Poor Knight (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | French toast |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Irmgard Lange (theater) Horst Netzband (film) |
| production | Television of the GDR |
| music | Uwe Lohse |
| camera |
Horst Schneiderheinze Herwig Gerlach Udo Rodig Wolfgang Lücke Gerd Senkel |
| cut | Wolfgang Kant |
| occupation | |
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Poor Knight is the 1980 TV recording of the GDR television of a production of the children's fairy tale of the same name in 5 acts by Peter Hacks under the direction of Irmgard Lange at the Schauspielhaus Karl-Marx-Stadt .
action
The poor knight lives with his squire Kaspar in an almost ruined castle and grows beets in his garden. He was cheated of his inheritance by his cousins Gurlewanz and Frippery by making his name unrecognizable on the inheritance certificate.
But he meets these cousins on his way to the dragon Feuerschief, whom he wants to kill. They were there earlier, but cede the poor knight's right to fight the dragon, because they are too cowardly to do so themselves. Of course, the poor knight fights the dragon and cuts off all thirteen heads. As a thank you for this he receives his pretty daughter, the flower princess, from the rose king as a wife. The two sneaky cousins of course let the poor knight go first, because they expect that he will be killed and then they only have to kill the king to get the kingdom. Because the poor knight's meeting with the princess is not that easy, because she is not only decorated with roses everywhere, but also with the accompanying thorns and anyone who wants to kiss or hug the princess is automatically stung to death by the thorns. The squire Kaspar learns this from the princess's servant and naturally tries to keep his master away from her.
What nobody knew: You should contradict the flower princess, because with every "no" that you answered, she lost one of her thorns. When the poor knight discovers this secret, he hurls a hundredfold “No” at the princess until she has lost all her thorns and nothing stands in the way of a happy relationship. Of course, the loyal squire Kaspar and the nice Gretel also become a couple.
production
The premiere of this production took place on December 18, 1978 in the equipment of Volker Walther and the dramaturgy by Gudrun Ziller in the opera house Karl-Marx-Stadt .
The first broadcast took place in the first program of the German television on December 26, 1980.
criticism
Christel Hoffmann wrote in the Berliner Zeitung that this production by Irmgard Lange shows what high artistic results are possible when an ensemble plays with the same seriousness and commitment for children as for adults.
In the magazine Theater der Zeit it was said that the play combines the fun with the poetic and cunningly combines the exciting story with intellectual depth. The piece is by no means naive.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of February 28, 1979, p. 6
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of September 13, 1979, p. 13
Web links
- Poor knight in the online dictionary of television in the GDR