The Little Ghost (2013)
Das kleine Gespenst , in Switzerland S'Chline Gspangst , is a feature film in a German-Swiss co-production by Claussen + Wöbke + Putz Filmproduktion and distributed by Universum Film in 2013. It is based on the children's book Das kleine Gespenst by Otfried Preußler and was published in two language versions: German and Swiss German . The film had its German premiere on October 14, 2013 at the Schlingel International Film Festival in Chemnitz .
The Swiss dialect version was released in German-speaking Switzerland on September 26, 2013 . The cinema release in Germany was on November 7th, 2013. The German-language DVD and Blu-ray appeared on April 11th, 2014.
action
The little ghost lives with his best friend, the eagle owl Schuhu, at Eulenstein Castle in the town of Eulenberg. While it sleeps in a chest in the attic of the castle during the day , it wakes up punctually at midnight at the witching hour and haunts the castle.
With a bunch of 13 keys, the little ghost can simply shake it to open anything it wants, doors, windows or chests without touching it. The pictures of General Torsten Torstenson and Count Palatine Genoveva Elisabeth Barbara also come to life at night.
The little ghost's dearest wish, however, is to see the world in daylight.
While a school class is on a night hike, Karl sees the little ghost. However, nobody wants to believe what he has experienced, not even his friends Marie and Hannes. In addition, Karl is suspected of stealing General Torstenson's valuable historical pocket watch .
One day the little ghost doesn't actually wake up at night, but at midday on a bright day.
Full of enthusiasm it explores the world in daylight and is happy about the bright colors. However, it turns black when exposed to a sunbeam.
The residents of Eulenberg are afraid of the little ghost who, as “the black stranger”, causes a lot of mischief and causes a corresponding excitement.
Finally, the little ghost turns the historical festival for the 375th anniversary of the siege of the city by the Swedes into chaos , because it believes Torsten Torstenson, whom it drove away at the time, has returned.
Karl has to prove his innocence in the disappearance of the pocket watch and at the same time save the little ghost with his two friends and the help of the eagle owl. They ask the master clockmaker to set the wrongly placed town hall clock , which the ghost must obey, from noon to midnight.
After that, the little ghost actually wakes up in the night and can return to the owl in the castle. The children happily watch the little ghost and are happy that they were able to help him.
When it is hit by the moonlight , it turns white again.
production
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After searching for locations in Franconia and North Rhine-Westphalia , the Thuringian Wartburg near Eisenach was originally discussed for the shooting of the film . However, the decision was then made for Wernigerode Castle and Quedlinburg in the Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt , as the urban environment was more suitable. There, and also in the Eisbach Studios in Munich , the film was shot from June 18 to August 8, 2012. Since the child actors were allowed to work a maximum of three hours a day, more shooting days had to be planned.
The digital post-production of the film took a whole year, as the little ghost had to be added to almost every scene afterwards. This is an animation based on Anna Thalbach's face. However, the actress was never on the set herself . The speaking scenes of the eagle owl Schuhu, represented by a trained eagle owl, also had to be digitally reworked. The Quedlinburg town hall has a tower with a clock in the film , which was recreated in the studio and also added digitally.
While the shooting in Wernigerode mostly took place at the castle, in Quedlinburg the locations were the market in front of the town hall, in the town hall, in the Neustädter Kirchhof, in the Schuhhof, Mummental, Stieg and in the hell.
The production was in the hands of Claussen + Wöbke + Putz Filmproduktion in cooperation with Zodiak Pictures Ltd, Universum Film, BA Produktion, the Second German Television , Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) and Teleclub AG. The film was funded by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern , the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the Filmförderungsanstalt , the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media , the Kuratorium Junge deutscher Film , the German Filmförderfonds , MEDIA Development, the Federal Office for Culture and the Zürcher Filmstiftung . The production costs amounted to about seven million euros.
For director Alain Gsponer it was the first children's film, and for producer Jakob Claussen it was the second real-life adaptation of an original by Otfried Preußler after Krabat .
