"Polizeiruf 110"
Gelobtes Land (2001)

Director:

Peter Patzak

Writer:

Christian Jeltsch (writer)

TV Series:

"Polizeiruf 110" (1971)

Original Air Date:

14 January 2001 (Season 30, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Edgar Selge	...	Kriminalhauptkommissar Jürgen Tauber
Michaela May	...	Kriminalhauptkommissarin Jo Obermaier
Gregor Bloéb	...	Kriminalrat Oskar
Aloysius Itoka	...	Jonah Dibango
Aglaia Szyszkowitz	...	Sarah Wennisch
Andreas Patton	...	Holger Wennisch
Heikko Deutschmann	...	Franz-Josef Wolff
Franziska Walser	...	Dr. Silke Satinger
Arthur Brauss	...	Victor Friedmann
Tayfun Bademsoy	...	Tarik Yilmaz
Vincent Waas	...	Kevin Yilmaz
Natalie Spinell	...	Christine Bronski (as Natalie Spinell-Beck)
Peter Rappenglück	...	Alfred Fritsch
Sabrina Fraunhofer	...	Charlotte Wennisch
Miriam Fraunhofer	...	Charlotte Wennisch
Rebecca Camara	...	Thula Dibango
Safiya Camara	...	Lineo Dibango
Joana Adu-Gyamfi	...	Enuma
Herb Andress	...	Richter
Max Tidof	...	Polizeiarzt
Lulu Bail	...	Krankenschwester
Fritz von Friedl	...	Verteidiger
Dietmar Mössmer	...	Schutzpolizist
Hans Schuler	...	BGS-Beamter

Directed by
Peter Patzak

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christian Jeltsch		writer

Produced by
Tita Korytowski	....	producer
Gudrun Müssig	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Peter Patzak

Cinematography by
Andreas Köfer

Film Editing by
Jacqueline von Brueck

Production Design by
German Pizzinini

Costume Design by
Monika Brühne

Makeup Department
Heidi Moser-Neumayr	....	makeup artist
Susanne Schröder	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Konstantin Schirk	....	unit manager
Oliver Wiemer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Margrit Schachtschneider	....	assistant director

Art Department
Anette Herrmann	....	property master
Susanne Meding	....	property master

Sound Department
Walter Amann	....	sound
Hans-Dieter Desinger	....	sound mixer
Otger Kunert	....	sound editor
Vladimir Polak	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Pia Frömmert	....	video technician
Herbert Kohlhammer	....	gaffer
Verena Miessner	....	lighting technician
Kai Plate	....	lighting technician
Alexander Preuss	....	assistant camera
Laurent Trümper	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Melodie Timmons	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Regina Seehuber	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Anita Kirchgessner	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• Infafilm GmbH

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Germany from an African perspective

For a made for TV crime thriller this is a remarkably complex and subtle film, in fact I would have to say that it is not in the first instance a crime movie at all, but rather an absorbing study of cultural alienation and personal isolation.

Also a commentary on the moral and political degeneration of the world, it tells the story of an African man who came to the then (East) German Democratic Republic where he was trained as an engineer to return home and develop his own country. In the subsequent political upheavals things changed, and third world refugees like him are now at the mercy of greedy syndicates who smuggle in those who want to escape the political and economic turmoil of their home countries for the "Promised Land" of Europe, where they are exploited for (illegal) cheap labour.

Politically persecuted in his home country, he can no longer return for fear of torture and execution, and is making a last ditch attempt for political asylum, while at the same time attempting to smuggle in his two children, an action which would destroy his chance for asylum if discovered.

Stylishly photographed, in parts with an almost graphically contrasty effect, there are excellent performances from all the main characters representing a broad spectrum of people. The film opens one's mind to the predicament of a person who no longer has any place where he is safe and belongs, is cut off from his relatives, and has to put up with racial intolerance and prejudice, precariously manoeuvering on the margins of society. In essence it shows that the human decency, compassion and responsibility of ordinary people can make all the difference.