The German Friend
Ricardo Freixa,
- Celeste Cid: Sulamit Lowenstein
- Max Riemelt: Friedrichsburg
- Benjamin Sadler: Michael Tendler
- Noemi Frenkel: Ida Löwenstein
- Hartmut Becker: Werner Kuenheim
The German friend (Spanish Original title: El amigo inglés ) is a film of the German - Argentine director and screenwriter Jeanine Meerapfel from the year of 2012.
Action
Sulamit Lowenstein and Friedrichsburg are children of German immigrants, who grow up in Buenos Aires of the 1950s opposite one another dwelling. The Jewish Family Sulamits fled from the Holocaust to South America, the family of Frederick belonged to the Nazis and changed when submerged in Argentina her name. Sulamit and Friedrich become friends and fall in love.
When Frederick finds out that his father was in the SS and war criminals, he breaks with the family, go to Germany and joins the student movement. Sulamit follows him with a German scholarship to Frankfurt, but in the political obsession Frederick's no room for a love relationship. She learns then know the teachers and love Michael, but continues to pursue Friedrichs doing
For the fight against the Argentine military dictatorship Friedrich returns to Argentina and is arrested and interned in an armed action. Sulamit who learns of the disappearance of Frederick, flies to Argentina, finds out his whereabouts and visited him in prison - after her has given a false passport, a support group of political prisoners. She often finds that they loves Frederick about everything, and separates on their return to Germany of Michael.
After the change of power in Argentina in 1983 Friedrich is released and goes to Patagonia, to support the local Native Americans in the fight for their country. Again Sulamit flies to Argentina to him - she still loves - to meet.
Background
The film, whose action extends over several decades, has clearly autobiographical elements of the director Jeanine sea apple. Similarly, her protagonist Sulamit it comes from a fugitive during the Second World War to Argentina German - Jewish family, grew up in Buenos Aires in the 1950s, studied at the time of the student movement in Germany and worked here later.
Sea apple has incorporated time documentary footage in their film. The language in the movie scenes depending on Handlungsort and constellation of primarily Spanish or German. What is interesting is that language is used as the primary identity marker: Sulamits mother speaks to her German, and Sulamit answers in Spanish. In the synchronized German version of this effect is not realized.
Reception
The German Film and Media Review writes that the film is a " ... very personal insight into the German and Argentine history, a time of change represented authentically thanks to careful research. Sensitive and cautious support the film music the strong settings. "This film is classified by it as being especially valuable.
Awards
- 2012: Five nominations in the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress ( Celeste Cid ), Best Art Direction and Best Music for the prestigious Argentinean Film Award Cóndor de Plata.