Wackersdorf (2018)

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Movie
Original title Wackersdorf
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2018
length 122 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Oliver Haffner
script Gernot Krää ,
Oliver Haffner
production Ingo Fliess
camera Kaspar Kaven
cut Anja Pohl
occupation
Actors, film crew and contemporary witnesses at the German premiere on September 19, 2018 in the Oberpfalzhalle in Schwandorf

Wackersdorf (working title: Sturschädel ) is a German feature film by Oliver Haffner from 2018 with Johannes Zeiler in the role of the Schwandorf district administrator Hans Schuierer , who is fighting against the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant .

premiere

The premiere took place on June 29, 2018 as part of the Munich Film Festival , where the production of the New German Cinema series opened and was awarded the Bayern 2 and SZ Audience Award. The film was released in German cinemas on September 20, 2018 and in Austrian cinemas on September 21, 2018.

The film was first broadcast on Arte on June 5, 2020.

action

In the 1980s, the Bavarian state government plans to build a nuclear reprocessing plant (WAA) in the municipality of Wackersdorf in the Upper Palatinate . The district of Schwandorf , with rising unemployment figures, should be given an economic upswing. SPD district administrator Hans Schuierer is under political pressure, he should create prospects for the population. Therefore, he is initially enthusiastic about the idea of ​​building the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAW). Initially, he ignored isolated protests against the project.

It was only when the Free State of Bavaria violently violated protests by a citizens' initiative that was committed to protecting nature in their homeland that Schuierer slowly began to doubt and began to investigate whether the facility was really as harmless as it was Strauss government is alleged.

He reads books on the topic and discusses with the citizens' initiative against the WAA. Since he has to give his approval for the building applications, he sees himself in a strong position. However, the Bavarian state government passed a law that disempowered the district administrators (" Lex Schuierer "). The local SPD and the mayor of Schwandorf turn away from him.

In a speech at the WAA site fence, Schuierer says that Franz Josef Strauss probably learned from his visits to authoritarian rulers and that he is practicing a “democrature”. The Bavarian state government then demands an apology from Schuierer, and when he refuses, the government instigates disciplinary proceedings against him.

Original film scenes from the clashes between demonstrators and the police are shown.

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred . 1989 the construction of the WAA is stopped.

Production and Background

The shooting took place from October 5 to November 14, 2017 at original locations in the Schwandorf district , in the Regensburg city library and in Munich . The film was produced by the Munich-based if ... Productions , Bayerische Rundfunk and Arte were involved , the production was supported by the German Film Fund , the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media .

Christian Röhrs was responsible for the costume design, Marc Parisotto for the sound, Renate Schmaderer for the production and Dana Bieler for the mask. The mother of actress Anna Maria Sturm , the politician Irene Maria Sturm from Schwandorf , was a well-known anti-WAA activist.

reception

Jana Wolf found in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung that the weakness of the otherwise gripping film was that it would not make a clear decision between historical documentation and fictional remodeling. “It seems that the makers wanted to combine both: cinematically adopt the power of resistance 30 years ago and maintain the artistic freedom of fiction. This calculation doesn't quite work out in the end. "

Sascha Westphal wrote in the weekly newspaper Der Freitag about an “extremely knowledgeable and admirably detailed reconstruction of a social conflict”.

Andreas Fischer described the film in the Weser Kurier as a “smart film of arbitrariness and resistance, of obedience and moral courage”, which would tell the story of the nuclear protests in a differentiated, multi-faceted and extremely exciting way. The historical scenes on the WAA site fence from the Tagesschau show how important it is to “doubt, be courageous and stand up for democratic values. At that time like today."

Awards and nominations

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of release for Wackersdorf . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 180657 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ^ A b Munich Film Festival: The BAYERN 2 and SZ audience award . Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. ^ A b BR.de: Wackersdorf-Film celebrates its premiere at the Munich Film Festival . Article dated June 6, 2018, accessed September 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Munich Film Festival: Wackersdorf . Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c Wackersdorf. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed June 6, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Andreas Fischer: Our home. In: Weser Courier . May 26, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Alamode film distribution: Wackersdorf . Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Filmstarts.de: Wackersdorf . Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  9. ^ The fighters from Wackersdorf . Article dated September 10, 2018, accessed September 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Wackersdorf" shows an internal dilemma . Article dated June 13, 2018, accessed September 11, 2018.
  11. ^ Sascha Westphal: A spark of decency . In: Friday of September 20, 2018, p. 19
  12. ^ The nominations for the New German Cinema Award . Article dated June 18, 2018, accessed June 18, 2018.
  13. ↑ The nominations for the German Film Critics Prize 2018 have been confirmed . Article dated January 23, 2019, accessed January 23, 2019.
  14. ^ Bavarian Film Prize in Munich: winners announced . Article dated January 25, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019.
  15. ↑ Fajr International Film Festival 2019 Winners . Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  16. ^ German Film Prize: Wackersdorf . Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  17. ^ German Film Prize for Music in BR co-production "Wackersdorf" . Article dated May 3, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019.
  18. ↑ German Acting Award 2019: These are the nominees. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  19. ↑ “Wackersdorf” director receives culture award from the Upper Palatinate district. July 4, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  20. ^ Film Wackersdorf: German film evaluation and media evaluation FBW. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .

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