The blue light (2010)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | the blue light |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carsten Fiebeler |
| script |
Anja Kömmerling , Thomas Brinx |
| production |
Ingelore König Jörg Tinkl Patricia Vasapollo |
| music | Enjott Schneider |
| camera | Tom Jeffers |
| cut | Ulrike Hano |
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The blue light is a German fairy tale film by Carsten Fiebeler from 2010 . The film adaptation of the fairy tale The Blue Light after the Brothers Grimm was produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk and Kinderfilm in the ARD series “ Six at a stroke ”. The leading roles are starring Christoph Letkowski , Veronica Ferres and Marleen Lohse alongside Christian Tramitz and Reiner Schöne .
action
The soldier Jacob did not receive any wages from his king; the ruler merely gave his brave men a worthless medal. Wandering through the forest hungry, Jakob is lured into a forest house by the smell of soup. The resident of the house, a witch, lets him eat and drink and offers him a place to sleep if he helps her a little. She also takes care of his wounds from his last war mission. She acts very kindly and hides her actually ugly witch face to deceive him. Little does he know that if he eats her soup for three days he will have to stay with her forever. But he seems to feel something and wants to move on on the second day. The witch asks Jakob one last favor before he leaves, he should get her a “blue light” from a dried up well. Jakob complies with her request, but does not want to hand over the light to her until he has both feet firmly on the ground again. Angry, the witch, who is now showing her true, ugly face, pushes Jakob back into the well. A little desperate - so alone in the deep well - he lights his pipe with the lamp. The servant of the lamp appears unexpectedly and offers Jacob his services. First, Jakob lets himself be freed from the well and gets to the witch's treasure. Jacob with delight asks his new servant for fresh clothes and food. Before he knows it, he finds himself at a richly laid table and his servant familiarizes him with some rules on how a fine gentleman should behave.
Jacob is sure that with the help of his servant he will still get the wages due to him from the king and that he will also be able to teach him a lesson. He rents himself in the best inn near the castle and asks the servant of the lamp to bring him the king's most valuable treasure. He promptly appears that night with the king's daughter, which Jacob really didn't expect. Undecided what to do with the princess, he goes for a walk with her. After the initial surprise, Princess Augustine is quite taken with the idea. She can feel the grass under her feet, hear the frogs croak and enjoy the fresh air. She likes this lightheartedness and wants Jakob to let her wake her up the next night.
The king, meanwhile, is amazed at his daughter's good mood and spies on her. So he finds out that Princess Augustine has "messed with the village rabble". In return, however, the princess also remarks that her father is not being honest with her and that her upcoming wedding with the prince of the neighboring kingdom should only serve to increase his power.
When the king finds his daughter with Jacob, he immediately puts him in dungeon. The very next day he is to be executed and Augustine is to be married to the prince. Jacob asks the king to grant him one last wish. He wants to be able to light one last pipe. This is granted to him and the servant appears with the light, who frees him as desired and punishes all who want his master evil. So Jacob finally chases the prince away and sends the king to the witch. Jakob and Augustine have his servant send him to Venice.
Production notes, publication
The shooting extended from June 15 to July 6, 2010. The shooting locations were Schloss Fasanerie near Fulda and the Hessenpark open-air museum . The film was released on November 16, 2010 as part of the “6 in one stroke” series on DVD, published by Telepool (Distribution EuroVideo Medien GmbH); it was first broadcast on television on December 25, 2010. The film was shown in advance on November 7, 2010 in a limited edition during the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck . It was also published in Russia in April 2012, in Japan in May 2013 and in Belgium in November 2017, and it was also published in France, Hungary, the Netherlands and Poland.
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv said: The “brisk” fairy tale “is a successful combination of original situations and dialog jokes. And there was a lot to do for the makeup artists. "
The editorial team of TV Spielfilm showed the "thumbs up" and wrote: "A bit trashy, but humorous."
Web links
- The blue light in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The blue light in the online film database
- The blue light . Märchenfilm, Germany 2010, In: Märchenfilm-Archiv von ARD / RBB , accessed on February 26, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The blue light Fig. DVD case "6 in one go"
- ↑ “The Blue Light” was filmed in fairytale locations in the Fasanerie Fulda and in the Hessenpark (Taunus). at rbb-online.de, accessed on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Ferres, Letkowski, Lohse, Tramitz and the great fun of playing in a fairy tale, film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ TV Spielfilm : Das Blaue Licht (2010) Film review at TV-Spielfilm.de, accessed on February 15, 2017.
