Vera Brühne (2001) (TV)

Regisseur:

Hark Bohm

Drehbuchautor:

Hark Bohm (writer)

Premierendatum:

24. Mai 2001 (Deutschland)

Genre:

Drama | Krimi

Plot:

Two-part movie focusing on one of Germany's most controversial murder trials after World War II. In spring 1960...

Plot Keywords:

Mink | Doctor | Failure | 1960s | Divorcee

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Rare Example Of Excellent German Film Making

Besetzung

Corinna Harfouch	...	Vera Brühne
Uwe Ochsenknecht	...	Johann "Hans" Ferbach
Ulrich Noethen	...	Oberstaatsanwalt Böck
Hans Werner Meyer	...	Dr. Haddenhorst (as Hans-Werner Meyer)
Fritz Wepper	...	Rechtsanwalt Dr. Wallner
Bernd Fischerauer	...	Dr. Vogt
Udo Wachtveitl	...	Sternmüller
Anton Pointecker	...	Dr. Dietrich Schwarz
Kai Ivo Baulitz	...	Pfeffer
Hark Bohm	...	Prof. Peters
Mavie Hörbiger	...	Stephanie Virno
Valerie Niehaus	...	Helga Haddenhorst
Hanns Zischler	...	Kanzleramtsminister Prof. Behmke
Michael Degen	...	Ernst Virno
Katja Flint	...	Isabel Mende

Alternativ:

Fall Vera Brühne, Der (Deutschland) (working title)
The Trials of Vera B. (Europe: English title)
Vera Brühne - Der spektakulärste Mordfall der Nachkriegsgeschichte (Deutschland) (DVD title)

Länge:

286 Min (2 parts)

Produktionsland:

Deutschland

Sprache:

Deutsch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Drehorte:

Justizpalast, Prielmayerstrasse, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Firma:

Constantin Film Produktion

Dies und das:

This TV-production was a big prestige project for German station Sat1 at a time when the station was moving towards more ambitious and expensive TV-movies. While critics liked this movie a lot, it was a huge flop with the audience, probably in part due to its excessive length (both parts ran for more than three hours each including commercials). As a result of this, Sat 1 largely refrained from making more TV movies and now only produces about one event-movie per year.

Rare Example Of Excellent German Film Making

The movie deals with one of Germany's most notorious and controversial crime cases, so it is obviously difficult for me to comment on the movie's most crucial point, its veracity. Nevertheless I had the impression of a truthful, unpretentious, and extremely well made piece of film making, which is all the more laudable since it was "only" made for television. "Der Fall Vera Brühne" proves that there can be world - class cinema from Germany if film makers drop their pretensions and world - market aspirations and concentrate on their craft.