Fünf letzte Tage
| Fünf letzte Tage | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Percy Adlon |
| Written by | Percy Adlon |
| Based on | Lives of Sophie Scholl and Else Gebel |
| Produced by | Eleonore Adlon |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Horst Lermer |
| Edited by | Clara Fabry |
| Music by | Franz Schubert |
Release date | 16 October 1982 |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Fünf letzte Tage (Five Last Days) is a German film about the last days in 1943 of
Plot
While the later film
Roles
- Lena Stolze: Sophie Scholl
- Irm Hermann: Else Gebel
- Michael Cornelius: Hans Scholl
- Willi Spindler: Civil servant G.
- Hans Hirschmüller: Mahr
- Philip Arp: Philip
- Joachim Bernhard: Watchman 1
- Ossi Eckmüller
- Hans Stadlbauer: Watchman 2
- Gert Burkard: Public defender
Reception
The Lexikon des internationalen Films noted: "Strict, reserved and detached, a character study in the style of a psychological chamber play that does without narrative embellishment and spectacular dramatisation." ("Streng, zurückhaltend und distanziert inszenierte Charakterstudie im Stil eines psychologischen Kammerspiels, die auf narrative Ausschmückung und spektakuläre Dramatisierung verzichtet.")[1] The journal Cinema described the film as a "brittle chamber play in pale colours" ("... sprödes Kammerspiel in bleichen Farben").[2]
Awards
- Deutscher Filmpreis1983:
- Filmband in Gold in the category "Best acting" for Irm Hermann
- Filmband in Gold in the category "Best acting" for Lena Stolze
- Filmband in Silver in the category "Full-length drama film"[3]
- Venice Film Festival 1982: OCIC-Preis
- Jugendfilmfestival Cannes 1983: Prix des Jeunes
- Bayerischer Filmpreis: Regiepreis
See also
- Die Weiße Rose (film), released 24 September 1982, where Lena Stolze also portrayed Sophie Scholl
References
- ^ Fünf letzte Tage, filmdienst.de, retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ Fünf letzte Tage cinema.de, retrieved 1 March 2012.
- JSTOR 10.7722/j.ctt16314n0.
Further reading
- Niven, B.; Paver, C. (December 18, 2009). Memorialization in Germany since 1945. Springer. p. 159. ISBN 9780230248502.
Adlon's film draws upon redemptive quasi-religious imagery and notions of conscious self-sacrifice, heroism, and atonement in the students' actions, similar to the cultural memories of the group that emerged and were appropriated in the immediate post-war period.
- Clarke, David (2010). "German Martyrs: Images of Christianity and Resistance to National Socialism in German Cinema". In Cooke, Paul; Silberman, Marc (eds.). Screening War: Perspectives on German Suffering. Camden House. p. 51. OCLC 812654716.
The film is also striking because the viewer is shown the admiring reactions to Sophie by her fellow prisoners and even her interrogator. Adlon's film gives a strong sense that the other figures already know what a significant person she is or will be in the future ...
External links
- Fünf letzte Tage at IMDb
- Fünf letzte Tage kinowelt-international.de
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