Jonas
Ottomar Domnick′s experimental feature film is a portrait of the print shop employee Jonas who lives in a large city and suffers from feelings of guilt and fear for his existence. When he finds a hat that bears the initials of a friend that he left during the war when he fled from a detention camp, his sense of guilt becomes a severe paranoia. Beset with inner voices, Jonas strays around the city feeling cornered by the city′s high-rises. Even his girlfriend Nanni cannot free him from the agonizing conflict between his past and the present. In his review in "Filmkritik", Ulrich Gregor remarked that this film "offers more arguments for discussion then all other movie productions of that year in total."
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Jonas
- Nanni
- M. S.
- Fremder Mann
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Director (other)
Assistant director
Screenplay
Commentary
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Still photography
Editing
Cast
- Jonas
- Nanni
- M. S.
- Fremder Mann
Production company
Producer
Original distributor
Shoot
- 1956: Stuttgart
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.03.1957, 14019, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 26.06.1957, Berlin, IFF
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Jonas
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.03.1957, 14019, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 26.06.1957, Berlin, IFF
Prüffassung
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 21.08.1957, 14019, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Kinostart (DE): 10.10.1957, Stuttgart, Bali
Awards
- Künstlerisch wertvollster deutscher Film 1957 (ex aequo >Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam<)
- Bester Film des Monats Oktober 1957
- Filmband in Silber, Beste Musik
- Filmband in Silber, Beste Kamera
- Beste Bildgestaltung