Review of A Day for a Miracle

The award-winning "Das Wunder von Kärnten" or "The Miracle of Carinthia" or "A Day for a Miracle" is a German/Austrian co-production that resulted in this 90-minute movie from 2011, so it had its 5th anniversary last year. The director is Andreas Prochaska, one of Austria's most known right now, and the consequence is that the supporting cast is predominantly Austrian too. But lead actor Ken Duken is German of course and his co-lead here is Julia Koschitz. This story here is based on real events, which is probably the main reason to see it. It is the story of a young girl who has a terrible accident and is in danger of losing her life, but the doctors manage to give it back to her as the title already tells us being a major spoiler. And honestly the way to this positive outcome was not depicted well enough, which is a bit disappointing as both writers are quite experienced. And the predictability here is a major problem as all other components except the question if she is going to live or not are pretty forgettable. This refers to the personal relationships and private lives of the people working at the hospital as well as to the business decisions and interactions because after all even a hospital is an enterprise. Anyway, this lack of truly interesting aspects is the main reason why I think (like I wrote in the title) that a 45-minute film would have been enough. Then again, I am slightly biased as I am neither a great Duken nor Prochaska fan and I usually like Koschitz also more than I did here. The eventual outcome is a pretty forgettable hospital drama that, in my opinion, is far too long for its own good. I don#t recommend checking it out. Thumbs down.