Cinderella (1989)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cinderella |
| Country of production | Germany , France , Spain , Czechoslovakia |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karin Brandauer |
| script | Michael Schulz |
| music |
Christian Brandauer Natascha Wilhelm |
| camera | Helmut Pirnat |
| cut | Daniela Padalewski |
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Cinderella is a German fairy tale film from 1989 that was made in co-production with France , Spain and Czechoslovakia . The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm .
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Shortly before Cinderella's mother dies, she promises her daughter to look down on her from heaven. The following year, Cinderella did not react very enthusiastically when her father remarried. Cinderella's bossy stepmother and her two spoiled daughters make Cinderella work hard for them and humiliate them.
When the father goes shopping, the stepsisters want new clothes for the prince's three-day ball, at which the prince wants to choose a princess to be his bride. Cinderella just wants her father to bring her the first twig that hits his hat; the twig quickly grows into a large hazelnut tree with magical powers on the mother's grave.
When Cinderella asks to be taken to the ball, the stepmother gives her the task of sorting a large plate of lentils ("the good in the potty, the bad in the croup"). Cinderella gets support from her friends, the pigeons. The magic tree fulfills her wish to be able to take a look at the prince.
When Cinderella was given permission to attend the ball the next day, this time she had to sort a plate of peas for the stepmother. This time, too, Cinderella gets help from the pigeons. This time the magic tree gives her a beautiful ball gown and a carriage. Immediately she drives to the castle, where the prince asks her to dance. Since the magic of the tree only lasts until midnight, Cinderella hastily leaves the ball when the bell strikes twelve o'clock. The prince's search for his mysterious dance partner is fruitless.
When Cinderella is locked up by the stepmother the next day, she gets help from the pigeons again this time. Meanwhile, the prince is initially disappointed when Cinderella does not appear, but is all the more happy about her arrival. When the princesses present, all dressed in the same way, faint at the sight of Cinderella, Cinderella feels guilty about their origins and flees again; this time she leaves one of her ball shoes on the steps of the castle.
The stepsisters are delighted when the prince travels across the country in search of the shoe's mysterious owner. Both chop off their heels to make the shoe fit, but the pigeons betray them when blood drips from their feet. The prince insists that Cinderella, who is hiding in the pigeon house, try the shoe on. To the horror of the stepmother and her two daughters, the shoe fits; Cinderella and the Prince get married.
Reviews
“The well-known fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm in an interpretation that remains true to the text of the original, but is conceptually 'modern' and focuses on the maturing process of 'Cinderella' until it enters the adult world. The ambitious staging style, the ingenious color dramaturgy and the imaginative musical dramaturgy make the film, especially for girls, a slightly alienated excursus about growing up, although some weaknesses in the actors' management disturb the overall impression a bit. "
"Humorous implementation of the classic by the Brothers Grimm."
Web links
- Cinderella in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cinderella in the online film database
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinderella. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de