As part of the production, the company financed the repair of the tower clock of Wernigerode Castle, which had been defective for more than a decade.
It was planned that the film premiere should be celebrated together with the 90th birthday of the book author Otfried Preußler. However, he died on February 18, 2013. He was able to accept the design of the little ghost before his death.
speaker
The main character Das kleine Gespenst was spoken by Anna Thalbach in the High German version and by Nadja Sieger in the Swiss German version . Uhu Schuhu was spoken by Wolfgang Hess and Emil Steinberger .
Prices
The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the rating “valuable”. At the Schlingel International Film Festival in Chemnitz , Das kleine Gespenst received the Audience Award and at the Gijón International Film Festival the film won the prize for the best film with an FSK under 12 in the Enfant Terribles category.
Reviews
"Alain Gsponer's real-life adaptation, which was made in picturesque Quedlinburg, is a turbulent joke for elementary school students despite the length."
“Real film adaptation of the classic children's book by Otfried Preußler (1966) as a lovable, nostalgic children's game ... The gentle, sympathetic fantasy plays nicely with the theme of time and is just as much a match for the child's enjoyment of trick magic as it is for age-appropriate handling of courage, sincerity and Civil courage. "
"A timeless movie fairy tale for children of kindergarten and primary school age."
"'Das kleine Gespenst' is a somewhat old-fashioned but lovable film adaptation of the classic children's book by Otfried Preußler, which is particularly impressive due to the successful combination of beautiful historical backdrops with the excellent computer animation of the lively title hero."
“S'chline Gspangst is cute, no question about it. If you want to go to the cinema with small kids, you can't go wrong here. However, the film clearly lacks pep and humor. Warm and friendly alone is not enough. "
literature
- Otfried Preußler , Franz Josef Tripp (Illustrator): Das kleine Gespenst , 52nd edition, Thienemann , Stuttgart / Vienna 2011 (first edition 1966), ISBN 3-522-11080-3 .
- The little ghost - film booklet with materials for school and extracurricular education. Universum Film, Vision Kino, October 2013, online ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF document; 1.7 MB)
Web links
- The little ghost , website for the film
- The little ghost in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The little ghost on Cinema.de (with film images)
- The little ghost on filmstadt-quedlinburg.de
- Film set for Wernigerode Castle
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Schlingel Children's Film Festival begins with a world premiere. Focus Online from October 14, 2013, online
- ↑ a b c Oliver Schlicht: Spooky: On the set, balls roll around the corner. Volksstimme from June 21, 2012 online
- ↑ a b # x5D; = 38 & cHash = 3ad0c351c8bf249a7b01d7c0a65244c0 Press release ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the HODAM production on August 4, 2012
- ↑ The little ghost on filmportal.de
- ↑ a b ZDF filmed the classic children's book "Das kleine Gespenst" / cinema co-production with Uwe Ochsenknecht and Herbert Knaup. , ZDF press release from June 19, 2012
- ↑ a b Franziska Ellrich: The little ghost flies through the Harz. Volksstimme from November 7, 2013 online
- ↑ Anna Thalbach is happy about “Das kleine Gespenst”. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from November 6, 2013, online
- ↑ a b Spukspaß also takes place in Quedlinburg. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from November 6, 2013, online
- ↑ a b Walli Müller: The little ghost. ( Memento from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on Bavaria 3
- ↑ a b c d Haunted town hall clock. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from November 7, 2013, online
- ↑ The little ghost. Universum Film press release of July 16, 2012, online (PDF document; 170 kB)
- ↑ Julia Angelov: Wernigerode clockmakers make rare timepieces tick in the castle. In: Volksstimme . September 27, 2012, accessed December 23, 2013 .
- ↑ The Little Ghost , German Film and Media Rating (FBW)
- ↑ Press releases from Universum Film from October 22nd and November 25th 2013
- ↑ The little ghost on Cinema.de
- ↑ Horst Peter Koll: The little ghost. FILM SERVICE 24/2013
- ↑ Andreas Staben: The little ghost. on movie releases
- ↑ The little ghost. on OutNow.ch
