Wilhelm II. - Majestät brauchen Sonne
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
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Camera (other)
Editing
Foley artist
Music
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Unit production manager
Production assistant
Original distributor
Subsequent distributor
Shoot
- 15.08.1997 - 01.08.1999: Schloß Doorn bei Utrecht, Norwegen, Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Venedig, Korfu
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
- Weiterer Titel His Majesty Needs Sun
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (DE): 27.10.1999, Leipzig, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 09.11.2000;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.05.2002, ZDF
Digitalisierte Fassung
Prüffassung
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.01.2000, 83968, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Awards
- Bayerischer Filmpreis, Produzentenpreis