{"id":792,"date":"2021-08-19T16:16:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T14:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/de\/?p=792"},"modified":"2023-04-26T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:02:52","slug":"soldiers-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/?p=792","title":{"rendered":"Soldier\u2019s Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/de\/wp-admin\/edit.php?post_type=post\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LF_Profilbild_SG_EN-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LF_Profilbild_SG_EN-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LF_Profilbild_SG_EN-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LF_Profilbild_SG_EN-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LF_Profilbild_SG_EN-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LF_Profilbild_SG_EN-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Soldier\u2019s Fortune<\/strong><br>Living on the Front Line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOCU | FILM | CINEMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany 2002 <br>54 Min (Original with english Subtitles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directors:<\/strong> &nbsp;Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Soldier\u2019s Fortune is the first documentary to portray the deployment of soldiers abroad from an unusual angle. Kept isolated from the civilian population, the soldiers have settled in their camps and are more concerned about the remaining number of days in action than about political conflicts. The film takes a look at the everyday life of soldiers and discern the delicate difference between expectations and the reality of these missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"trailer\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>CLIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"premium-video-box premium-video-box-aa223ee94521 video-overlay-false premium-aspect-ratio-169\" data-type=\"youtube\" style=\"border-style:none;box-shadow:0px 0px 10px transparent  \"><div class=\"premium-video-box__container\"><div><div class=\"premium-video-box-inner-wrap\"><div class=\"premium-video-box-video-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/507013388?autoplay=false&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=false&amp;rel=&quot;0&quot;&amp;controls=1\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"premium-video-box__desc\"><span class=\"premium-video-box__desc_text\" style=\"text-shadow:0px 0px 10px transparent\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"awards\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aehren_SG_Ae01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2384\" width=\"204\" height=\"115\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>FESTIVALS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2003&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Diagonale <\/strong>\/ Festival des \u00f6sterreichischen Films&nbsp;\/ Graz, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Filmwoche&nbsp;NRW<\/strong>, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003 \u2014 <strong>Silesia<\/strong> \/ Schlesische Filmtage \/ Kattowitz, Poland<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2003&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>29.&nbsp;Internationales Filmwochenende<\/strong> W\u00fcrzburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;24. Filmfestival <strong>Max Oph\u00fcls <\/strong>Preis, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2002 \u2014&nbsp;<strong>DOK Leipzig <\/strong>\/ 45. Internationales Leipziger Festival f\u00fcr&nbsp;Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"press\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8222;The documentary offers impressions from a peculiar insular military&nbsp;existence, where the question about the sense and efficiency of this protective&nbsp;mission is never&nbsp;explicitly posed &#8211; but the blind spots in what is reported&nbsp;speak for themselves.&#8220;&nbsp;<br><em>Daniela Pogade \/\/ Berliner&nbsp;Zeitung \/\/ 11.07.2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"premium-accordion-2a3a1f79-f379-4ce6-a45b-f139f9e56e6d\" class=\"wp-block-premium-accordion premium-accordion\"><div id=\"premium-accordion__layer0\" class=\"premium-accordion__content_wrap\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title_wrap premium-accordion__ltr premium-accordion__in\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title\"><h4 class=\"premium-accordion__title_text\" style=\"color:#7c7c7c;font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;line-height:undefinedpx\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__icon_wrap\"><svg class=\"premium-accordion__icon premium-accordion__closed\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" style=\"padding:undefinedpx;border-radius:undefinedpx\"><polygon points=\"16.7,3.3 10,10 3.3,3.4 0,6.7 10,16.7 10,16.6 20,6.7 \"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/div><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__desc_wrap premium-accordion__desc_close\" style=\"text-align:left;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;padding-left:0\"><p class=\"premium-accordion__desc\" style=\"font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;font-weight:400;line-height:undefinedpx\"> &#8222;Soldier&#8217;s Fortune\u00a0is a striking\u00a0look at the situation in the barracks that have sprung up in the Balkans as a\u00a0result of an international will to ensure peace there; small,\u00a0self-sufficient\u00a0towns that function peacefully amidst a landscape ravaged by war.&#8220;\u00a0\u00a0<br><em>Peter Reichelt \/\/ Rheinische Post\u00a0\/\/ 13.07.2002<\/em><br><br> &#8222;Soldier&#8217;s Fortune\u00a0conveys a\u00a0dangerous mood: a mixture of inexperience and recklessness that seems to\u00a0characterise not only the climate in the German camp in\u00a0Kosovo, but perhaps\u00a0also the military policy decisions of a nation that no longer has any\u00a0experience of war.