Welcome to Karastan
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Welcome to Karastan |
| Original title | Lost in Karastan |
| Country of production |
United Kingdom , Russia , Germany , Georgia |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ben Hopkins |
| script |
Paweł Pawlikowski , Ben Hopkins |
| production |
Mike Downey , Vladimer Katcharava , Sam Taylor |
| music | Andreas Lucas |
| camera | Jörg Gruber |
| cut | Alan Levy |
| occupation | |
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Welcome to Karastan (Original title: Lost in Karastan ) is a film directed by Ben Hopkins . The film premiered on August 23, 2014 at the Montreal World Film Festival . At the Hamburg Film Festival 2014, the film received the Hamburg Producer Award as a European cinema co-production. The German theatrical release was on May 21, 2015.
action
The English film director Emil Forester has been unsuccessful since his short film Oscar. When he received an offer from the President of the recently founded Caucasus Republic of Karastan to make a monumental film about a Karastan folk hero, he sensed his chance. Hollywood action star Xan Butler and the pretty Chulpan have already been hired as leading actors. Although the country is anything but democratic governed, Emil agrees, also because he has been promised unlimited financial resources. Soon, however, the sensitive auteur filmmaker is confronted with the absurdities of the country, and the filming with thousands of extras threatens to get out of hand. On top of that, there is also a military uprising.
criticism
The film service describes the film as a “superficial satire about an opaque state”, which “hardly explores the conflict of the commissioned artist in the service of a dictator” and “rather indulges in grotesque exaggerations in the style of ' Borat '”. In addition, the "political dimensions [...] would be softened by a winking action film parody".
Web links
- Official website
- Welcome to Karastan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Welcome to Karastan at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Welcome to Karastan . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2015 (PDF; test number: 150 921 K).
- ↑ a b Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Hamburg producer award for "Welcome to Karastan" and "Polizeiruf 110: Familiensache". In: filmportal.de. Deutsches Filminstitut , October 2, 2014, accessed on March 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Awards. Internet Movie Database, accessed February 29, 2016 .
- ^ Ulrich Kriest: Welcome to Karastan. Filmdienst, 10/2015, accessed on February 29, 2016 (short review).