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EXPORT-UNION OF GERMAN CINEMA 2/2000 At the Cannes International Film Festival: THE FAREWELL by Jan Schütte LOST KILLERS by Dito Tsintsadze NO PLACE TO GO by Oskar Roehler VASILISA by Elena Shatalova THE TIN DRUM – A LONE VICTOR On the History of the German Candidates for the Academy Award »SUCCESS IS IN THE DETAILS« A Portrait of Producer Kino Andrea Willson Scene from “THE FAREWELL” Scene from Studio Babelsberg Studios Art Department Production Postproduction Studio Babelsberg GmbH August-Bebel-Str. 26-53 D-14482 Potsdam Tel +49 331 72-0 Fax +49 331 72-12135 [email protected] www.studiobabelsberg.com TV SPIELFILM unterstützt die Aktion Shooting Stars der European Filmpromotion www.tvspielfilm.de KINO 2/2000 German Films at the 6 The Tin Drum – A Lone Victor 28 Cannes Festival On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award 28 Abschied for Best Foreign Language Film THE FAREWELL Jan Schütte 11 Stations Of The Crossing 29 Lost Killers Portrait of Ulrike Ottinger Dito Tsintsadze 30 Die Unberührbare 12 Souls At The Lost-And-Found NO PLACE TO GO Portrait of Jan Schütte Oskar Roehler 31 Vasilisa 14 Success Is In The Details Elena Shatalova Portrait of Producer Andrea Willson 16 Bavarians At The Gate Bavaria Film International 17 An International Force Atlas International 18 KINO news 22 In Production 22 Die Blutgräfin 34 German Classics Ulrike Ottinger 22 Commercial Men 34 Es geschah am 20. Juli Lars Kraume – Aufstand gegen Adolf Hitler 23 Edelweisspiraten IT HAPPENED ON JULY 20TH Niko von Glasow-Brücher G. W. Pabst 24 Enthüllung einer Ehe 35 Goya Michael Verhoeven Konrad Wolf 24 Martha 36 Heimat Sandra Nettelbeck Edgar Reitz 25 Pissed And Proud Connie Walther 26 Die Polizistin Andreas Dresen 26 Was tun, wenn’s brennt? Gregor Schnitzler 27 Willy, der Stummfilmpianist Ilona Ziok C ONTENTS 50 Höre nie auf anzufangen – 38 New German Films Der Ufa-Star Carola Höhn NEVER STOP BEGINNING – 38 A Tale Of Two Cities – THE UFA-STAR CAROLA HÖHN Eine Erzählung von zwei Städten Robert Fischer Manfred Wilhelms 51 Honolulu 39 alaska.de Uschi Ferstl, Florian Gallenberger, Saskia Jell, Esther Gronenborn Vanessa Jopp, Matthias Lehmann, Beryl 40 Apokalypse 99 – Anatomie Schennen, Sandra Schmidt eines Amokläufers 52 Kasachstan Lady Dmitri Astrachan LADY OF KAZAKHSTAN 41 Der Bebuquin – Rendezvous Dmitri Astrachan mit Carl Einstein 53 Die Markus Family BEBUQUIN: A RENDEZVOUS WITH THE MARKUS FAMILY CARL EINSTEIN Elfi Mikesch Lilo Mangelsdorff 54 Paul Is Dead 42 Deeply Hendrik Handloegten Sheri Elwood 55 Private Lies 43 Ein Mensch wie Dieter – Sherry Hormann Golzower 56 Russlands Wunderkinder A GUY LIKE DIETER – RUSSIA’S WONDER CHILDREN NATIVE OF GOLZOW Irene Langemann Barbara Junge, Winfried Junge 57 The Unscarred 44 Erotic Tales: Buddy Giovinazzo Die Nachtschwester 58 Vergiss Amerika THE NIGHT NURSE FORGET AMERICA Bernd Heiber Vanessa Jopp Kimono 59 Wotenick Hal Hartley Axel Kalhorn 45 Fernes Land Pa-Isch 60 Zoom – It’s Always FAR AWAY COUNTRY PA-ISCH About Getting Closer Rainer Simon Otto Alexander Jahrreiss 46 Gangster Volker Einrauch 62 Foreign Representatives 47 Gespräch im Gebirg DIALOGUE IN THE MOUNTAINS 63 Film-Exporters Mattias Caduff 48 Gran Paradiso 66 Imprint Miguel Alexandre 49 Havanna, mi amor Uli Gaulke On the history of the German candidates for the THE TIN DRUM – A LONE VICTOR Günther