Whoever gives up is dead
| TV movie | |
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| Original title | Whoever gives up is dead |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Stephan Wagner |
| script | Christian Jeltsch |
| music | Ali N. Askin |
| camera | Thomas Benesch |
| cut | Susanne Ocklitz |
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Who gives up is dead is a German TV film from 2016, which was broadcast on November 18, 2016 on Erste . The film was screened in advance in June 2016 at the Festival of German Films in Ludwigshafen and in July 2016 in Heilbronn.
action
Paul Lohmann, a formerly successful sales representative for Spiegel, lives a selfish, but also a mendacious life. He drinks, cheats on his wife, is despised by his daughter, and now he is losing his professional connection under the new boss. He suppressed the accidental death of his second daughter, he has never visited her grave. His wife's letter of divorce lies unopened on his table. Even in front of himself, Lohmann can hardly maintain the facade of the successful employee and family man. He takes the hitchhiker Angie with him on a customer trip. Drunk and rushed, he had an accident in a tunnel. Lohmann is later declared brain dead in the hospital , but can continue to observe what is happening as a spirit of himself, invisible to everyone - except for Angie, who turns out to be an angel who is supposed to guide him through the "world between life and death". Angie allows Lohmann to repeat the last hours before the accident, even several times, but in the end only after he has played against her with a manipulated coin. After his attempts to prevent the accident fail again and again, Lohmann finally uses the time he gave to face his mistakes. His family "should keep him in good memory". When he succeeds, the exit of the tunnel of misfortune shines in a bright light , into which Lohmann enters. His deceased daughter runs towards him. - Lohmann had left instructions that his body should serve as an organ donor . While the doctors are preparing, you can see his grieving family. The film ends with a cliffhanger : immediately before the credits roll, a doctor finds “still life” in Lohmann's eye when his pupil reacts to light.
production
The film was shot from September 30, 2015 to October 29, 2015 in Heilbronn and the surrounding area. Filming locations included the B 39 at the Weinsberger Sattel and in the Schemmelsberg tunnel , Herbststrasse 4 with the Backstüble pub , Titotstrasse with the bookstore Fr. Stritter , the company KACO and opposite the Südstrasse, the Erwin-Fuchs-Brücke to Heilbronn-Böckingen as well the shore at the naval fellowship. There is also the flood barrier between the Neckar Canal and the old Neckar at Wertwiesenpark . Continue up the county road to Waldheide and the parking lot at the Jägerhaus , as well as the Vulpius Clinic in Bad Rappenau . In addition, the Kilian's Church is shown from a bird's eye view. In addition, the Rosenberg high-rise .
reception
Reviews
“While the slapstick quickly fades into the background, the film stirs where it is not so thick. I guess you can't try enough to tell a story about the famous second chance. Before it is too late. Because often it is as the angel says: 'A big mouth in life, but when it comes to dying, a cowardly philosopher.' "
"In places, and that is no damage, 'He who gives up is dead' looks like the deluxe long version of a ' Tatortreiniger ' episode."
“Its [Lohmann's] gradual change is charmingly staged, but the film too often drifts into slapstick , for example when Angie, played by Friederike Kempter, comments on the hospital with biting ironic comments. And so the viewer also ends up in a kind of in-between world: Undecided whether to laugh or cry in view of the deliberately sarcastic scenes. "
Awards
- Whoever gives up is dead was nominated from among 24 feature films for the Film Art Prize 2016 of the 12th Festival of German Films .
- 14. Quotenmeter.de -Fernsehpreis in the category Best TV movie or miniseries as well as for Bjarne girl as best actor of a TV movie or miniseries
Web links
- Who gives up dead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of who gives up is dead on the ARD website
- Anyone who gives up is dead in the ARD media library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniel Hagmann: "He who gives up is dead" brings Käthchenstadt to the big screen. Bjarne Mädel celebrates its film premiere in Heilbronn. echo24.de, July 28, 2016, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
- ↑ SWR world premiere in Ludwigshafen He who gives up is dead. SWR comedy about death. swr.de , May 27, 2016, accessed on November 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Anyone who gives up is dead at crew united
- ↑ a b c Andreas Sommer: Paul Lohmann's second chance . In: Heilbronn voice . November 18, 2016, p. 30 .
- ↑ Joachim Friedl: "He who gives up is dead": Added value for the region. The "Backstüble" is also shown in the film "Whoever gives up is dead". On Friday, guests watched the TV premiere on five large screens in the Heilbronn pub. In: Heilbronn voice . November 21, 2016 ( at Stimme.de ).
- ↑ Axel Weidemann: You only live twice. In: Feuilleton. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 18, 2016, accessed on October 20, 2018 : "That is strikingly reminiscent of Arthur Miller's" Death of a Salesman "."
- ↑ The tragic comedy "He who gives up is dead". Kick in the time warp. In: Spiegel Online - Kultur / TV / Televisionen. November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
- ↑ ARD film "Who gives up is dead". And death greets you every day. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung - Feuilleton. November 18, 2016, accessed November 19, 2016 .