The front is damn far away

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Movie
Original title The front is damn far away
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2007
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Thomas Heinemann
script Frank-Markus Barwasser ,
Thomas Heinemann
production Frank-Markus Barwasser,
Thomas Heinemann,
Ursula Vollmond
music PeterLicht ,
George Garcia ,
Sven Meyer
camera Klaus Eichhammer
cut Tobias Haas
occupation

Front is damn far away is a German comedy film by director Thomas Heinemann from 2007 . He wrote the script together with the Franconian cabaret artist Frank-Markus Barwasser , who also played the lead role.

action

Erwin Pelzig seriously injured his neighbor Johann Griesmaier by carelessness. While Griesmaier is recovering, Pelzig takes over his position as chauffeur for the shopping trolley manufacturer Bieger. There he learns that the job is in danger because production is to be relocated to Mongolia. Furzig tries to avert this.

Reviews

"First cinema appearance by a cabaret artist who is less about satirical criticism of the grievances and more about positive values: a socially romantic fairy tale with a wink of humor."

- Lexicon of international film

“The film takes a lot of time to unroll this rather simple plot with its numerous protagonists, so much that the content is neglected in relation to the packaging. Hardly anyone today is unfamiliar with the denounced locust mentality and unfortunately there is a lack of more precise satire or biting dialogues. What remains is the appealing and unrealistic idea of ​​taking the world of stocks to the absurd with its own means and some stereotypical critique in the form of a sedate family comedy. "

- Berliner Morgenpost dated December 13, 2007

“Barwasser stands out - not only from the 'comedian colleagues', but also from many cabaret artists who recently also like to act apolitical. And his film also stands out: It is not a cabaret film in the typical sense, not a number revue with Barwasser and stage colleagues, but a feature film with actors (wonderful: Christiane Paul and Peter Lohmeyer) and a calm narrative tone. [...] Frank-Markus Barwasser's first film: A social satire in which Erwin Pelzig confronts capitalism. "

- Bavaria 3

“In times of globalization, high unemployment and increasing efficiency, the film dares the balancing act of socio-political seriousness and entertaining comedy, which puts the finger exactly into the wounds that are often kept covered in the rest of the cinema landscape. In times of increasing depoliticization in the entertainment sector, 'the front is damned far away' is a refreshing exception. Despite the satirical exaggeration, the film is closer to reality than one would sometimes assume. [...] This tragic-comic social satire is very entertaining, especially for those of the audience who are further back. "

- Cinefacts.de

Remarks

  • The film opened in cinemas in Bavaria on December 13, 2007, and in the rest of Germany on December 20, 2007.
  • The film title is borrowed from the quote "The front is damned far away when you are at the very back" and originally comes from a stage program by Barwasser.
  • The police officers shown in the film wear the coat of arms of Franconia on their shirt, hat and tie pin .
  • Plant 2 of the shopping trolley manufacturer Wanzl in Leipheim served as a filming location for the Bieger company .
  • The scene where Chantal (Christiane Paul) seemingly seamlessly from one apartment of a suitor goes to the next was actually no cuts in a single pass in the studios of the film Bavaria rotated.
  • The bridge shown in the film is the valley bridge of the B19 over the Reichenberger Grund near Würzburg, which was specially closed for filming. The scenes shown are not images generated afterwards on the computer or created by blue screen technology , but scenes actually shot on site, both with the actors secured on their belts and with stunt people in disguise .
  • One of the seven children of the character played by Peter Lohmeyer is actually Lohmeyer's son.
  • The shooting locations were Erfurt , Munich , Weimar , Würzburg , Schweinfurt , Kitzingen , Leipheim , Dettelbach and Werneck .

Awards

The Wiesbaden Film Assessment Office awarded the film the rating "Particularly valuable". The accompanying report states: “With 'Front is damn far away', the cabaret artist Frank-Markus Barwasser alias Erwin Pelzig, together with the theater director Thomas Heinemann, achieved a pleasant comedy and a successful satire on the market economy. Brilliantly cast, the film with its Franconian charm ties in with new German films such as ' Who dies earlier is dead longer '. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The release certificate for the front is damned far away . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 952 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for the front is damn far away . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ The front is damn far away. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 11, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Erwin Pelzig comes to the cinema ( Memento from July 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ http://www.br-online.de/bayern3/film/filmdatenbank/kritik/0750-vorne-ist-verdammt-weit-weg/index.xml;jsessionid=4FNAC4MZD3VK4CSBUKTSM4QKIGRKIJVC
  6. ↑ http://www.cinefacts.de/kino/1201/vorne_ist_verdammt_weit_weg_/filmreview.html