Volgend jaar komt de duitse tegenhanger van band of brothers uit.
In mid-March have started in Lithuania, the shoot for the historical three-part Our mothers, our fathers. For over five years working on a major project, which will be broadcast 2012th By the ZDF in association with Beta Film and teamworx produced film explores the lives of five young people between the years 1941 and 1945. Our mothers, our fathers wants to link the various individual stories of the friendly young men and women and their experiences during the war years, an impression of how this generation has dealt with Nazism and the war experience. It seems the film floats despite the focus on the personal life paths still remains a panoramic picture of how to identify the known stories about the figures. Volker Bruch and Tom Schilling play the brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm, Wehrmacht soldiers, the first goes to war much more confident than his brother. The Jew Viktor (Ludwig Trepte), however, still desperately trying to flee from Germany. The female perspective represented Greta (Catherine shaker) that wants to emulate her namesake, the divine Garbo, and very impressed by the ideas of Nazi Charlotte (Miriam Stein). The plot is 1941 in Berlin, where the friends one last time begegenen relatively carefree, he accompanied the individual over the years.
For the writer, Stefan Kolditz is responsible, the Dresden has already written a similar project. As a director, Lars Becker was first announced, but now Philip Kadelbach (Hindenburg) take over the staging. The selected track is already there, that our mothers, our fathers a look at the past is that although from a distant future is focused on the events, but simultaneously treated his own past. Of course then the questions of guilt and the blame will have to be treated, even if subjective stories are at the center.
In the project, the responsible approach to compare it to the mini series with the Band of Brothers. Here it is clear that our mothers, our fathers is made very complicated. The budget amounts to € 10 million, is the main producer ZDF, along with the film from various film funding agencies supported. To the first of probably mainly to drive for promotional purposes drawn comparison further, it must be noted however, that the constellation of characters seems to be a bit much trying to be politically correct. And clearly, the ZDF is not HBO. Nevertheless, it is gratifying that take the television producers such models and the project raises some expectations.
Source: ZDF, teamworx
