Anne Bäbi Jowäger 1st part

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Movie
Original title Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part I: How Jakobli comes to a woman
Country of production Switzerland
original language Bern German
Publishing year 1960
length 100 minutes
Rod
Director Franz Schnyder
script Richard Schweizer
Franz Schnyder
production Franz Schnyder
music Robert Blum
camera Constantine Cheet
cut Hermann Haller
Franziska Schuh
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Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part II: Jakobli and Meyeli

Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part I: How Jakobli comes to a woman is a Swiss Gotthelf film adaptation by Franz Schnyder from 1960.

action

The Emmental farmer's son Jakobli is the only child of Hansli and the resolute Anne Bäbi Jowäger. When he fell seriously ill with smallpox, his superstitious mother did not trust the medicine of the village doctor, who came by at the priest's request, but rather believed in the home remedies of the maid Madi, which did not improve the condition. She seeks advice from Vehhansli, who prepares a brew for her that Jakobli does more harm than good. He survived the disease weakened, but has become blind in one eye and has many scars. Worried about her son's future, Anne Bäbi goes to see the fortune-teller Schnupfseckli, who predicts recovery if he finds a wife.

On the market square in Solothurn, Jakobli and the pretty orphan Meyeli get to know each other on the stairs of the Ursenkathedrale and fall in love. Meanwhile, with the help of Maurer-Vreni, his mother forges a connection with Lisi, the daughter of Zyberlihoger-Joggi, who, like her whole family, is only after the money. Jakobli refuses to consent. Anne Bäbi learns from Schnupfseckli that Jakobli already loves someone whose name begins with the letter M. The maid, Mädi, sees her chance and clashes with Lisi. In this situation, pastor and father Hansli enable Jakobli and Meyeli to marry. Lisi's family is too late to prevent the wedding.

background

For the film adaptation of the two-part novel Anne Bäbi Jowäger by Jeremias Gotthelf , Franz Schnyder and his Neue Film AG entered into a collaboration with Praesens-Film by Lazar Wechsler . A budget of 1.2 million Swiss francs could be raised without government support. Hans Rudolf Hubler wrote the Bern German dialogues.

After the winter scenes were recorded, filming lasted from June to August 1960. Max Röthlisberger set up the interior scenes in the chicory hall in Alchenflüh near Kirchberg and in the Rosenhof film studio in Zurich . The exterior shots were taken in Burgdorf , Lützelflüh , Heimiswil , Solothurn , Egg, Würzbrunnen and Bad Bonn . At the same time, the sequel Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Part II: Jakobli and Meyeli was realized. The actor Franz Matter was an assistant director.

The widescreen premiere took place on October 21, 1960 in the Bern cinema Capitol and on October 27, 1960 in the Zurich cinema Urban. A film copy found by chance enabled it to be broadcast for the first time on Swiss television on March 2, 1985 .

criticism

"First part of an almost three-and-a-half-hour film adaptation of the exemplary Gotthelf novels about belief, disbelief and superstition, which, in its coarse homeland and populist situation comedy, only seems like an amusing prelude to the rather dark drama of the second part."

- Lexicon of international film

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anne Bäbi Jowäger (1960) on Swiss television on srf.ch
  2. ^ Anne Bäbi Jowäger 1st part. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used