Ich bin die Andere (2006)

Regisseur:

Margarethe von Trotta

Drehbuchautoren:

Pea Fröhlich (writer)
Peter Märthesheimer (novel)

Premierendatum:

5. Oktober 2006 (Deutschland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Bath | Female Nudity | Based On Novel

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Looks nice, but predictable and unrealistic

Besetzung

Katja Riemann	...	Carolin Winter
August Diehl	...	Robert Fabry
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Karl Winter
Barbara Auer	...	Fräulein Schäfer
Karin Dor	...	Frau Winter
Bernadette Heerwagen	...	Britta
Dieter Laser	...	Bruno
Peter Lerchbaumer	...	Dr. Maiser

Alternativ:

I Am the Other Woman (USA) (festival title)

Länge:

104 Min

Produktionsland:

Deutschland

Sprache:

Deutsch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Altersfreigabe:

Germany:12 | Singapore:R21

Drehorte:

Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany

Firma:

Clasart Film + TV Produktions GmbH

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Katja Riemann (2006) (TV)

Looks nice, but predictable and unrealistic

Ah, it had to happen soon or later - my first dud at Melbourne International Film Festival. I could have walked out of this film at any time after five minutes or so, but with nice visuals it was tolerable. A man is engaged to marry but falls for another woman, who has a personality disorder. It starts off with all the psychology of a Hitchcock thriller but ends up being way too contrived. I was able to anticipate all the surprises.

While the film's visuals were excellent and had a reasonable cast, there were serious problems:

* none of the characters had any chemistry and it was impossible to suspend disbelief

* characters were caricatured

* the screenplay was very weak, like a run-of-the-mill Hollywood movie

* all the 'surprises' were predictable well in advance due to obvious setups

* an ending that was truly bad, bad, bad (and also predictable)

There were lots of smaller complaints, like gratuitous sex that did nothing to drive the narrative, or the film's length overstaying it's welcome (it had the "but wait, there's more" syndrome), and probably others that I've forgotten already. My opinion on this one was pretty much agreed upon by the others I sat with, all serious film-goers.