Herbert

Deutschland 2014/2015 Spielfilm

Summary

A Heavy Heart

Former Eastern German boxing champ Herbert has not been a winner in life since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now a hard-up bouncer and debt collector, he tries to revive the past by coaching his young boxing protégé, Eddy. After a training session, Herbert suddenly collapses with spasms of pain; however, he initially chooses to ignore the signs. When his physical deficiencies become more and more apparent, Herbert finally sees a specialist who ultimately diagnoses him with a fatal neural disease. With not much time left, Herbert struggles with himself and the hard outer shell he‘s cultivated over time. Not many things really matter to him apart from his ‘lost’ daughter Sandra, whom he abandoned when the family fell apart. Now a mother herself, Sandra is still deeply hurt and afraid of allowing her dying father to be a part of her life again.

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Shoot

    • 19.02.2014 - 17.04.2014: Leipzig, Halle
Duration:
109 min
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.07.2015, 153213, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): September 2015, Toronto, IFF;
Aufführung (DE): 22.10.2015, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 17.03.2016

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Herbert
  • Weiterer Titel A Heavy Heart

Versions

Original

Duration:
109 min
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.07.2015, 153213, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): September 2015, Toronto, IFF;
Aufführung (DE): 22.10.2015, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 17.03.2016

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 2016
  • Lola, Bestes Maskenbild
  • Lola, Beste männliche Hauptrolle
  • Lola in Silber, Bester Spielfilm
FBW 2016
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll