Ännchen von Tharau (1954)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Ännchen von Tharau |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wolfgang Schleif |
| script |
Otto Heinz Jahn Wolfgang Schleif |
| production | Willie Hoffmann-Andersen |
| music | Wolfgang Zeller |
| camera | Igor Oberberg |
| cut | Hermann Ludwig |
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Ännchen von Tharau is a German homeland film from 1954 by Wolfgang Schleif with Ilse Werner in the title role and Heinz Engelmann and Helmuth Schneider in the male lead roles. The story was inspired by the East Prussian folk song of the same name.
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Anna, called “Ännchen”, Wittkuhn was expelled from her East Prussian homeland by Poles and Russians at the end of the war in 1945 and has now landed in the Federal Republic. She found a job as a waitress in a wine town in Main Franconia. As a reluctant mother, she takes care of the little boy Utz, who like her has become homeless. While on the run, Anna Utz was handed over by a dying woman and later passed the child off as hers. The birth mother gave Anna a photo and the name of the child's father, a certain Lieutenant Ulrich Lessau from an air unit. This former soldier has been missing since the end of the war. Ännchen has long been courted by the attractive winery owner Adrian Rotenbach, who absolutely wants to make her his wife. To please her, he even has a choir march in front of her inn to serenade her “Ännchen von Tharau”. However, Anna does not love the rich man and therefore behaves very hesitantly. One day the young woman meets a somewhat older man who has come to Weinort with his ride. He belongs to a traveling fairground troupe. Ännchen quickly realizes that he is Utz's missing father, because the few documents and a photo that Utz's birth mother gave Ännchen leave no doubt. Ännchen is terrified of having to hand the boy over to the stranger and, in her worry, trusts the organist Dr. Bruns. He finally advises her to follow Rotenbach's bid and become his wife. With that the boy would at least formally have a father and, like her, would be provided for.
Utz and the friendly, solid Ulrich quickly begin to befriend. Meanwhile, Ännchen tries to get used to the idea of marrying into the Rotenbach family. When she returns to her restaurant, she sees Ulrich with Dr. Bruns speak. She immediately panics that Dr. Bruns Ulrich could have said something about Utz's paternity. But he doesn't. When a heavy storm hits a little later, the boy is in the circus tent. Ännchen and Ulrich join in and see how a beam comes off the strut. Ulrich throws himself on the boy to protect him, but is injured in the process. Now he cannot move on with his ride as planned. While Adrian urges Anne to stop serving and finally become his wife, a completely new career opportunity suddenly emerges for Ulrich, which could also bind him to this place. Ulrich has had a great talent for drawing since his apprenticeship, something that engineer Grabner also noticed. Grabner offers Lessau to work as a draftsman in his office. But then Ulrich changes his mind and returns to his people, the traveling people. When Utz hears about it, he lets a Rhine boatman take him to Würzburg without informing his mother to see his good friend Ulrich again. Ännchen and Rotenbach immediately follow suit. Only now does Anne Ulrich admit that he is the blond boy's father. Ulrich is completely perplexed. Urich confesses his love to Anne and the three can finally become a real family.
Production notes
Ännchen von Tharau was made in May 1954 in Berlin-Tempelhof (studio recordings) and in the Main Franconian towns of Ochsenfurt, Miltenberg, Wertheim, Würzburg and Amorbach (outdoor recordings). The premiere took place on August 5, 1954 in Würzburg, the Berlin premiere took place 22 days later.
Apollo film producer Willie Hoffmann-Andersen also took over the production management, Fritz Hoppe the production management. Wilhelm Vorwerg designed the film structures implemented by his younger brother Max Vorwerg , Trude Ulrich the costumes. Hugo Schott was a simple cameraman, Michael Marszalek took care of the still photos.
This was the last film for the two acting veterans Ludwig Schmitz and Victor Janson .
Reviews
Der Spiegel wrote: “Ilse Werner with a slightly hardened charm as Ännchen, an East Prussian on the Main," angel of the expellees ", much sought-after waitress, winegrowing bride and a virginal but exemplary mother. Apart from a few nice, dry fairground moments, Wolfgang Schleif, the director, left his audience in a sea of tears. "
The lexicon of the international film says: "Well-photographed, folk entertainment, soulful and coherently staged."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short review in Der Spiegel from September 8, 1954
- ↑ Ännchen von Tharau. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2020 .
Web links
- Cute Little Anny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ännchen von Tharau at filmportal.de