NVA (2005)

Name: NVA
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2005-09-29
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Kim Frank, Oliver Bröcker, Detlev Buck, Jasmin Schwiers, Annika Kuhl

NVA (2005), directed by Leander Haußmann, starring Kim Frank and Oliver Bröcker.

09/29/2005 BR Comedy 1h 34m

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Somewhere in the GDR, in 1988: young soldier Henrik Heidler starts his service in the National People's Army, a whole new world. Together with the weighty troublemaker Krüger, Heidler and his fellow soldiers try to somehow do their time between old hands and bureaucrats. It's not always fun, because the superiors are annoying with socialist propaganda from the day before yesterday, the material and equipment is scarce and not exactly new, while morale is at rock bottom. His relationship with his girlfriend isn't holding up either. But then Heidler meets Marie, the daughter of commander Kalt of all people, and falls in love. And then, at some point, the Wall comes down and everything changes ... for everyone in the NVA!

Frank GriebeCinematography
Leander HaußmannDirector, Screenplay
Hansjörg WeißbrichEditing
Claus BojeProducer

About the film

NVA (German: [ɛn faʊ̯ ˈʔaː] ) is a German comedy film released in 2005, that involves two friends who serve in the National People's Army of the former GDR (East Germany). It was directed by Leander Haußmann, who – together with Thomas Brussig – also wrote the screenplay. The film caricatures the life of the National People's Army (abbreviated: NVA), in the final years of East Germany.

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Cast

Kim Frank - Private Henrik Heidler

Oliver Bröcker - Private Krüger

Jasmin Schwiers - Marie Kalt

Detlev Buck - Colonel Kalt

Thorsten Michaelis - Captain Stummel

Ignaz Kirchner - Warrant Officer Futterknecht

Maxim Mehmet - Corporal Aurich

Annika Kuhl - Nurse Sonja

Robert Gwisdek - Traubewein

Reception

The film received mostly negative reception. Reviewers with Die Tageszeitung stated that Haußmann shouldn't have turned the film into a light comedy, which the reviewer calling it "misleading" to not take on a serious tone and address the systematic abuse of conscripts. Another reviewr from Tagesspiegel stated that while the film was a comedy, the humour did not land and reiterated that the film also portrayed the NVA as too harmless.

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NVA at IMDb

Text from NVA (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVA_(film)

Trivia

It premiered on September 29, 2005, a Thursday.
It runs 1h34 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosSeven Pictures Film
CountriesGermany
LanguagesGerman
StatusReleased

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Frank Griebe Cinematography
Leander Haußmann Director
Hansjörg Weißbrich Editing
Claus Boje Producer
Detlev Buck Producer
Marcel Blatti Original music
Paul Lemp Original music
Leander Haußmann Screenplay
Thomas Brussig Screenplay

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What is NVA about?

NVA: Somewhere in the GDR, in 1988: young soldier Henrik Heidler starts his service in the National People's Army, a whole new world. Together with the weighty troublemaker Krüger, Heidler and his fellow soldiers try to somehow do their time between old hands and bureaucrats. It's not always fun, because the superiors are …

Who directed NVA?

NVA was directed by Leander Haußmann in 2005.

Who stars in NVA?

The cast of NVA includes Kim Frank, Oliver Bröcker, Detlev Buck, Jasmin Schwiers and Annika Kuhl.

How long is NVA?

NVA runs for 94 minutes, or 1h34.