Horst Rehberg

<위대한 침묵>으로 한국 관객들에게 익숙한 필립 그로닝 감독의 <경관의 아내>는 즉물적인 윤리극이다. 영화는 59개의 장으로 구성된 짧은 삽화들을 연결하는 별난 구조를 가지고 있다. 삽화들 사이에는 챕터의 시작과 끝을 알리는 간자막이 들어가고, 느린 템포의 페이드 인, 페이드 아웃으로 장이 열리고 이행된다. 한 경찰관 가정을 무대로 외부의 폭력으로부터 필사적으로 아이를 지키려는 아내와 평화를 파괴하는 남편의 폭력이 선연한 대비를 이룬다. 인물들의 행위 뒤에 놓인 심리적인 동기를 생략한 채, 그로닝 감독은 생명을 키우고 가꾸는 일, 그것을 억누르고 파괴하는 일의 공존에 대해 질문한다. 괴이한 가족 이야기라고 할 수도 있겠지만, <경관의 아내>는 폭력과 파시즘의 발아 과정을 치밀한 관찰을 통해 묘사한다. 칼로 베어낸 것 같은 날카로운 프레이밍, 극도의 침묵과 서늘한 공포가 교차하면서 강한 여운을 남긴다. 샹탈 애커만의 <잔느 딜망>에 필적하는 충격을 전하는 작품으로 2013년 베니스국제영화제에서 공개되었을 때 거센 찬반론을 낳았다. (2014년 15회 전주국제영화제/ 장병원)

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

Protected from the intrigues of con-men by the overwhelming blanket of the former regime in East Germany, at first it seems that Ada Fenske, the elderly widow living on a farm near a soon-to-be abandoned Russian island military base is fair game. The (West) German military intelligence services want to acquire her farm. At first, their agent attempts to buy the property openly, but her refusal to sell motivates him to try far shadier techniques. He comes up with a relative she never knew about who is entitled to a share in the property and tries to blackmail the township's mayor to get his cooperation. However, the hard-working and honest old lady has an ally in the person of her more sophisticated border, a woman who works in the mayor's office and has been to the West. She takes great delight in foiling the underhanded agent.

A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity works properly. Economy of scarcity and national bankruptcy are visible everywhere. Only higher party comrades live in the lap of luxury. When Ulla meets Winfried after a summer bathing trip, the two fall in love. Winfried is the son of an influential general director and owns things from West Germany that others only dream of: a computer, a games console, a walkman. On an excursion with her biology class, the high school student discovers that a dacha is being built in the middle of the nature reserve and the creek has been dammed. Winfried's father turns out to be the culprit, but the mayor is on his side. Ulla rebels against this environmental destruction connected to political corruption and organizes a protest. Her activism not only endangers her own future, but also her first great love.

A creature bearing the ominous name "Mishap" is hot in pursuit of an unfortunate lumberjack and eventually decides to live with him. It soon gets bored, however, and asks the lumberjack to hand it over to the rich merchant Habermoos. Habermoos manages to sell Mishap to the king, although he is being attacked by robbers. The king is bankrupt and threatened with war by other countries. Young Michael has to go to war for the king. The creature tries to secretly join him. When Michael gets hold of the situation, he manages to get rid of Mishap once and for all. After all, he has more important things to do. At the last moment, he prevents his girlfriend Kathrin from getting married to the pompous merchant Habermoos.

Two farmers, Grimm and Melcher, were once on friendly terms, but a petty argument over a piece of land has since turned them into implacable enemies. Their two children- Veronika and Fabian- used to be childhood friends. When they meet again as young adults, they instantly fall in love, despite the bitter feud between their families. With no hope for a future together, the two seek to end their lives in this retelling of the classic story by Shakespeare.

The motto for the 13-year-old narrator Bärbel Fielow, as far as school is concerned, must always be the opinion in class.

Caroline and Tobias have a lot of fantasies. But one day everything they tell suddenly become true.