''Gripsholm'' is a
2000
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Swiss film directed
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
by
Xavier Koller
Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film '' Squanto: A Warrior's Tale'', an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squa ...
based on the
Kurt Tucholsky
Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
Tucholsky was on ...
's novel
Schloss Gripsholm
''Schloss Gripsholm. Eine Sommergeschichte'' ( Gripsholm palace: A summer story) is the title of a story (''Erzählung'') by Kurt Tucholsky, published in 1931. It is a love story with comic and melancholic elements, reminiscent of the author's f ...
and reflection into final part of his real life.
From Xavier's own words, "The subject of the story is partly the autobiographical story of the aggressive publisher Kurt (Tucholsky), who in the year 1932 travels to Sweden together with his girlfriend Lydia, whom he calls "Princess". Variety singer Billie and air-pilot Karlchen follow later on to join-up with the couple. There now begins a sensuous life and games of love in the last summer before the national socialists take over power in Germany. Kurt loves his friends who have abandoned him, as well as his girlfriend who loves him but nevertheless returns home. One tries to forget the troubles and hopes, in the face of the threatening catastrophe, to retain a certain innocence."
It was Switzerland's submission to the
73rd Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / ...
for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Main cast
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Ulrich Noethen
Ulrich Noethen (born 18 November 1959) is a German actor who has appeared in many movies and TV films.
He starred in ''Comedian Harmonists''. He also played Heinrich Himmler twice, in ''Der Untergang'' and '' Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrs ...
as Kurt
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Heike Makatsch
Heike Makatsch (; born 13 August 1971) is a German actress. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in ''Resident Evil'' (2002), Mia in ''Love Actually'' (2003), and as Liesel's mother in ''The Book Thief'' (2013).
Early life
Makatsch was bo ...
as Prinzessin
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Jasmin Tabatabai
Jasmin Tabatabai ( fa, یاسمین طباطبائی ; born 8 June 1967 in Tehran, Iran, is a German actress and singer.
Biography
Jasmin Tabatabai's mother is German, and her father is Iranian. She was born and raised in Tehran until the 1979 ...
as Billie
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Rudolf Wessely
Rudolf Wessely (19 January 1925 in Vienna, Austria – 25 April 2016 in Munich, Germany) was an Austrian actor. as Newspaper Editor
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Marcus Thomas as Karlchen
Main crew
*Director
Xavier Koller
Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film '' Squanto: A Warrior's Tale'', an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squa ...
*Screenplay
Stefan Kolditz
*Music
Kol Simcha
See also
*''
Gripsholm Castle
Gripsholm Castle ( sv, Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripshol ...
'' (1963 film)
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Kurt Tucholsky
Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
Tucholsky was on ...
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Cinema of Switzerland
The film industry based in Switzerland dates to the 1930s. It is influenced by the neighboring countries of France, Germany and Italy, with which it shares languages. Before the mid-1960s Swiss films were often sentimental, but the French New Wa ...
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References
Printed media reviews
*Cornelia Fleer. "Gripsholm" -- "film dienst" (Germany), Vol. 53, Iss. 23, 7 November 2000, Pg. 26
*Detlef Kühn. "Xavier Kollers kluge und einfühlsame Tucholsky-Biographie" -- "epd Film" (Germany), Vol. 17, Iss. 11, 1 November 2000, Pg. 34
*Dominik Slappnig; et al. "Tucholskys Muse: Heike Makatsch in Xavier Kollers "Gripsholm" " -- Bern : Stämpfli, 2000.
External links
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{{Xavier Koller
2000 films
2000 romantic drama films
German romantic drama films
Swiss romantic drama films
Swedish-language films
2000s German-language films
Films set in Sweden
Remakes of German films
Films based on German novels
Films set in 1932
Films about vacationing
Films directed by Xavier Koller
2000s German films