Unterwerfung References

*Unterwerfung*
Unterwerfung
Screenplay by	Titus Selge
Directed by	Titus Selge
Starring	Edgar Selge
Music by	Daniel Regenberg
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
Production
Producer	Clemens Schaeffer
Cinematography	Martin Farkas
Editor	Knut Hake
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Original release
Release	6 June 2018

Unterwerfung ("submission") is a 2018 German television drama film directed by Titus Selge and starring Edgar Selge. It is based on the 2015 novel Submission by Michel Houellebecq and a German stage adaptation of the novel.

Cast

Edgar Selge as François
Matthias Brandt as Rediger
Alina Levshin as Myriam
André Jung as Alain Tanneur
Florian Stetter as Godefroy Lempereur
Bettina Stucky as Marie Francois Tanneur
Michael Wittenborn as Walter Zobel
Valerie Koch as Alice
Jean-Yves Berteloot as Steve

Production

The film was produced by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. The screenplay by Titus Selge is based on Michel Houellebecq's 2015 novel Submission and Karin Beier's stage monologue based on the novel. Edgar Selge who performed the monologue at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg also stars in the film.^[1] The film combines conventional film scenes with excerpts from the monologue. The theatre scenes were recorded in July 2017 while principal photography for the rest of the film began on 10 October 2017, with scenes shot in Paris and Berlin.^[2]

Release

The film premiered on ARD on 6 June 2018.^[3]^[4]

Reviews

The Süddeutsche Zeitung called the adaptation "remarkable."^[5]

References

^ dpa-infocom (2017-11-06). "Edgar Selge dreht Houellebecqs 'Unterwerfung'". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-26.
^ "rbb verfilmt Houellebecqs Roman 'Unterwerfung' mit Edgar Selge". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
^ "Unterwerfung". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-10.
^ Matthias Dell (6 June 2018). "From lust to the horror scenario". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2018. "Submission" premieres on Wednesday, June 6, at 8.15 pm
^ Claudia Tieschky (9 June 2018). "Silent year for Plasberg and Co?". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2018. showed first the remarkable adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's socio-romantic novel "Submission" with Edgar Selge in the lead role

External links

Unterwerfung at IMDb

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[1] -infocom (2017-11-06). "Edgar Selge dreht Houellebecqs 'Unterwerfung'". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2018-02-26.

[2] "rbb verfilmt Houellebecqs Roman 'Unterwerfung' mit Edgar Selge". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-02-26.

[3] "Unterwerfung". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-10.

[4] Matthias Dell (6 June 2018). "From lust to the horror scenario". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2018. "Submission" premieres on Wednesday, June 6, at 8.15 pm

[5] Claudia Tieschky (9 June 2018). "Silent year for Plasberg and Co?". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2018. showed first the remarkable adaptation of Michel Houellebecq's socio-romantic novel "Submission" with Edgar Selge in the lead role

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Bibliography
Novels	Whatever (1994) Atomised (1998) Lanzarote (2000) Platform (2001) The Possibility of an Island (2005) The Map and the Territory (2010) Submission (2015) Serotonin (2019) Anéantir (2022)
Poetry	The Art of Struggle (1996) Configuration du dernier rivage (2013)
Essays and monographs	H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life (1991) Interventions (1998, 2009, 2020) Public Enemies (2008) In the Presence of Schopenhauer (2017) Quelques mois dans ma vie (2023)
Film adaptations	Whatever (1999) Atomised (2006) La Possibilité d'une île (2008) To Stay Alive: A Method (2016) Unterwerfung (2018) The Elementary Particles (2021)
Miscellaneous	Préliminaires (2009) The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014) Thalasso (2019)