The silence in the forest (1955)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The silence in the forest |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Helmut Weiss |
| script | Helmut Weiss Peter Ostermayr |
| production | Peter Ostermayr |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera | Franz Koch |
| cut | Claus from Boro |
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The Silence in the Forest is a German homeland film from 1955 directed by Helmut Weiss . It is based on the novel of the same name by Ludwig Ganghofer from 1899.
action
Prince Heinz von Ettingen needs a break and wants to start a calmer lifestyle. He also wants to distance himself from his exalted friend Baroness Edith von Prankha. His manager Kersten therefore organizes a stay in his newly acquired hunting ground in the Salzburg mountains. So he travels there under a false name Wendhaus, only accompanied by his conceited and devious servant Martin. Here he spends the time in the house of the hunt manager together with three unmarried hunting assistants.
Von Ettringen met the young painter Lo Petri on his forays out into the fields, who appeared out of the mist of the morning sun like a fairy riding a donkey. From then on it happened to him and he spends as much time as possible with her and her younger brother Gustl. The two live in a small log cabin by the lake, and Lo devotes himself to landscape painting .
The hunting assistant Mazegger also has an eye on Lo; However, she has no interest in him and gives him to understand this several times. Mazegger is then transferred to another hunting ground, but neglects his work there and jealously watches the two on their forays through the mountains. This ultimately leads to his dismissal from the service of the prince.
The servant Martin reveals the Prince's whereabouts to the Baroness von Prankha. This then appears promptly in the hunting lodge and explains Lo about the true identity of her admirer; she also pretends to be the prince's fiancée. Deeply sad and disappointed by Ettingens' behavior, Lo withdraws.
During the night Mazegger penetrates Los hut, furious with jealousy. Lo finally brings him to his senses in a final debate and he pulls away in frustration. The next morning Lo and her brother want to leave for good in order to come to terms with himself and von Ettingen. This comes before her, observed by Mazegger, who has gone mad, and tries to persuade Lo to stay. Mazegger tries to shoot von Ettingen, but fails and instead sets a forest fire .
Von Ettingen and Lo escape to the rock walls where Lo has an accident; the arsonist loses his life in his own fire. Recovered, the prince and the painter confess their mutual love.
Production notes
The film was produced in the Bavaria Film studio in Geiselgasteig. The outdoor shots were taken in Munich, on the Hintersee and on the Sella Pass . The world premiere took place on September 5, 1955 in Karlsruhe.
Reviews
- film-dienst : "Filming of the Ganghofer novel of the same name about the love of a prince for a bourgeois painter - this time in color and in the varnished kitsch style of the homeland film of the post-war period."
- Evangelical film observer : "Atmospheric and colorful photos of mountains, forests and lakes cannot hide the fact that in this Ganghofer film adaptation the cliché of the bad German Heimatfilm won."
literature
- Ludwig Ganghofer: The silence in the forest. Historical novel. Edited and new edition by Stefan Murr . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-77028-5
Web links
- The silence of the forest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The silence in the forest at filmportal.de
- The silence in the forest at film.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 557
- ↑ The silence in the forest. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 812/1955