Rumpelstiltskin (1955)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Rumpelstiltskin |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 73 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Herbert B. Fredersdorf |
| script | Christof Schulz-Gellen |
| production |
Alfred Förster for Förster-Film |
| music | Richard Stauch |
| camera | Ted Kornowicz |
| cut | Lisa Thiemann |
| occupation | |
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Rumpelstiltskin is a German fairy tale film by Herbert B. Fredersdorf from 1955. It is based on the Grimm fairy tale of the same name . The title role is occupied by Werner Krüger , that of the miller's daughter Marie with Liane Croon and that of Prince Max with Günter Hertel .
action
“Once upon a time, many, many years ago there was a castle in the forest and a king ruled over the castle. But in the deep, dark forest the forest man ruled - "Rumpelstiltskin". But nobody knew about him, only the trees and the forest animals, the deer, the squirrels and the few cheering birds in the branches. "
One day, when the miller's daughter Marie is out in the forest, Rumpelstiltskin makes sure that the young prince, who is on the hunt, slides passed out from his horse into the grass, where he is found by Marie. When she tries to help him, the forest man reveals himself to the young woman. The forest spirit explains to the astonished Marie that he only shows himself to help or to punish. In response to Marie's question, he admits that he is responsible for the prince's misery. He did not adhere to the fact that you are not allowed to hunt on Sunday. When the prince opens his eyes again, Rumpelstiltskin has disappeared. He introduces himself to Marie as Max and she assumes he is a hunter.
The old king prefers to occupy himself with his palace garden than to rule. He has long since lost track of public finances. The thin treasurer and the fat court marshal are in the king's ears that the prince should marry Queen Amalie, who is twice as old and who is very rich and would like to accept his proposal. However, the prince explains to his father that he will choose a girl from among the people and that he has probably already found one.
Müller Mehlsack thinks his daughter is very special and brags that Marie can spin straw into gold. Since the king can use gold because of his bankrupt financial long-term, he brings Marie to his castle to make sure that Marie's father has told the truth. A room full of straw is waiting for Marie, from whom she is said to have spun gold by the next morning. In her need, Marie calls for the master of the forest, who had offered her his help a short time before. In return, Marie has to give him her ring, a souvenir of her late mother.
The treasurer and the court marshal in particular are enthusiastic and persuade the king to ask Marie to turn more straw into gold. Again the miller's daughter is locked in the room with straw that she is supposed to spin into gold by morning. That night too, Marie helps the little dwarf creature again; this time she gives him her last memento of her mother, her golden chain . However, the courtiers still haven't had enough and cause the king to keep Marie prisoner for another night in the chamber, where she is supposed to spin straw into gold again. The king assures Marie that she may then marry his son, the prince. Marie has to bow to his will, but makes it clear that she does not want the king's son at all, only the hunter Max. This time the forest man makes her promise to give him her first child, which she will have with the king's son . Marie unsuspectingly enters into this agreement, convinced that she will never be the wife of the king's son, because she loves the hunter Max.
The king keeps his promise: the king's son and miller's daughter marry, the old king abdicates in favor of his son. When Marie has her first child, the master of the forest appears and reminds Marie of the promise she made to him. Marie does not want to leave her child to him at all and is given a three-day delay. During this time she has to find out the name of the forest man, only then can she keep her child. She is now asking around and is being supplied with tons of names. After two nights in which she could not tell the wood man his name, Marie confesses everything to her husband that encourages her and says they would find out the name. When the third night falls, the wood man appears again. The young queen points out that she still has an hour until midnight and that not everyone who she sent has yet returned. At this moment the door opens, the young king appears and whispers a name in his wife's ear, because he has seen and heard the forest spirit dancing around the fire and calling out: "Today I bake, tomorrow I brew, The day after tomorrow I'll get the queen's child. Oh, how good that nobody knows that my name is 'Rumpelstiltskin'. ”When Marie mentions this name, the male says that the devil whispered to her and since people now know his name, he no longer wants to live below them . "And Rumpelstiltskin has not shown up to this day either."
Production, publication
The film was shot in the makeshift studio at Schloss Burg an der Wupper. The outdoor shots were made in the Bergisches Land . Rumpelstiltskin had its premiere on September 9, 1955 in the Monopol-Theater Solingen. The film was not only shown in matinees and special events, but also occasionally in the general program of film theaters. On November 13, 1965, the fairy tale film was premiered in the USA under the title Rumpelstiltskin .
Edel Germany GmbH released the film on September 16, 2016 as part of the “Märchen-Klassiker” series on DVD.
reception
criticism
The film service found: "The overall relatively well-made film is staged with empathy for the child's imagination and is aimed specifically at the very young audience."
Dave Sindelar wrote on the Classic Horror Film Board page about the film's airing in the US that the translated English dialogue was weak and the original film a more forced slapstick comedy, regarding the roles of the treasurer and court marshal, which their greed considered View the main villains and be responsible for what happened. But also the tendency of the miller to lie, the inability of the king to keep his promise, the decision of the miller's daughter to prematurely make a poorly thought-out promise (albeit admittedly in a desperate situation) and that of the title character to accept a promise that will most likely be won, are the cause of the events that then occur. Overall, however, they are all sympathetic characters, the prince anyway, who just has to stop hunting the animals of the forest. The film could help to rethink some elements of history that have been known for years.
Award
- Predicate valuable from the FBW
Web links
- Rumpelstiltskin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rumpelstiltskin in the online film database
- Rumpelstiltskin at filmportal.de
- Rumpelstiltskin on filmposter-archiv.de
- Rumpelstiltskin (1955) full film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rumpelstiltskin See filmportal.de
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , Munich 1981, p. 554
- ↑ Rumpelstiltskin (FRG 1955) See maerchenfilm.info
- ↑ Rumpelstiltskin Fig. DVD case (in the picture: Liane Croon, Werner Krüger)
- ↑ Rumpelstiltskin. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Dave Sindelar: Rumpelstiltskin (1955) aka Rumpelstiltskin see page tapatalk.com (English). Retrieved May 8, 2019.
