The secret of the Marcellino
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The secret of the Marcellino |
| Original title | Marcelino, pan y vino |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK from 6 |
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| Director | Ladislao Vajda |
| script | Ladislao Vajda, José María Sánchez-Silva |
| music | Pablo Skrozábal |
| camera | Enrique Guerner |
| cut | Julio Peña |
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The Secret of Marcellino is a Spanish film by director Ladislao Vajda from 1955. The film is based on the novel Marcelino, pan y vino by the Spanish author José María Sánchez-Silva (1911–2002).
action
The main story of the film is told in a flashback by a monk to a dying girl.
It is about the boy Marcellino, who is placed on the steps of a monastery as an infant . From then on, the Franciscans take care of the orphan. Marcellino is growing up to be a gorgeous, lively boy. The friars warn him to enter the attic of the monastery. But the boy's curiosity overcomes his fear. While the first attempt fails and Marcellino flees in shock, on the second attempt he recognizes a large crucifix on the wall in the attic . Since the crucified one seems hungry with emaciated cheeks, he steals bread and wine from the monastery and hands them to the statue. For Marcellino the figure of Christ comes to life: She accepts bread and wine from the boy (alluding to the Eucharistic gifts of bread and wine ) and instructs him in the Christian religion. From now on Marcellino regularly comes to the attic, for which he always steals some bread and wine. The monks notice that there are no food items and search for where to find them. During one of his visits, Marcellino appears depressed: He desperately wishes to see his obviously deceased mother and the mother of Jesus Christ, Mary . The crucified one then takes Marcellino in his arms and tells the boy to sleep. The boy dies happily in the arms of the statue. - The Franciscans are on the trail of the missing food and see through the slats of the attic a heavenly glow around the lifeless body of Marcellino.
Historical references
The story takes place shortly after the War of Independence (1809-1814) in Spain, which is remembered in the frame narration by an off-speaker . The viewer felt reminded of the situation in Spain in the years after the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) that people felt at the time.
effect
The film shaped the childhood memories of several generations of Spaniards and Latin Americans and was the world's most successful Spanish film to date.
criticism
The lexicon of international film describes the film as "technically rather average". The film is "told sympathetically and warmly and staged with religious tact".
Awards
- The film won two special prizes at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1955 : the prize of the Organization catholique internationale pour le cinéma (OCIC) and a prize for the child actor Pablito Calvo.
- The director Ladislao Vajda was nominated for a golden palm .
- The film won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1955 .
Name of the main character
The boy's name is Marcelino in Spanish . For the German film title in the 1950s, unlike in most other language versions (such as English : Miracle of Marcelino ), the Italian form of the name Marcellino (with double L) was used. In later broadcasts on German-language television, the actual name of the main character was sometimes used again and the title was changed accordingly.
Remake
In Italy, a remake in color was made in 1991 under the title Marcellino , which, however, had far less success than the original film.
A Mexican remake made at the end of 2010 relocates the plot to the time of the Mexican Civil War (1910–1916). The Mexican film was broadcast in German under the title Marcelino - Bread and Wine .
Animated series of the same name
Between 2000 and 2004, 52 episodes of an animated series were created by the authors Santiago Moro (Spain) and Xavier Picard (France) in a Spanish-Japanese-French co-production under the original title Marcelino, pan y vino, which is very well known in the Spanish-speaking world . The plot is only roughly borrowed from the model. The series was broadcast in Germany under the title Marcelino on the children's channel KiKA .
Web links
- Miracle of Marcelino in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rita De Grandis: Marcelino pan y vino: una película fundacional del enmascaramiento de la orfandad política. In: Alea. Estudos Neolatinos , Volume 17 (2015), Issue 2 (July / December), Rio de Janeiro 2015.
- ^ A b Rosa Maria Pereda: Pablo Calvo: "" Marcelino, pan y vino "no era una película ideológica". In: El País , June 23, 1979, accessed June 9, 2017.
- ↑ The Secret of Marcellino in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on August 16, 2009
- ^ Festival de Cannes: The Miracle of Marcelino . Retrieved August 16, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.zeichentrickserien.de/marcelin.htm