Bravo, little Thomas
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| Original title | Bravo, little Thomas |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 70 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Johannes Fethke |
| script | Odo Krohmann |
| production | Fred Lyssa for Bavaria Filmkunst GmbH |
| music | Oskar Wagner |
| camera | Wenzel Hanusch |
| cut | Lena Neumann |
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Bravo, little Thomas is a children's film by the director Jan "Johannes" Fethke from 1944. In the main role , Hans Töller plays little Thomas, who seems to be unlucky in his childhood until he is celebrated as the hero of the day by a rescue operation to fall back into his old role as a constant unlucky person.
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Thomas is always unlucky. As the smallest in the youth group, he is never taken seriously anyway and he accidentally scores an own goal at a crucial football game. But when the game is over, luck would have it that little Monika falls into a river and threatens to drown. Nobody has the courage to help her. But now Thomas' hour has come: he is the only one who has the courage to jump into the waters and pull them ashore. He is celebrated for this heroic deed and, out of sheer pride, his father gives him his own soccer ball.
However, this means bad luck for Thomas again, because he uses his ball in the next game and it does not end up in the opposing goal, as it would be desirable, but in the shop window of the baker Knoll. He announces that he will not hand over the ball until his disc has been paid for. The youth group gets the total cost of 36 marks with wit and ingenuity. Thomas also comes up with a way to pay his share of the sum. However, due to an unfortunate circumstance, he loses his money. In order not to be the only one without a share in front of the assembled team, he steals the money from Knoll's cash register. However, this does not go undetected and thus Thomas remains true to his line of always having bad luck.
Production notes
Shooting began on October 1, 1943 and ended at the beginning of January 1944. The shooting took place in the Hostiwar studios near Prague . The production cost was around RM 900,000 . Oskar Wagner's music was played by the Nazi Reich Symphony Orchestra, and the choir of the Munich State Opera sang . Heinrich Weidemann designed the film structures , the costumes were made by Hildegard Chmilon-Bornkessel. Bravo, little Thomas , the film was censored on August 15, 1944.
As part of the general name Germanization in the late phase of the Third Reich, the Czech Václav Hanuš had to call himself "Wenzel Hanusch". The Silesian director Fethke also had to change his first name from "Jan" to "Johannes", which appeared Slavic to the Nazi cultural authorities.
Release dates and different film titles
Bravo, little Thomas was premiered on February 28, 1945 in Munich . In Austria it was released in cinemas under its actual working title Young Blood .
FSK exam
The FSK reviewed the film on September 3, 1954 and recommended an age limit of 6 years and over. In addition, the film was given the attribute suitable for young people / promoting young people .
Reviews
"A simple, appealing children's film about fairness and camaraderie with a clear educational tendency."
“... this film contained educational elements: community values, comradeship, sporting skills, willingness to make sacrifices, even heroism. And all of this with an exciting storyline, with economical dialogues. "
See also
Web links
- Bravo, little Thomas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme, 13th year 1944/45, Berlin 2002, 003.45, p. 127
- ↑ Bravo, little Thomas (1945) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Bravo, little Thomas. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Bravo, little Thomas. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938–1945. A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 593