The happy village
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The happy village |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Schündler |
| script | Gustav Kampendonk |
| production | Kurt Ulrich |
| music | Willy Mattes |
| camera | Bruno Mondi |
| cut | Margarete Steinborn |
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The cheerful village is a German film comedy from the peasant milieu of 1955. Directed by Rudolf Schündler play Hannelore Bollmann , Carl Hinrichs , Gardy Granass and Gerhard Riedmann the leading roles. The film is based on the stage fluctuation Krach um Jolanthe (1930) by August Hinrichs .
action
In the countryside in Oldenburg: the sturdy farmer Krischan Lamken still owes his father the state some taxes, which he is unwilling to pay out of stubbornness. Therefore, the bailiff Jeschke is now sent to him by the state to confiscate Krischan's magnificent pig Jolanthe so that it can later be sold to the highest bidder in a foreclosure auction. This does not fit Krischan's business at all, and the farmer is now trying all sorts of clever tricks to prevent the unwanted auction. The cheerful village community is ready to help their fellow citizen Lamken as far as possible in this matter. Therefore, none of their bids and also prevents other bidders from the surrounding area from joining the auction. With a heavy heart, Krischan Lamken decides to slaughter his Jolanthe so that the pig can no longer be seized.
Another worry that worries the old crosshead has to do with Krischan's daughter Anna. The young woman has fallen in love with the village teacher Walter Meiners, which does not suit the old crosshead. Anna has meanwhile become active on her own in the Jolanthe affair and drove to the next district town during a village festival to settle her father's tax debt, which nobody knows. After all sorts of confusion, it turns out that the magnificent pig was not slaughtered at all: the farmer-smart miller Gerd Bunjes had painted Jolanthe with some stains and thus saved her from persecution. Instead, he slaughtered one of his sows, which is now happily eaten at the village festival. Finally, the general happy ending is joined by the news that Anna and Bunjes' sister Sophie have each looked for and found their boy of love.
Production notes
The shooting took place in the film studios of Berlin-Tempelhof and Bendestorf . External shoots led to Ohldorf in the Lüneburg Heath. The premiere was on September 16, 1955 in Hanover, the Berlin premiere took place on May 25, 1956.
Heinz Willeg took over production management, Hanns H. Kuhnert designed the film structures that Peter Schlewski carried out. The costumes come from Walter Salemann.
Further films
The material was first filmed in 1934 by Carl Froelich under the original title Krach um Jolanthe . Also , this cheerful village received as a Second Title crash to Iolanta . Another film adaptation came in the Swedish cinemas in 1945 under the title Jolanta, the gäckanda suggan .
criticism
At Filmdienst it says: “Weak remake of the old stage and film swank (1934, director: Carl Froelich), in which cheerful coarseness is confused with naughtiness. Interesting in film history as the first German Cinemascope color film. "
Individual proof
- ↑ The happy village. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 1, 2019 .
Web links
- The cheerful village in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The happy village at filmportal.de