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Das Kindermädchen - Mission Südafrika

2018

A gentle, sunlit fish-out-of-water comedy where a warm-hearted outsider coaxes a stubborn old man and his bored grandchildren back toward each other.

Directed by
Udo Witte
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Saskia Vester, Filip Peeters, Jürgen Tonkel
Overview
Henriette's second assignment as a premium nanny also takes her to an exotic location. The young-at-heart woman in her mid-50s travels to South Africa to look after two bored children on a farm in the wilderness. Anton and Linus are staying with their grandfather Konrad Eckstein for four weeks. Eckstein doesn't really have much interest in his grandchildren, preferring to spend his time with his animals. Nanny Henriette comes at just the right time - even if he can't warm to the older lady either. But Henriette refuses to accept Eckstein's stoic nature. She investigates why the grandfather has no desire to spend time with his grandchildren and also wonders why Johanna Eckstein's daughter left the farm a long time ago. Who knows, maybe Henriette can reunite the family.

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Directed by
Udo Witte
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Saskia Vester, Filip Peeters, Jürgen Tonkel
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • found family
  • healing
  • parenthood
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Robert Krause
Starring
Saskia Vester, Filip Peeters, Jürgen Tonkel, Jenna Dover, Neels Clasen
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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