Unterwerfung
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| screenplay = Titus Selge
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| producer = Clemens Schaeffer
| editor = Knut Hake
| cinematography = Martin Farkas
| runtime = 90 minutes
| company = Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
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Unterwerfung ("submission") is a 2018 German television drama film directed by Titus Selge and starring Edgar Selge. It is based on the 2015 novel Submission by Michel Houellebecq and a German stage adaptation of the novel.
Cast
- Edgar Selge as François
- Matthias Brandt as Rediger
- Alina Levshin as Myriam
- André Jung as Alain Tanneur
- Florian Stetter as Godefroy Lempereur
- Bettina Stucky as Marie Francois Tanneur
- Michael Wittenborn as Walter Zobel
- Valerie Koch as Alice
- Jean-Yves Berteloot as Steve
Production
The film was produced by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. The screenplay by Titus Selge is based on Michel Houellebecq's 2015 novel Submission and Karin Beier's stage monologue based on the novel. Edgar Selge who performed the monologue at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg also stars in the film.{{Cite web|author=dpa-infocom|date=2017-11-06|url=https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/boulevard_nt/article170356177/Edgar-Selge-dreht-Houellebecqs-Unterwerfung.html|title=Edgar Selge dreht Houellebecqs 'Unterwerfung'|language=German|work=Die Welt|accessdate=2018-02-26}} The film combines conventional film scenes with excerpts from the monologue. The theatre scenes were recorded in July 2017 while principal photography for the rest of the film began on 10 October 2017, with scenes shot in Paris and Berlin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbb-online.de/unternehmen/presse/presseinformationen/programm/2017/10/20171011_Drehstart_Unterwerfung_mit_Edgar_Selge.html|title=rbb verfilmt Houellebecqs Roman 'Unterwerfung' mit Edgar Selge|language=German|work=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg|date=2017-10-11|accessdate=2018-02-26}}
Release
The film premiered on ARD on 6 June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/unterwerfung_464c51088c6744fba81c5806dcfc73e8|title=Unterwerfung|language=German|work=Filmportal.de|accessdate=2018-06-10}}{{cite news |last1=Matthias Dell |title=From lust to the horror scenario |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2018-06/unterwerfung-ard-verfilmung-edgar-selge/seite-2 |accessdate=14 June 2018 |work=Die Zeit |date=6 June 2018 |language=German |quote="Submission" premieres on Wednesday, June 6, at 8.15 pm}}
Reviews
The Süddeutsche Zeitung called the adaptation "remarkable."{{cite news |last1=Claudia Tieschky |title=Silent year for Plasberg and Co? |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/talkshows-und-populismus-schweigejahr-fuer-plasberg-und-co-1.4007675 |accessdate=15 June 2018 |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=9 June 2018 |language=German |quote=showed first the remarkable adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's socio-romantic novel "Submission" with Edgar Selge in the lead role}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=tt7674694}}
{{Michel Houellebecq}}
Category:2018 television films
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:Films based on works by Michel Houellebecq
Category:German films based on plays
Category:German drama television films
Category:Films based on adaptations
Category:Films based on science fiction novels
Category:2010s German-language films
Category:Das Erste original programming
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