Wilhelm II. - Majestät brauchen Sonne

Wilhelm II. - Majestät brauchen Sonne

Deutschland / Niederlande 1997-1999, Dokumentarfilm

Quelle: Kinowelt, DIF
Szene aus "Majestät brauchen Sonne"

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Synopsis

His Majesty Needs Sunshine
For the turn of the millenium, a film about the disastrous idea of Germany′s last Kaiser Wilhelm II, to stage himself, his government and his nation as a "Gesamt-Kunstwerk". The most frequently photographed and filmed media celebrity at the
beginning of this century, His Majesty needed sunshine to illuminate
his spectacular public appearances: the proverbial "imperial weather".
After a 30-year reign he followed his forced abdication at the end of
World War I by living in exile until 1941, surrounded by the props and
images of his glory years, in the luxurious Kasteel Huis Doorn in the
Netherlands. He selected his own epitaph: Extol me not, for I need no
exultation. Judge me not, for I shall be judged.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

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Credits

Director:Peter Schamoni
Screenplay:Peter Schamoni (Konzept)
Director of photography:Michael Bartlett, Ernst Hirsch, Konrad Kotowski, Peter Rosenwanger, Thomas Rosié, Morten Skallerud
Editing:Thomas Krattenmacher, Carolin Rethfeld
Music:Richard Wagner (Lohengrin - Walküre - Götterdämmerung), Edvard Grieg, Di Capua (O Sole Mio), Holger Aurel Jung
Production company:Peter Schamoni Filmproduktion (München), Verenigde Nederlandse Film & Televisiecompagnie B.V. (Amsterdam)
Producer:Peter Schamoni, Rob Houwer

All Credits

Director:Peter Schamoni
Screenplay:Peter Schamoni (Konzept)
Director of photography:Michael Bartlett, Ernst Hirsch, Konrad Kotowski, Peter Rosenwanger, Thomas Rosié, Morten Skallerud
Assistant camera:Christian Almesberger, Steven van Beek, Philip Cowell, Mathias Ehr, Wolfgang Franke, Niklas Girardet, Cornelia Hirsch, Xaver Kringer, Friso Pas
Camera (other):Bärbel Anklam (Lichtbestimmung), Anita Otto (Lichtbestimmung)
Editing:Thomas Krattenmacher, Carolin Rethfeld
Sound:Robert Jäger, Bert Koops, Manfred Schweitzer, Peter Lang (Artist Studio)
Foley artist:Mel Kutbay
Music:Richard Wagner (Lohengrin - Walküre - Götterdämmerung), Edvard Grieg, Di Capua (O Sole Mio), Holger Aurel Jung
Voice:Mario Adorf, Arthur Brauss, Salome Kammer, Otto Sander, Donald Arthur
Production company:Peter Schamoni Filmproduktion (München), Verenigde Nederlandse Film & Televisiecompagnie B.V. (Amsterdam)
in co-production with:Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz), Independent Nederlands Broadcasting Organisation (AVRO)
Producer:Peter Schamoni, Rob Houwer
Producer (TV):Willi Regler, Marijke Rawie, Wolter Braamhorst
Unit production manager:Konrad Hirsch
Production assistant:Erik Van Dillen, Kemal Hadzic, Stipo Jelec, Marieke Lexmond, Kira Marina Liepsner, Mandy Ruthenkolk, Sakis Sgouroudis, Ineke Van Wezel
Shoot:15.08.1997-01.08.1999: Schloß Doorn bei Utrecht, Norwegen, Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Venedig, Korfu
Original distributor:Arthaus Filmverleih GmbH, München
Funding:Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin), Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien -Filmförderung- (Berlin), Stichting Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Coproduktiefonds Binnenlandse Omroep
Length:126 min
Format:35mm, 1:1,66
Picture/Sound:Farbe + s/w, Dolby SR
Screening:Uraufführung (DE): 27.10.1999, Leipzig, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.05.2002, ZDF

Titles

Originaltitel (NL) Zon voor de Majesteit
Originaltitel (DE) Wilhelm II. - Majestät brauchen Sonne
sonstiger Titel His Majesty Needs Sun

Versions

Original

Length:126 min
Format:35mm, 1:1,66
Picture/Sound:Farbe + s/w, Dolby SR
Screening:Uraufführung (DE): 27.10.1999, Leipzig, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.05.2002, ZDF
 

Prüffassung

Length:2877 m, 105 min
Rating:FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.01.2000, 83968, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei