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Franta
Title: Franta
  Spielfilm 1989
Runtime: 96 minutes
Format: 16 mm, Farbe
Direction: Mathias Allary
Script: Jan-Christoph Jäger nach Ernst Weiß
Cast: Jan Kurbjuweit, Nicole Ansari
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Content

As a young soldier Franta experiences a war that destroys all hopes and life - before he has really had any chance to live. The memories of Mascha, his young wife, blend with the pitilessness of his surroundings. He loses his gentleness and becomes like the war: cold and insensitive. During one onslaught he is badly injured in the groin and loses conciousness.

 

When he awakes in the military hospital, the others laugh about him, about the fact that his "masculinity has been shot off". When his young wife, whom he loves, comes to take him home, he doesn't tell her what had happened to him. Desire and longings oppress the man who is no longer a man. The story of Franta's path to salvation begins...

Awards

  • Premio Speciale in competition Montecatini Therme 1990 Italy
  • Silver Award in competition Figueira da Foz Portugal
  • Award of the academy for arts 1990 Germany
  • Award for directing by the French television FR3 in Annonay 1991 France

Festivals

  • Filmfest München (München 1989, Germany)
  • 43rd Edinburgh International Film Festival (Edinburgh 1989, Scottland)
  • 18. Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz (Figueira da Foz 1989, Portugal)
  • Kino Tage (Hamburg 1989, Germany)
  • 38. Internationale Filmwoche Mannheim (Mannheim 1989, Germany)
  • 18e Festival International du Nouveau Cinéma et de la Vidéo Montréal (Montréal 1989, Kanada)
  • 8. Trossinger Filmtage (Trossing 1989, Germany)
  • 40. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlin 1990, Germany)
  • Filmschau Nürnberg (Nürnberg 1990, Germany)
  • 41a Mostra Internazinale di Cinema (Montecatini Terme 1990, Italy)
  • Espoo Ciné Film Festival (Espoo 1990, Finnland)
  • Festival of Festivals – 15th Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto 199, Kanada)
  • 9th Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver 1990, Canada)
  • 35th Cork Film Festival (Cork 1990, Irland)
  • 39. Internationale Filmwoche Mannheim (Mannheim 1990, Germany)
  • Mostra Internacinal de Cinema (São Paulo 1990, Brasilien)
  • Baden-Badener Tage des Fernsehspiels (Baden-Baden 1990, Germany)
  • 12e Festival International du 1er Film d'Annonay (Annonay 1991, France)
  • 22e Rencontre Cinéma de Marcigny (Marcigny 1992, France)

TV-Screenings

  • Südwest 3 „Debüt im Dritten“ (23.10.1989, 21:45 Uhr)

Verfügbarkeit

  • Filmkopien 16 mm, Lichtton in Deutsch (wahlweise mit Untertiteln in englisch, spanisch, französisch, portugiesisch)
  • VHS in deutsch (wahlweise mit Untertiteln in englisch)