Grass, David Bennent, Volker Schlöndorff David Günther Grass, Bennent, Volker It could have been a good omen: at the first Oscar ceremony on How much sought-after the award has since become can be seen 16 May 1929, a German was also among the prize-winners: Emil by the enthusiasm of producers and filmmakers when there is Jannings was named Best Actor for his roles in Josef von at least a slight chance of having a whiff of the great prize: a Sternberg’s The Last Command and Victor Fleming’s nomination in itself is regarded as an enormous success. What is The Way Of All Flesh. characteristic here is the widely held linguistic vagueness where the naming of a film by its country of origin is equated with a But the ”Academy Award“ remained exclusively the US film ”nomination“. The bitterness of the struggle between productions industry’s affair for some while; the Oscar for the best foreign before one film is selected as the national entry was illustrated language film has only existed since 1947. It is probable that this by the controversy over Agnieszka Holland's film Europa opening up seemed a bit dubious at first for those responsible: Europa (Hitlerjunge Salomon) which was produced by until the mid-1950s, there weren’t any proposals from other Artur Brauner. More about this film later. countries or any nominations; the Oscar was presented, so to speak, without any advance warning by the board of the The naming of the Oscar candidate from the German productions Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). is undertaken by the Export-Union of German Cinema. The basis for this decision are the respective films submitted by the The present award procedure has existed since 1956: every producers. A committee, which is annually convened by the country can name a film, and a committee of the Academy then Export-Union, selects a candidate from these submissions in a nominates five titles from all of the proposals for the final round. secret sitting, and this title is then submitted to the Academy. The German productions (see box) have come off rather poorly How far artistic criteria compete with commercial arguments since then - and not only in comparison with France or Italy. in the selection procedure or whether it’s mainly strategic The Danes or Dutch have won the Oscar more often than the manoeuvring vis-a-vis Hollywood that gain the upper hand Germans. depends on the composition of the respective jury. 6 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film German candidates for the Oscar 1984 Morgen in Alabama Man Under Suspicion (R: Norbert Kückelmann) R: = Director · DDR = GDR 1985 Bittere Ernte Angry Harvest (R: Agnieszka Holland) 1986 Männer Men (R: Doris Dörrie) Nominatinos by the AMPAS in bold type 1987 Der Himmel über Berlin Wings Of Desire (R: Wim Wenders) 1988 Yasemin (R: Hark Bohm) 1989 Das Spinnennetz Spider’s Web (R: Bernhard Wicki) Features 1990 Das schreckliche Mädchen The Nasty Girl (R: Michael Verhoeven) 1991 – 1956 Der Hauptmann von Köpenick 1992 Schtonk ! (R: Helmut Dietl) The Captain from Köpenick 1993 Justiz Justice (R: Hans W. Geissendörfer) (R: Helmut Käutner) 1994 Das Versprechen The Promise (R: Margarethe von Trotta) 1957 Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam 1995 Schlafes Bruder Brother Of Sleep (R: Joseph Vilsmaier) The Devil Came At Night (R: Robert Siodmak) 1996 Der Totmacher