From the life of a good-for-nothing (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | From the life of a good-for-nothing |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1973 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Celino white lead |
| script | Celino Bleiweiß, Wera Küchenmeister , Claus Küchenmeister |
| production | DEFA , KAG "Berlin" |
| music | Reiner Hornig |
| camera | Günter Jaeuthe |
| cut | Monika Schindler |
| occupation | |
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From the life of a good-for-nothing is a German literary film adaptation of DEFA by Celino Bleiweiß from 1973. It is based on motifs from the novel From the life of a good-for-nothing by Joseph von Eichendorff .
action
Since he is just lying on the grass and not helping the miller with his work, a young man is insulted as a good-for-nothing and chased from the farm by the miller. The good-for-nothing takes his bundle and his violin and goes out into the world. On the way he meets a dog whom he calls Bam and who becomes his loyal companion. During his wandering the countess and her company overtook the good-for-nothing. The good-for-nothing plays for them and is invited to the count's castle. He lives and writes here, but is supposed to do gardening for his wages. But soon this life no longer appeals to him and although he falls in love with the companion of the countess, whom he also considers a countess, he leaves the castle. The countess can still hire him as a customs collector for a short time, but here too the good-for-nothing can only take it for a short time and finally moves on.
He comes to a village where he plays and briefly flirts with a woman, but he cannot find shelter and wants to spend the night in the forest. Here two riders surprise him, whom he is supposed to accompany to Italy . The two men are really lovers, and the man and woman leave the good-for-nothing in Italy alone. He is kidnapped in a carriage and finally ends up with the robber captain Rinaldini, for whom he even brings an ambushed carriage to a standstill. Rinaldini offers him his position as robber captain, but a servant gets out of the carriage who the good-for-nothing already knows from the count's castle. She reveals to him that the countess's companion always loved the good-for-nothing and mourned after him when he left. Immediately, the good-for-nothing rides back to the castle and after a brief irritation can embrace his lover. She's not a countess, but the porter's niece , so that nothing stands in the way of a proper relationship.
production
The life of a good- for- nothing was filmed in and around the baroque castle Rammenau , which in the film represents the count's castle. The customs house built especially for the filming is still in the castle park today. The film premiered on May 10, 1973 in the Berlin cosmos .
The film was the first DEFA production in which the American Dean Reed played. Hannelore Elsner took on the role of the Countess in the film and was the first German film star to take on a leading role in a DEFA film since the Berlin Wall was built . Ina Bleiweiß , the director's daughter, played a child role.
The well-known in Poland actress Anna Dymna plays one of her first major roles here (still under her maiden name “Dziadyk”).
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Good-for-nothing | Dean Reed | Peter Reusse |
| The 1st beautiful | Anna Dziadyk | Eva-Maria Hagen |
| Little man | Gheorge Gíma | Enrico Migliore |
| Old | Marieta Rares | Rosemarie Herzog |
| college student | Mircea Breazu | Lamberto Guerzani |
| Age | Nicolae Secáreanu | Ettore Gaipa |
| princess | Aimée Iacobescu | Ingrid Rentsch |
| One-legged | Paul Sbrentea | Nico Turoff |
| Postmaster | Dinú Vsile | Walter Wickenhauser |
criticism
The contemporary criticism complained that the film relies too much "on the effect of the (beautiful) picture, on the - expected - charisma of Dean Reed", but does without a more in-depth characterization of the good-for-nothing.
The lexicon of international films described the film as "[d] ramaturgically awkward, theatrical in some cases below average" and a work "without a feel for the atmosphere and the meaning of the original."
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 48-49 .
Web links
- The life of a ne'er-do in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- From the life of a good- for- nothing at filmportal.de
- From the life of a good- for- nothing at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bert Kirfel in: Filmspiegel , No. 12, 1973.
- ↑ From the life of a good-for-nothing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 8, 2018 .