Featurefilm 2016, 95 min
Germany, Poland, France
In post production
Script: Marie Noëlle & Andrea Stoll
Director: Marie Noëlle |
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Blickpunkt Film, M.K. |
„A fabulous and mysterious tale about the eternal triangle... a thrilling mixture of French lightness and Teutonic depth.“ Read more |
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Kinostart |
Theatrical release Germany: 15.04.2004 Read more |
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Rheinische Post, Heiko R. Blum |
„Peter Sehr manages to weave the different plots into a beautiful and poetic story. This is one of young German cinema´s most original offerings.“ Read more |
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Blickpunkt Film, 04.02.2002
Margit Köhler |
A romantic film so dark even the soul withers from the cold, while at the same time a beautiful and touching scrap of hope remains. Peter Sehr has set the story in New York and its subject is the ... Read more |
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Leipziger Rundschau, Gerald Druminski |
„Obsession will give a creative push to German cinema.“ Read more |
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Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 14.08.2001
Heiko R. Blum |
A Leap into Life
Movies Display Interest in Humanity – A German Success Story
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Known here mainly for his film "Kaspar Hauser", the German director Peter Sehr is an unknown in the USA. He was ... Read more |
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Herald Tribune, 26.11.2003
Joan Dupont |
PARIS. Certain films are extraordinary ventures, alive with hidden history. You can't just look at them, you have to divine the secret life behind their long, painful making. Marceline ... Read more |
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Toronto intern. Filmfestival, Piers Handling ( the director) |
„Obsession is ambitious, but it more successfully manages to balance its competing stories, and is an exceptionally engaging and intelligent film.“ Read more |
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David Elliot |
Love the Hard Way (Review)
Hard not to enjoy 'Love the Hard Way'
By David Elliott
Union-Tribune Movie Critic
June 19, 2003
Love is hard, no matter what the soft songs croon. In "Love the ... Read more |
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Capone |
Capone on Adrien Brody's LOVE THE HARD WAY!
Hey folks, Harry here... Once again, Capone's a champ and comes in with a look at a film this summer that should grab your attention between the ... Read more |
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Frankfurter Rundschau
Thomas A. Wolf |
„A film that makes the ordinary look at once both disconcerting and wondrous.“ Read more |
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LA Times, Kevin Thomas |
„'Kaspar Hauser' is a Tour de Force of wit, originaltity and poignancy.“ Read more |
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Filmecho / Filmwoche, 02.02.2002
Thilo Wydra |
Categorizing this German director is not easy. And that's a good thing. After making such stylistically different films, such as the 1991 Siegfried Lenz adaptation "Das serbische Mädchen" (The ... Read more |
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Abendzeitung München
Angie Dullinger |
„Peter Sehr's "The Serbian Girl" is an triumphant debut in the art of restraint and atmospheric storytelling.“ Read more |
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Time Out N.Y., Stephen Talty |
„Peter Sehr´s film is beyond beautiful... The final 20 minutes of the film, as a shattered Kaspar stumbles through life, are heart breaking.“ Read more |
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AZ, 19.- 20.01.2002
Adrian Prechtel |
Peter Sehr, Munich resident by choice, received the Bayrischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award) for his film "Love The Hard Way".
Peter Sehr (50) prefers that people "first build up their brain ... Read more |
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Hamburg Pur |
„A marvelous example of narrative cinema.“ Read more |
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N.Y. Times, Stephen Holden |
„A fiendish real- lief fairy tale ... a juicy historical drama.“ Read more |
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BNN / Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung
Peter Valenta BNN |
Hot Spot on the Edge of the World
A Silver Leopard for Peter Sehr's "Love The Hard Way"
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A welcome German achievement: Peter Sehr was awarded the Silver Leopard in Locarno for his film "Love ... Read more |
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British Film Institute
John Gillet |
„An impressiv first film from director Peter Sehr, this is probably the definitive German road movie in both its relaxed and varied tone and truly exquisite images. Read more |
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La weekly, Hazel Dawn |
„One of the best films to poke it´s head up lately in this or any country is Peter Sehr´s gorgeous and moving ’Kaspar Hauser‘.“ Read more |
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Kieler Nachrichten, 14.08.2001 |
Locarno: Italy takes Gold, Silver goes to Germany
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In the category New Cinema, the director Peter Sehr was awarded the Silver Leopard and 20,000 Swiss franks for his film "Love The Hard Way". ... Read more |
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Screen International, 15.02.91
Martin Blaney |
„Peter Sehr´s impressive feature debut is thankfully more than merely a faithful translation of Siegfried Lenz´s short story (...).
Sehr also knows how to handle humorous situations that often ... Read more |
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Empire, Julie Stevens |
„‘Kaspar Hauser‘ is attention grabbing, yet effective and provocative ... a magnificent, heart-breakingly, savage experience.“ Read more |
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Mittelbayerische Zeitung / Nürnberger Zeitung, 14.08.2001
Sabine Könner |
The "Piazza Grande" of Psycho-histrionics
Much Banality and Boredom in Locarno – But: Strong French Women
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New director Irene Bidnardi's team served a number of things that we really could ... Read more |
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Foto credits: Rolf von der Heydt
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Press contact
Christiane Leithardt & Wolfgang W. Werner
Phone +49 89 38 38 67 0
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La Weekly, Paul Malcolm |
„Brilliantly acerbic and carefully balanced between the horrific and the wonderful ... the film moves like a thriller with a particular tragic edge.“ Read more |
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The New York Times, 06.06.2003
Stephen Holden |
A Good Girl Takes a Walk on the Wild Side (and Is Tripped Up)
I ever a movie star embodied the lean-and-hungry look that actors consider synonymous with street credibility, it is Adrien Brody, ... Read more |
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Fact Sheet |
For more "Facts & Details" about The Anarchist's Wife click here. Read more |
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San Francisco Chronicle, Leah Garchik |
„ The music is sublime, the image rich, the acting superb. Director/ screenwriter Peter Sehr´s dialogue is vibrant and alive.“ Read more |
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Friedensrede |
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San Francisco Bay Guardian, Zena Jones |
"Sehr´s extraordinary film in which André Eisermann as Hauser is nothing less than brilliantly heart- rending and will remain to haunt you long after this riveting film is over." Read more |
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The Guardian, Derek Malcolm |
"Certainly one of the best German films in recent years." Read more |
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The Times, London |
"Peter Sehr´s absorbing, Kaspar Hauser´commands respect." Read more |
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Maxim London, J.B. |
"The film sumptous recreation of German history would make Merchand Ivory proud." Read more |
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Le Canard Enchaine, Paris, Jean-Paul Grousset |
"Impeccably researched and artistically outstanding, Peter Sehr´s film is gripping from start to finish." Read more |
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Le Monde, Paris, Pascal Merigeau |
"The apparent modesty of Peter Sehr´s film hides a richness and a remarkable intelligence." Read more |
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Le Figaro Magazine, Paris, Eric Alexandre |
"Audiences are in for a treat: The plot is worthy of Alexander Dumas, the acting is excellent and the sets superb. What more could one want?" Read more |
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Abendzeitung, München, Ponkie |
"Thrilling like a period Hitchcock movie and gripping like a trip into darkness of the soul." Read more |
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Tip, Berlin, Wolf Donnerstag |
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Frankfurter Rundschau, Deiter Deul |
"With it´s lavish images, modern dialogues and sensitive performances, ´Kaspar Hauser`is up there in the leading edge of international cinema." Read more |
