Der stille Ozean (1983) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Writers:

Walter Kappacher (writer)
Susanne Philipp (assistant author)

Release Date:

21 March 1983 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Malpractice | Exile | Rural | Based On Novel

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Hanno Pöschl	...	Ascher
Marie-France Pisier	...	Florence
Johannes Thanheiser	...	Rogy
Bruno Dallansky	...	Hofmeister
Marius Cella	...	Lüscher
Bert Breit	...	Zeiner
Maria Emo	...	Witwe Egger
Paola Loew	...	Ältere Frau
Hans-Georg Nenning		(as Georg Nenning)
Thomas Schühly
Herbert Steinmetz
Joe Berger
Joe Hembus
Sepp Löwinger
Maria Martina

Runtime:

Germany:92 min

Country:

Austria | West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Obergreith, Steiermark, Austria

Company:

Teamfilm Produktion

Hanno Pöschl plays a likeable man for a change

Hanno Pöschl can be seen here as the main character, and as such he, who usually plays the bad guy or the grumpy neighbour, is somebody with whom we feel sympathy. He does his job quite well because he doesn't need to open his mouth very often.

Pöschl plays Dr. Ascher, a doctor who leaves his French wife to live in the deserted loneliness of the countryside because of bad malpractice he has committed and cannot forgive himself. Death and madness seem to haunt him, people die and foxes are shot because of rabies.

One of Xaver Schwarzenberger's first movies, photographed in black and white, Der Stille Ozean is the adaptation of a novel by Gerhard Roth. The movie doesn't get across quite clearly what the point of the novel is but it is atmospheric and skilfully filmed without making much fuss. A quiet, melancholic piece of work.