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Talus was an extraordinarily talented boy and had begun showing traces of being a craftsman far surpassing his uncles skill.Īs it is to the nature of man, Daedalus was highly envious of his nephews proficiency. So, for the boy, flying is the boy’s real wish, which takes him to the airport and drives him into various adventures but it is also an overwhelming longing for harmony.Daedalus was living and working in Athens and he had a young apprentice in his workroom, his nephew, Talus. One could possibly say that he used created authenticity as a springboard into poetic compressions and symbols.
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In the tradition of Slatan Dudow, Carow creates a tangible, detailed image of reality that can be seen and felt down to the smallest elements of streets and places, but is always greater than pure documentation. Especially their carelessness, because the grown-ups-dealing with their grown-up problems-don’t see that there’s a little person here who needs attention.
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His attitude is a reaction to all they do and don’t do especially what they don’t do, their neglect. “This is a film for adults because everything that Mathias experiences on that day and how he experiences it comes from the world of adults. This goes for the other children’s scenes as well, which are all fresh and not artificial.” -Fred Gehler, Sonntag, 1975 The differentiation of expression and behavior achieved by the director and the 11-year-old leading actor (Peter Welz) is astounding. It can be seen in the sensitivity with which a vulnerable sphere is captured, in the psychological precision and subtlety of performance. “The creation of Icarus benefitted from director Heiner Carow’s earlier experience with working with children and young people. It can certainly be seen and understood as one, however.” -Knut Elstermann, Früher war ich Filmkind This angered him greatly, as he had never considered this work to be a children’s film. Carow’s Icarus, which shows a cold and hard GDR, was hidden in the children’s program of cinemas. The film’s complex, layered story with numerous flashbacks and rich associations is by author Klaus Schlesinger. “Played by Peter Welz, Mathias as Icarus is a helpless, searching child whose longing for a lasting connection and understanding is as clear as his deep fear of renewed disappointment. “ Icarus, the ordinary story of a boy growing up in comfortable circumstances in the GDR, who vainly trusts in his father after his parents’ divorce.” -Hans-Jörg Rother, Der Tagesspiegel “Like in the classical legend, adapted by playwright Klaus Schlesinger, the film dispenses with a happy ending and instead ends the films with a desperate outcry-the boy’s last option to draw attention to himself.” -rs, DHM And a loud shout out to Peter Welz, the little leading actor, for his exceptional performance.” -Renate Holland-Moritz, Eulenspiegel “Thanks be to Heiner Carow for a beautiful, bitterly necessary and deeply human film. Criticized as hostile to socialism by leading GDR politicians, the film was rarely shown after its premiere.” - film-dienst “A dense and, despite its amiable relaxation, very serious film about the vulnerability of children and adults’ lack of sensitivity and attention. It makes visible social, cultural and political things that were taken for granted and, in retrospect, is both an aesthetic and historical document.” - Jürgen Bretschneider, It mirrors the thick local color and atmosphere of contemporary East Berlin-and more or less represents the GDR. “This film gave a very direct reflection of the social circumstances and conditions of the time. Peter Welz plays the part of the boy with unbelievable intensity.” -Claus Löser, taz Based on a by Klaus Schlesinger that he adapted for the screen, the film describes the loneliness of an emotionally neglected child. “From today’s point of view, Icarus (1975) is the artistically most uncompromising and most mature feature film made by the director.