Deathmaker (R: Romuald Karmakar) 1958 Helden / Arms and the Man 1997 Jenseits der Stille Beyond Silence (R: Caroline Link) (R: Franz Peter Wirth) 1998 Lola rennt Run Lola Run (R: Tom Tykwer) 1959 Die Brücke The Bridge 1999 Aimeé und Jaguar (R: Max Färberböck) (R: Bernhard Wicki) 1960 Faust (R: Peter Gorski) 1961 Das Wunder des Malachias (Bernhard Wicki) 1962 – 1963 – Documentaries (feature-length and short) 1964 – KF = short 1965 Es (R: Ulrich Schamoni) 1966 Der junge Törless Young Torless 1959 Serengeti darf nicht sterben (R: Volker Schlöndorff) Serengeti Shall Not Die (R: Bernhard Grzimek) 1967 Tätowierung (R: Johannes Schaaf) 1961 Kahl (KF, R: Haro Senft) 1968 Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos 1962 Alvorada – Aufbruch in Brasilien Artists Under The Big Top: Disorientated Alvorada – Brazil's Changing Face (R: Hugo Niebeling) (R: Alexander Kluge) 1970 Erinnerungen an die Zukunft Chariots Of The Gods 1969 Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (R: Harald Reinl) Hunting Scenes From Bavaria 1970 Time is Running (KF, R: Horst Dallmayr, Robert Menegoz) (R: Peter Fleischmann) 1972 The Silent Revolution (P: Eckehard Munck) 1970 o.k. (R: Michael Verhoeven) 1972 Hundertwassers Regentag Hunderwasser's Rainy Day 1971 Das Schloß The Castle (R: Rudolf Noelte) (KF, R: Peter Schamoni) 1972 Trotta (R: Johannes Schaaf) 1973 Schlacht um Berlin Battle Of Berlin (R: Bengt von zur Mühlen) 1973 Der Fußgänger The Pedestrian 1975 Millions of Years Ahead of Man (KF, R: Manfred Baier) (R: Maximilian Schell) 1980 Der gelbe Stern The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews Der Dritte (R: Egon Günther, DDR) in Europe 1993-1945 (R: Dieter Hildebrandt) 1974 Einer von uns beiden One Or The Other Of Us 1984 Marlene (R: Maximilian Schell) (R: Wolfgang Petersen) 1999 Buena Vista Social Club (R: Wim Wenders) 1975 Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (R: Werner Herzog) 1976 Ansichten eines Clowns The Clown (R: Vojtech Jasny) Jakob der Lügner Jacob The Liar Short Film Academy Awards (winners) (R: Frank Beyer, DDR) 1977 Der amerikanische Freund The American Friend 1989 Balance (R: Wolfgang Lauenstein) (R: Wim Wenders) 1993 Schwarzfahrer Black Rider (R: Pepe Danquart) Mama, ich lebe (R: Konrad Wolf, DDR) 1996 Quest (R: Thomas Stellmach) 1978 Die gläserne Zelle The Glass Cell (R: Hans W. Geissendörfer) 1979 Die Blechtrommel The Tin Drum (R: Volker Schlöndorff - Academy Award!) Student Academy Awards (winners) 1980 Fabian (R: Wolf Gremm) Die Verlobte The Fiancee 1988 Schmetterlinge (R: Wolfgang Becker) (R: Günther Rücker, Günter Reisch, DDR) 1994 Abgeschminkt Making Up! (R: Katja von Garnier) 1981 Lili Marleen (R: Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 1997 Ein einfacher Auftrag An Ordinary Mission 1982 Fitzcarraldo (R: Werner Herzog) (R: Raymond Boy) 1983 Die flambierte Frau A Woman In Flames 1998 Rochade (R: Thorsten Schmidt) (R: Robert Van Ackeren) 1999 Kleingeld (Marc-Andreas Bochert) Der Aufenthalt (R: Frank Beyer, DDR) A New Generation year with The Nights Of Cabiria (against The Devil Came At Night/Nachts wenn der Teufel kam), Looking back at the history of these candidates shows that, while Jacques Tati won with Mon Oncle against Wirth’s it may not have resulted in any Oscars in the first four years, there Arms and the Man (Helden), and when Bernhard was a continuous run of nominations.