Do not be afraid, Jacob!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Do not be afraid, Jacob! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Radu Gabrea |
| script |
Meir Lubor Dohnal , Radu Gabrea |
| production | Radu Gabrea, Rudolf Kalmowicz |
| music | Klaus Obermayer |
| camera | Igor Luther |
| cut | Dragos-Emmanuel Witkowski |
| occupation | |
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Do not be afraid, Jacob! is a 1981 produced in Germany Semitism - Drama by Radu Gabrea after the novella "O făclie de Paşte" (1899; German title: "An Easter candle") of the Romanian dramatist Ion Luca Caragiale . The adaptation was made by Frieder Schuller , who can be seen in the film in the role of the gravedigger. With the film Gabrea made his directorial debut in the Federal Republic of Germany after emigrating from Romania in 1974.
Performances
The film first premiered at the Portuguese Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz on September 17, 1981 under the title Não Tenhas Medo, Jacob . It had its cinema premiere on June 25, 1982 in Germany. The English title is Fear Not, Jacob! , the Romanian Nu te teme, Iacob! .
Do not be afraid, Jacob! was among others in October 2012 at the Romania International Film Festival (Ro-IFF) and in December of the same year in the film series Reconstruction. Filmland Romania by the Romanian Cultural Institute “Titu Maiorescu” (Berlin) in cooperation with the Zeughauskino and with the support of the Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (CNC).
content
The story based on Caragiales novella takes place in Russia around 1900 during the ongoing attacks on Jews ( pogrom ) there.
The Jewish village host Lejba Sibal , played by André Heller , and his pregnant wife Sura ( Aviva Gaire ) are threatened by Lejba's former servant Georg ( Pedro Efe ), who wants to kill them both at Easter . After Lejba sought in vain help from the authorities, he decided to defend himself and incited the village to lynch Georg.
Reviews
In the time was in 1982 to read: "So the place and time vague (early twentieth century) are, so vividly represents Gabrea a climate of fear, persecution, the latent insanity ago. "Fear not, Jacob" is a parable about the xenophobia (the "foreigner problem") at all times, in an archaic woodcut style photographs of Igor Luther ( " The Tin Drum "), encouraging discreetly portrayed by the usually vain André Heller. The director succeeds in creating many images of dark magic, but in the end the pathetic naivety of the fable is a little tiring. After all, an optimistic film: ... “ .
A Spiegel article from 1984 shows that the film was highly praised by critics, but “scorned” by the audience .
Cinema magazine rated the film as follows: “The Bulgarian Radu Gabrea, who lives in Germany, charges his drama with religious symbolism. Partly overloaded, ultimately very oppressive. "
Web links
- Do not be afraid, Jacob! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Do not be afraid, Jacob! , Cinema.
- ↑ a b c reconstruction. Filmland Romania II , Zeughauskino, German Historical Museum .
- ↑ a b In the cinema: Do not be afraid, Jakob , Die Zeit No. 31, July 30, 1982.
- ↑ See the web link to the Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ a b Romania International Film Festival (Ro-IFF) ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Radio România, September 2012.
- ↑ Hartmut Schulze: Fassbinder as a trouser role , Der Spiegel 7/1984, February 13, 1984.
