Jerichow-Movie Review 02/22/2013
Posted by Films to consider in Action/Thriller, German Film Awards, German Film Critics Association Awards, German language film, Movies, Suspense, Venice Film Festival.Tags: christian petzold, german film awards, nina hoss, venice film festival
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Jerichow (German) 2008
Written and directed by Christian Petzold
Starring Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, and Hilmi Sözer
NOMINATED, Best Direction; Outstanding Feature Film, German Film Awards
WINNER, Best Film (Petzold), German Film Critics Association Awards
NOMINATED, Golden Lion – Petzold, Venice Film Festival
Ali (Sözer), a German citizen of Turkish background, hires dishonorably discharged veteran Thomas (Fürmann) to help him run a string of snack bars. Thomas falls in love with Laura (Hoss), Ali’s wife, who has more than one reason to be indebted to her abusive husband.
A satisfyingly suspenseful retelling of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Christian Petzold directed The State I Am In as well as Yella (which also starred Nina Hoss) and Gespenster which together comprise what is known as Petzold’s Gespenster trilogy.
93 min. Unrated. Adult themes and content.
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Petzold is one of my favorite German directors of this generation. I recently saw _Barbara_ (also starring Nina Hoss) and that was also good.
I recall your recommending Petzold to me! I’ll be on the lookout for Barbara, as I think Nina Hoss is a very good actor.