Emma's Bliss

Emma's Bliss
Directed by Sven Taddicken
Based on Emmas Glück
by Claudia Schreiber
Starring Jördis Triebel
Jürgen Vogel
Music by Christoph Blaser
Steffen Kahles
Cinematography Daniela Knapp
Edited by Andreas Wodraschke
Release date
 2006
Running time
 99 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Emma's Bliss is a 2006 romantic tragic-comedy that takes place in contemporary rural Germany. The movie, directed by Sven Taddicken, is based on the novel Emmas Glück (now translated into English under the title Emma's Luck) by Claudia Schreiber.

Plot

Upon being informed that he is fatally ill with cancer, Max, who works at a used car lot, steals over seventy thousand illegally gained euros from his boss. His boss sees him, giving chase to Max. Max intentionally crashes the car. He is lifted unconscious from the destroyed vehicle by a big and strong woman, Emma, who lives alone on a farm in the boondocks. She discovers the money and sets the car aflame.

When Max comes to, she tells him that the car has burned and that she took nothing but him from the car before it burst into flames. Max hides from her the fact that he is dying. He also hides from the police, in the form of the nearby village's young officer, Henner, who has had his heart set on marrying Emma. Love blooms between Max and Emma, after some stumbles, such as his finding out that she had taken the money.

Cast

Production

It was filmed in 2005 in Gummersbach (Berghausen), Rönsahl, Gimborn bei Marienheide and Bergneustadt (a local vehicle displays a license-plate indicating it is from Hochsauerlandkreis in Nordrhein-Westfalen). It was released the following year.

Awards

  • Jördis Triebel received an Undine Award for Best Young Character Portraitist in 2006.
  • Jürgen Vogel was given the Bavarian Film Prize award for Best Actor in 2007

DVD

The film was released on a DVD in 2008 with German soundtrack and Korean subtitles. The running time is listed as 99 minutes (136 minutes total) NTSC format is given as 16:9.


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