IMDb >
Tarragona - Ein Paradies in Flammen (2007) (TV)
Watch It
Buy it at Amazon
Rent it at Blockbuster.com
Discuss in Boards More at IMDb Pro Add to My Movies Update Data
BETA
Discuss in Boards More at IMDb Pro Add to My Movies Update Data
Quicklinks
Top Links
trailers and videosfull cast and crewtriviaofficial sitesmemorable quotesOverview
main detailscombined detailsfull cast and crewcompany creditstv scheduleAwards & Reviews
user commentsexternal reviewsnewsgroup reviewsawardsuser ratingsparents guiderecommendationsmessage boardPlot & Quotes
plot summarysynopsisplot keywordsAmazon.com summarymemorable quotesFun Stuff
triviagoofssoundtrack listingcrazy creditsalternate versionsmovie connectionsFAQOther Info
merchandising linksbox office/businessrelease datesfilming locationstechnical specslaserdisc detailsDVD detailsliterature listingsNewsDeskPromotional
taglines trailers and videos posters photo galleryExternal Links
showtimesofficial sitesmiscellaneousphotographssound clipsvideo clipsTarragona - Ein Paradies in Flammen (2007) (TV) More at IMDbPro »
Overview
User Rating:
Director:
Writer:
Timo Berndt (writer)
Release Date:
9 September 2007 (Germany)
more
Plot:
The "Los Alfaques" campground is a much-loved, much-visited holiday destination. Reveling holidaymakers...
more
| full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Holiday
|
Catastrophe
|
Car
|
Burnt Flesh
|
Explosive
more
Awards:
1 win
&
1 nomination
more
User Comments:
Tragic true-life as TV-fodder
more (1 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tim Bergmann | ... | Dietmar Fechter | |
| Sophie von Kessel | ... | Ulrike Braun | |
| Johannes Brandrup | ... | Andreas Braun | |
| Herbert Knaup | ... | Martin Feldmann | |
| Laura Tonke | ... | Katharina Wolters | |
| Hanns Zischler | ... | Walter Köhler | |
| Nina Proll | ... | Bärbel | |
| Roeland Wiesnekker | ... | Hans Bach | |
| Johannes Zirner | ... | Dirk Köhler | |
| Peter Benedict | ... | Hannah's brother-in-law | |
| Emmanuelle Boidron | ... | Hannah | |
| Carlos Leal | ... | José Rodríguez | |
| Sergi Mateu | ... | Miguel Mendes | |
| Daniel Fehlow | ... | Mauricio Mendes | |
| Vanessa Berthold | ... | Sabine |
Additional Details
Parents Guide:
Country:
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Filming Locations:
Company:
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Though the date of the disaster and many of the circumstances surrounding the accident were kept in the script, all the names were changed to not hurt sensibilities. For example, the camping's name was changed from the real "Los Alfaques" to "Las Arecales", and the company owner of the truck, "Enpetrol", to "SAG-GAS". All the personal stories, including the one of the truck driver and his son, are fictionalized ones too.
more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In a scene in front of the local hospital, we see, among other cars, an Opel Kadett D. That car was introduced in 1979, and could not have been there in 1978.
more
FAQ
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.more (1 total)
Message Boards
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Tarragona - Ein Paradies in Flammen (2007) (TV)Recommendations
If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
Show more recommendations
|
|
|
|
|
| La tregua | Klaras Hochzeit | Cross of Iron | Volver | Hotaru no haka |
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
IMDb User Rating:
|
Related Links
| Full cast and crew | Company credits | IMDb Drama section |
| IMDb Germany section | Add this title to MyMovies |

I missed the first 10-15 minutes of this film, such that it was a while before I cottoned on to what the film was about; when I did catch on I was utterly disheartened.
The film is loosely based on real facts: one dreadfully fateful day, just thirty years ago, a large tanker truck laden with highly combustible fuel went out of control, charged off the road and ploughed into the middle of a packed camping-site called "Los Alfaques" near Tarragona, Spain. The result was a couple of hundred killed and a couple of hundred others injured, mostly from burns, from the ensuing frightful explosion.
That such a horrendous subject matter should become the attention of some TV-film company near 30 years later is evidently open to very heavy criticism, to say the least. It is an appalling affront to anyone's sensibilities who can clearly remember that inferno on our TV screens at news-time, especially as it happened not very long after that terrible aviation accident at "Los Rodeos" Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands, when two planes collided on the ground - and remains to this day the worst aviation disaster in history. Anybody want to make a film about that, too? Or do we need films about the attacks on the World Trade Center, New York, or on the public transit systems in Madrid and London?
I sincerely hope not: dramatised little stories trashed up and served for sensationalist tremendist appetites is more than somewhat unsavoury. This TV film is fairly well made in certain aspects, and rather weak in others. Acting and interpretation is too stereotyped into classical TV formulas, despite it being a German production (very many of the victims were indeed German people).
However, the scene-setting was more or less right, with just a few big faults. Firstly, there are only dead and injured bodies lying around in specific scenes, but not any can be seen in the more general shots of the camp-site burning hell. Secondly, the well-chosen vehicles of 30 years ago were using number plates which could only have appeared years later than this terrible tragedy.
It should be obvious that I do not like anything or anybody capitalising on true-story human tragedies.