Chang (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Chang |
| Original title | Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1927 |
| length | 55 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| script | Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack Achmed Abdullah (subtitles) |
| production | Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| music | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| camera | Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Chang is an American semi-documentary adventure film from 1927. The word Chang in the title of this silent film is the Thai word for elephant .
action
Kru lives with his family in the jungles of Siam . The family, which includes Kru's wife Chantui, his son Nah, and his daughter Ladah, grow rice. The wild animals of the jungle attack them. The family goat is attacked by a leopard. The water buffalo, which the family keeps to help them grow rice and harvest, is torn down by a tiger.
Together with other farmers in the area, Kru organized a group of warriors to repel attacks by the predators. A giant tiger is killed by the group. A herd of elephants destroys Krus' rice plantation and the neighboring village. A hunt for the elephants is organized. The animals are penned up and tamed. Kru returns to his plantation, rebuilds his house and lives the dangerous life on.
criticism
The lexicon of international film speaks of an "exciting and carefully structured story".
Mordaunt Hall from the New York Times praised the lively and exciting concept. The film is an unusual piece of work with a clever set up.
The Variety found the film to be more exciting than other films of its kind.
The BBC wrote that Cooper and Schoedsack operate on the following criteria: distance, difficulty and danger. All three criteria are followed in the film.
Awards
At the first Academy Awards in 1929 , the film was nominated for the Oscar for best artistic production .
background
The premiere took place on April 29, 1927 in New York. In Germany, the film was first released in 1927 by Parufamet and, after the war, on March 22, 1993 as part of a TV premiere on the third WDR program .
The film was shot on original locations in Thailand. The actors were local farmers.
The elephants were owned by the then King of Siam and were rented for filming. The jungle animals were filmed free running, which was a constant source of danger for the film crew and the villagers.
Web links
- Chang in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chang. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Review of the New York Times (English)
- ↑ criticism of Variety (English) ( Memento of 5 March 2016 Internet Archive )
- ↑ BBC review (English)
- ↑ Chang. In: Turner Classic Movies . Accessed April 11, 2019 .
- ^ Kai Nowak: Projections of Morality: Film Scandals in the Weimar Republic . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8353-1703-1 , p. 236 , footnote 234 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 11, 2019]).
- ^ Bret Wood: Chang (1927). Turner Classic Movies , accessed April 11, 2019 .