&#8220;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br><em>Martina Knoben \u00a0\/\/ epd Film \/\/ 08\/2002<\/em><br>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8222;War is no longer an adventure, full of action. The soldiers are passive, just&nbsp;observing and monitoring. Monotony and boredom are the result. And despite&nbsp;nothing&nbsp;spectacular happening, you\u2019re quickly swept up by this smorgasbord of&nbsp;peculiar incidents. (&#8230;) A brief moment of real satire, as sad as it is&nbsp;entertaining.&#8220;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Michael Ranze \/\/ <em>Hamburger&nbsp;Abendblatt \/\/ 22.08.2002<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"premium-accordion-8d278b97-aa58-402f-97bc-800170d9585d\" class=\"wp-block-premium-accordion premium-accordion\"><div id=\"premium-accordion__layer0\" class=\"premium-accordion__content_wrap\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title_wrap premium-accordion__ltr premium-accordion__in\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"premium-accordion__title\"><h4 class=\"premium-accordion__title_text\" style=\"font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;line-height:undefinedpx\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__icon_wrap\"><svg class=\"premium-accordion__icon premium-accordion__closed\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" style=\"padding:undefinedpx;border-radius:undefinedpx\"><polygon points=\"16.7,3.3 10,10 3.3,3.4 0,6.7 10,16.7 10,16.6 20,6.7 \"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/div><\/div><div class=\"premium-accordion__desc_wrap premium-accordion__desc_close\" style=\"text-align:left;border:none;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;padding-left:0\"><p class=\"premium-accordion__desc\" style=\"font-size:undefinedpx;letter-spacing:undefinedpx;text-transform:none;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px undefined;font-weight:400;line-height:undefinedpx\"> &#8222;The fact that this only requires images and a skillful edit, but no\u00a0spoken commentary, is remarkable \u00ac both cinematically and politically. There\u00a0are enough visual\u00a0documents from Kosovo that try to justify every attempt to\u00a0secure peace, no matter how dubious they may be. This fact remains unsaid and\u00a0unshown and is not the\u00a0subject of the film, while at the same time always being\u00a0present.&#8220;<br><em>Rainer Flaskamp \/\/\u00a0Choices.de\u00a0<\/em><br><br>&#8222;Without commentary, the\u00a0film speaks only through its images and original sounds \u2013 sometimes with an\u00a0openness and honesty which feels oppressive.<br>The camera team deserves praise,\u00a0not only for gathering excellent material, but also for always endeavouring to integrate\u00a0distinctive cinematic moments. That high\u00a0standard is also matched by the very\u00a0skilful editing.&#8220;<br><em>Jury-Extract from the FBW\u2019s\u00a0explanation of the\u00a0rating\u00a0&#8222;highly recommended&#8220;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"stills\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>STILLS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-SG1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3-SG3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-SG4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-SG4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-SG4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-SG4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-SG4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/4-SG4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-SG5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-SG5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-SG5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-SG5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-SG5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-SG5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6-SG6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1877\" 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https:\/\/www.loekenfranke.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-SG8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"synopsis\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 2001, German Land Forces Headquarter Koblenz: Gunter Gabriel is invited to a reception in his honor to thank him for his efforts in Kosovo and Bosnia. Gabriel considers his tour of the Balkans to be a matter of honor, he refers to the U.S. show stars who have always readily visited their soldiers abroad. A colonel mentions the burden which the soldiers have to bear and stresses that &#8222;support of what they&#8217;re doing down there&#8220; is the most important aspect of the morale-boosting support teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months before, a new contingent of soldiers left Germany in a German Air Force plane heading for the Balkans. The plane lands in Prizren, capital of the military sector of Kosovo allocated to the Germans. In the early morning hours, Radio Andernach, &#8222;the radio program for the German soldiers of the Kosovo Force&#8220; welcomes the new arrivals, nicknamed &#8218;Tapsies&#8216;, to the deployment area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyday life begins: roll-call every morning with the Sergeant Major, who distributes mail and informs them about the latest developments in the sector. Afterwards, the soldiers move the tanks to their posts in the streets of Prizren and observe the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After just a few weeks of service, they settle into the routine of &#8222;Camp Casablanca.&#8220; Their tasks are clearly defined and the activities become repetitive. This is when the support team under Sergeant Fiedler seeks to motivate the soldiers every day anew. &#8222;You&#8217;ve got to whip up something spectacular, sure. Like the &#8218;Grouse Hunt&#8216; we mounted.&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from Radio Andernach, broadcasts from Italian, Swedish or British radio stations can be received in the area in and around Prizren, which accompany the soldiers on their patrol missions. 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