Dead man (film) – Wikipedia

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dead man is a German television film from 2001. The German first broadcast was on May 31, 2002 on the television station Arte. The film was shown for the first time on June 3, 2002 on ZDF. [first]

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Thomas Richter is a lawyer in Stuttgart. One day when he swims in the indoor pool, he meets the blonde Leyla when she apparently lost her book. Little by little, Richter, who even followed Leyla into a park, gets to know the strange woman, and the first rendezvous comes. The two spend the evening in Richter’s apartment. Leyla disappeared the next morning. Richter notes that his laptop, on which there are sensitive data from his clients, is also missing.

Richter, who is unusually emotional for his profession, initially knows nothing to do with the situation. However, his brother Richard gives him the idea that Leyla might have stolen the notebook. The suspicion seems to be true. Leyla, however, is in another city, has rented a house with a wash house in an abandoned housing estate and accepted a job in a factory canteen.

In his search for Leyla, judge realizes that the sudden disappearance – as well as the appearance – is apparently related to the mysterious stranger in connection with one of his clients. Blum had raped and killed Leyla’s sister 14 years ago, for which Leyla is now looking for revenge. Leyla has now specifically contacted Blum, who is in a program for his re -socialization. The two made an appointment on Leyla’s initiative on one evening, on which Blum is aware of when he arrived in Leylas Haus, which is why Leyla is obviously interested in him. Although he sees through the door to the kitchen, how Leyla mixes him in his drink, he drinks it and loses consciousness. When he wakes up, Leyla wants to take revenge for her sister’s death. The police alarmed by judge arrives. Instead of blum, which describes the act committed in detail to stab with the scissors, Leyla loosens a handcuff; Blum frees himself and asks Leyla to walk.

Blum deeply regretted the act he committed and deeply the suffering he caused by Leyla. He understands Leyla and pretends to want to attack her with scissors. He is shot by police officers storming into the apartment.

The cost of film production was around 1.2 million euros. [2]

Petzold turned dead man A pure television production. Recurring music in the film is the song What the World Needs Now (Is Love) (1965) by Dionne Warwick; Too high license costs for this song, which could not have been recorded in the low -expected number of spectators, are seen as one of the reasons why the film did not come to the cinema. [3]

“Refined constructed and narrated thriller, which condenses through its art -loving form and a masterful staging of a study of loneliness and inner emptiness. Due to the unobtrusive transformation of the conventional topic, social stimulus issues turn into irritating and important fields of experience. ”

“Petzold tells in wonderfully clear pictures, the dialogues are breathtakingly economical, the actors are strictly and convincing. The settings are laconic, reserved (…) ”

  1. ↑ Article at Tittelbach
  2. ↑ Patricia Batlle: A film noir on German television , SPIEGEL ONLINE from May 31, 2002
  3. ↑ Christopher Keil: The inner calm. In: Filmportal.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 31, 2002, archived from Original am February 11, 2011 ; Retrieved on April 7, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Dead man. In: Lexicon of international film. Movie service, accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  5. ↑ In: Jump Cut, Magazine for Film & Critics (2001)
  6. ↑ The Dead man clear away Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of November 24, 2002

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