the rescuers do not manage to resuscitate the man, which is particularly difficult for emergency doctor Maren Maibach. When she visits the little girl who was involved in the accident at the Michel in the evening and is able to help her mother at the bedside, she takes heart. While Max Westphal is looking for his great love, the emergency doctor decides to go dancing, but is stopped by her colleague Alexander Karuhn. He is getting worse and worse, as he is plagued by feelings of guilt towards his dying father. He asks Maren Maibach for advice.
When Lisa Heitmann, Max Westphal's lover, called the crew for an assignment in the neighborhood the next day, the on-board technician and Manfred Heitmann, the husband, meet, which leads to irritation. After work, Alexander Karuhn takes heart and drives back to his parents' house, where there is a reconciling discussion between father and son. Just as the pilot and his father get closer again, the father grabs his son's hand and dies.
occupation
main actor
| Role name | Rank | role | actor | Role description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Karuhn | Captain | pilot | Matthias Leja | Son of Siegfried Karuhn; Brother of Dorothea Karuhn |
| Max Westphal | Sergeant Major | On-board technician | Frank Bulls | Lisa Heitmann's affair |
| Maren Maibach | Medical officer | Emergency doctor | Gerit Kling | |
| Thomas Asmus | Captain | Paramedic | Ulrich Bähnk |
Guest actor
| Role name | actor | role |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Heitmann | Caroline Redl | Wife of Manfred Heitmann; Mother of two children; Max Westphal's affair |
| Manfred Heitmann | Guntbert Warns | Husband of Lisa Heitmann; Father of two children |
| Dorothea Karuhn | Eva Maria Kerkhoff | Daughter of Siegfried Karuhn; Sister of Alexander Karuhn |
| Karin Berthold | Kira Maydell | Mother of an accident victim |
| Nurse | Vera Lohr | Nurse at the University Hospital Eppendorf |
| Siegfried Karuhn † | René Genesis |
General a. D. the Bundeswehr father of Dorothea and Alexander Karuhn |
| Pan | Pierre René Müller | Private |
reception
In the Internet Movie Database , the film Four Friends in Action received a positive rating of 7.4 out of 10 stars from 14 ratings.
The critics of TV Spielfilm drew an average conclusion in their assessment of the film, with one of three possible points being awarded to humor, action and tension .
"Good-hearted quartet in a home-made series"
DVD release
The pilot was released on DVD on October 5, 2007 along with the episodes from the first season of the television series. A DVD box with all eleven squadrons of the rescue pilots and the pilot was released on August 24, 2012.
See also
Web links
- Four friends in use in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The rescue pilots, season 1 + pilot film. zdf-shop.de, accessed on February 18, 2015 .
- ↑ The rescue pilots: Season 1, Episode 0. Four friends in action (Feb. 15, 1997). Internet Movie Database , accessed August 15, 2019 .
- ↑ The rescue pilots: Four friends in action. TV feature film , accessed on February 18, 2015 .
