Emma's Bliss
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| Directed by | Sven Taddicken |
| Based on | Emmas Glück by Claudia Schreiber |
| Starring | Jördis Triebel Jürgen Vogel |
| Cinematography | Daniela Knapp |
| Edited by | Andreas Wodraschke |
| Music by | Christoph Blaser Steffen Kahles |
Release date | 2006 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Emma's Bliss is a 2006 romantic tragic-comedy that takes place in contemporary rural Germany. The movie, directed by Sven Taddicken, is based on the novel Emmas Glück (now translated into English under the title Emma's Luck) by Claudia Schreiber.
Plot
Upon being informed that he is fatally ill with cancer, Max, who works at a used car lot, steals over seventy thousand illegally gained euros from his boss. His boss sees him, giving chase to Max. Max intentionally crashes the car. He is lifted unconscious from the destroyed vehicle by a big and strong woman, Emma, who lives alone on a farm in the boondocks. She discovers the money and sets the car aflame.
When Max comes to, she tells him that the car has burned and that she took nothing but him from the car before it burst into flames. Max hides from her the fact that he is dying. He also hides from the police, in the form of the nearby village's young officer, Henner, who has had his heart set on marrying Emma. Love blooms between Max and Emma, after some stumbles, such as his finding out that she had taken the money.
Cast
- Jördis Triebel - Emma
- Jürgen Vogel - Max
- Hinnerk Schönemann - Henner
- Martin Feifel - Hans Hilfinger
- Nina Petri - Dagmar
- Karin Neuhäuser - Henners Mutter
- Arved Birnbaum - Karl
Production
It was filmed in 2005 in Gummersbach (Berghausen), Rönsahl, Gimborn bei Marienheide and Bergneustadt (a local vehicle displays a license-plate indicating it is from Hochsauerlandkreis in Nordrhein-Westfalen). It was released the following year.
Awards
- Jördis Triebel received an Undine Award for Best Young Character Portraitist in 2006.
- Jürgen Vogel was given the Bavarian Film Prize award for Best Actor in 2007
DVD
The film was released on a DVD in 2008 with German soundtrack and Korean subtitles. The running time is listed as 99 minutes (136 minutes total) NTSC format is given as 16:9.
External links
- Emma's Bliss at IMDb
- Review at European-Films.net
- Filmportal.de
- www.emmas-glueck.de
- Media reactions at film-zeit.de
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