Alvorada - New beginnings in Brazil
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Alvorada - New beginnings in Brazil |
| Country of production |
FRG Brazil |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | Version A ( Mannesmann AG ): 81 minutes Version B ( beta film Munich ): 77 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 years |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hugo Niebeling |
| script | Hugo Niebeling |
| production | Film production group "MW" on behalf of Mannesmann AG in cooperation with Manzon Films SA (Rio de Janeiro) |
| music | Sound design: Oskar Sala Sound: Hermann Storr , Juarez D. Costa , Carlos Laurindo Music excerpts: Fury dance from Orpheus and Eurydice by Chr. W. Gluck Missad e Requiem by the Brazilian José Maurício Nunes Garcia (18th century) “Air” from the overture no 3, D major, by Joh. Seb. Brook |
| camera |
Antonio Estevao Anders Lembcke Herbert Müller |
| cut |
Gertrud Petermann Hugo Niebeling |
Alvorada-Aufbruch in Brazil is a documentary and industrial film by the German director Hugo Niebeling from 1962. It was nominated for an Oscar and has won numerous film awards.
Movie description
After a short introduction, the film begins with a homage to the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese explorers. Without being an industrial film in the usual sense, it then gives an overview of the people and landscapes of Brazil, its modern cities and old colonial settlements as well as its art and culture. It shows that the Brazilians, who previously lived mainly on the coast of the country, are now advancing inland. Structural changes and above all the development of modern industry are transforming the country. One of the landmarks of this westward pioneering spirit is Brasília , the capital that was inaugurated and rebuilt in 1960. With the convincing power of all photographic design possibilities, with a completely new application of the image editing and musical elements, "Alvorada-Aufbruch in Brazil" shows a Brazil that was unknown even to most of the more than 60 million Brazilians at the time. This does not happen in the classic style of a report that merely passes on information, and not much is told either. Rather, it was Hugo Niebeling's intention to create the image of Brazil from impressions and to create the opportunity for the viewer to "discover" the country on their own, especially in the first part of the film. The director also tries to give the film a Brazilian character in style and rhythm that corresponds to the fast, intense life of the people of this country. Modern electronic music as well as sound collages created synchronously with the image editing, which Oskar Sala developed and recorded with the help of the Mixturtrautonium , alternate with elements of classical music, young Brazilian dance and prayer rhythms, characteristic recordings from natural events or atmospheric background noise.
Prizes, awards and nominations
- 1962 Federal Cultural Film Award
- 1962 “Particularly Valuable” rating from the Wiesbaden film evaluation agency
- 1963 Oscar nomination in the category "Documentary (long form)"
- 1963 Federal Film Prize as a film band in gold in the category "Best Director"
- 1963 Federal Film Prize as a film band in gold in the category "Best full-length cultural and documentary film"
- 1963 "Worth seeing" rating from the Austrian Film Industry Association
In addition, the film "Alvorada-Awakening in Brazil" was a German contribution to the Cannes International Film Festival in 1963 and received other prizes at the film festivals in Cork and Edinburgh .
Reviews
“Impressions from the 'old' and 'new' Brazil in a documentary that is primarily focused on photographic appeal. The film does not provide any information about the reality in South America. "
“Not a usual travel report, but for this type of film trend-setting impressions of a country and its problems. Recommended for ages 14 and up. "
See also
Web links and sources
- Nellißen, Frank J .: The Mannesmann engagement in Brazil from 1892-1995. Evolutionary paths of international business activity from an economic-historical point of view, Munich 1997 (Ed .: Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte; series of publications on the journal for corporate history, vol. 2)
- Thommes, Joachim: Hugo Niebeling, the Mannesmann film production and the West German economic film 1947–1987; Norderstedt 2008
- Description of the film "Alvorada" in the press kit of Constantin-Film, Munich undated
- Alvorada - entering Brazil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Contemporary witness journalist office
- Mannesmann archive