Between worlds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Between worlds |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , English , Dari , Pashto |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Feo Aladag |
| script | Feo Aladag |
| production | Feo Aladag |
| music | Jan AP Kaczmarek |
| camera | Judith Kaufmann |
| cut | Andrea Mertens |
| occupation | |
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Between Worlds is a film drama from the year 2014 by Feo Aladag with Ronald Zehrfeld and Mohsin Ahmady in the lead roles. The film celebrated its world premiere on February 11, 2014 as part of the competition at the Berlin International Film Festival 2014 .
The nationwide cinema release in Germany was March 27, 2014.
action
Jesper is a captain in the Bundeswehr. Although his brother died during a mission in Afghanistan, he reports again for military service in the crisis-ridden country. The task of his troops is to protect a small, remote village from the Taliban, who are increasingly gaining influence in this region. The soldiers are supported by the young Afghan interpreter Tarik .
Jesper tries, with Tarik's help, to win the trust of the village community and the allied Afghan militias, but the gap between the cultures is large. But Tarik and Jesper become friends - which is why Jesper soon finds himself in a loyalty conflict, since he is always between his conscience and the orders of his superiors.
Tarik, who is threatened by the Taliban because of his work for the Germans, receives permission from the mayor of the village to take his sister Nala from the city to the small fort of the Germans and Afghanis, in order to place her under the supervision of the German outpost .
On the way to the fort, Nala and Tarik are shot off a motorcycle from a passing car. Tarik remains unharmed, Nala is critically wounded. Tarik carries his sister to the fort. Jesper is refused permission to bring the seriously injured Afghani to the German military hospital.
He decides to take Nala there anyway and uses the mayor's pickup truck. She is operated on and healed. During his absence, his deputy decides to go back to the base. The German soldiers are ambushed and the deputy is killed. Jesper then comes to court for his breach of duty and is released from military service. Tarik resumes his job as a language teacher. The final picture shows how he stops on his motorcycle in front of a train gate. A car drives next to him and also stops. When the barrier opens the way, a shot is fired.
background
Zwischen Welten is an independent artist film production in co-production with Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion and ZDF / ARTE, funded by the Filmförderungsanstalt , Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg , Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Nordmedia, Deutscher Filmförderfonds , BKM and MEDIA programs of the European Union. The film distributor is Majestic .
Feo Aladag is both director, screenwriter and producer of Zwischen Welten. Despite resistance, she insisted on shooting her film on location in crisis areas instead of relocating the shoot to other countries, as is usual for western productions, which find the desired, suitable landscapes in the less dangerous Morocco. The film was shot at original locations in Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif as well as at various locations in Germany in German, English, Dari and Pashto. The working title was Later in Summer .
Awards
- Jury Prize - Best Fiction Film - New Directors at the 38th Mostra Internacional de Cinema , Brazil 2014.
- Mohsin Ahmady won the "Best Actor Feature Film" award for Zwischen Welten and Judith Kaufmann the "Best Cinematography" award at the 3rd Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, Spain 2014.
- Special prize of the 5th church film festival in Recklinghausen .
- German Audio Film Award 2015 in the cinema category for the audio description spoken by Uta Maria Torp
- The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the title “particularly valuable”.
Nominations
- In competition at the Berlin International Film Festival 2014
- Nominated in the feature film competition at the 19th film festival Turkey / Germany
- Nominated for the German Director Award METROPOLIS 2014 in the category "Best Director"
- Nominated for the VGF Young Producer Award
- Nominated for the 13th German Audio Film Award 2015
Reviews
"The on-site shooting - Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif - gave Feo Aladag's film a wealth of detail, especially in the depiction of the everyday life of the locals and soldiers in a permanent state of exception, which has rarely been seen."
“ Between Worlds sparked great enthusiasm in the competition at the Berlinale. ... A first-class staged film. ... The director works out the human and cultural tensions with extreme precision. "
“With all the adventures of the tough setting, with all the impressive breaking into and breaking into the doubly exotic male world of the military and Islam, Feo Aladag hardly takes any risks. And so there is something strangely sterile about her film, despite the dust and sweat and the lack of courage to die. "
Web links
- Official website
- Between worlds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Between worlds at filmportal.de
- Between worlds at kino.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release of the 38th Mostra Internacional de Cinema São Paulo Film Festival
- ^ Winners list of the 3rd Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2014
- ↑ Press release of the 19th church film festival on March 7, 2014
- ↑ Between worlds in the audio film database of Hörfilm e. V.
- ↑ FBW press release of the German Film and Media Assessment
- ↑ David Steinitz: Schlaflos ist der Racheengel , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 12th of February 2014.
- ^ Susanne Ostwald: Moral victories on the home front . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 12th of February 2014.
- ↑ Jan Schulz-Ojala: These films have chances of winning the Golden Bear In: Der Tagesspiegel . 11th of February 2014.