The flower girl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The flower girl |
| Original title | 꽃 파는 처녀 Kkot panŭn ch'ŏnyŏ |
| Country of production | North Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Choe Ik-kyu , Pak Hak |
| script | Choe Ik-kyu Pak Hak |
| production | Korean Feature Film Studio, Group Paekdu-san |
| music | Song Deng-chun |
| camera |
Pak Pyong-su Ri Hi-song |
| occupation | |
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The flower girl (original title: 꽃 파는 처녀 , Kkot panŭn ch'ŏnyŏ ) is probably the most internationally famous North Korean film. It was released in 1972 and was directed by Choe Ik-kyu and Pak Hak , who also wrote the script. In the GDR, the film opened in cinemas on September 14, 1973.
action
The action takes place at the time when Korea was a colony of Japan . The 16-year-old girl Koppun sells flowers on the street in order to be able to pay for the medication for her sick mother. She believes that she has recognized the real reasons for the predicament of the individual, which should lie in the fact that Korea is incorporated into the Japanese Empire . She then joins the anti-Japanese partisan movement under Kim Il-sung to fight for independence.
criticism
The lexicon of international films judged, "The epic narrative style with strong melodramatic accents is presented with remarkable camera work and color design."
backgrounds
The film The Flower Girl enters the canon of North Korean propaganda works that dominate all genres of North Korean culture.
According to official North Korean information, the film was made under the guidance of the later North Korean head of state Kim Jong-il , who was considered a film fan.
The film won the special award at the 18th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1972.
The performer of Koppun made her debut in The Flower Girl and was awarded the title of People's Artist . In the costume of the flower girl, she was depicted on a North Korean banknote issued in 1978.
Web links
- The flower girl at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information about the film on nordkorea-info.de ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The flower girl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .