Himmelverbot

Deutschland Rumänien 2013/2014 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

Documentary by Andrei Schwartz. About ten years ago, while shooting in the Romanian high security prison Rahova, the filmmaker made the acquaintance of Gavriel Hrieb who was serving a life sentence for the murder of a state attorney. When he is released on parole after 21 years, Schwartz offers him friendly assistance – yet he is also interested in Hrieb's story from a director's viewpoint. Over the course of two years, he and his team accompany Hrieb who at first is hopeful to start a new life, but has a hard time finding his place in the outside world. Romania is a member of the European Union and the land has changed. Hrieb can't find work or a place where he'd like to stay. Also, his mother's exhaustion and unresolved conflicts put a strain on him. Eventually, the filmmaker suspects that his protagonist is holding back the truth from him and tries to get hold of the case files.

 

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Credits

All Credits

Shoot

    • Bukarest, Bayern, Sankt Peter-Ording
Duration:
87 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe + s/w, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.12.2014, 148785, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.10.2014, Leipzig, DOK;
Kinostart (DE): 13.08.2015

Titles

  • Weiterer Titel Outside
  • Originaltitel (DE) Himmelverbot
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Himmelverbot - Lebenslänglich auf Bewährung

Versions

Original

Duration:
87 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe + s/w, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.12.2014, 148785, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.10.2014, Leipzig, DOK;
Kinostart (DE): 13.08.2015

Awards

Dekalog-Filmpreis 2015
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