Desert Heart - The trip of my life

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Movie
Original title Desert Heart - The trip of my life
Country of production Germany
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Robert Krause
script Robert Krause
production Heike Bittner
music Florian Moser
camera Frank of Vught
cut Richard Krause
occupation

Wüstenherz - The Trip of my Life is a German TV film from 2013 . The television premiere of the film was on October 8, 2013 on Sat.1 and had 2.15 million viewers.

action

Because her fiancé David is only there for his work while on vacation in Morocco, Lucy goes on a desert trip with the attractive adventurer Ben. When the off-road vehicle gets stuck in the sand, they begin a march through the desert, during which they both come closer. When trying to reach a road, you have to cross a ravine, and Ben injures himself. With the help of a paraglider , Lucy manages to get help from a nomad tribe . Meanwhile, David was captured by criminals in search of Lucy, and Ben and Lucy eventually fell into their clutches. The three are able to free themselves, at the end it is implied that Lucy decides on a future with Ben.

background

  • For better international marketing, the film was shot in English under the title Open Desert and then dubbed in German , although August Wittgenstein was not available.
  • The film was shot between April 2 and May 10, 2013 on 19 days with a budget of just under one million euros.
  • The desert scenes were created in Morocco .
  • The film was originally intended to be broadcast as an adventure film on Pro 7 , but the content was then revised for broadcast on Sat.1.
  • Director Robert Krause suffered a hernia while filming and worked with a corset partially lying down.
  • The film is based on a true incident that happened to friends of the producer.
  • The songs Think About and Made For Me used in the film come from the German pop rock band Phonodrive .

Reviews

TV Spielfilm named the film the flop of the day when it was first broadcast , criticizing above all clichéd depictions of "dodgy locals, sinister Bedouins and costumed folklore nomads who look as real as Incas making music in the pedestrian zone".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ quotenmeter.de
  2. ↑ Production information about Wüstenherz - The Trip of my Life on Crew-United.com
  3. ↑ Wüstenherz - The trip of my life on Tagesspiegel.de
  4. ↑ Wüstenherz - The trip of my life on Sat.1.de
  5. ↑ TV Spielfilm, issue 21/13, page 79