The Bagnostrafling (1949)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Bagno convict |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav Fröhlich |
| script | Gustav Fröhlich |
| production | Young Film Union Rolf Meyer , Hamburg |
| music | Werner Eisbrenner |
| camera | Igor Oberberg |
| cut | Martha Dübber |
| occupation | |
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Der Bagnosträfling is a German feature film from 1949 by Gustav Fröhlich with Paul Dahlke in the title role. The story was based on the motifs of Honoré de Balzac .
action
France, in the late Napoleonic era. Robert de Troissaules and his younger brother Pierre are of aristocratic origin and yet fundamentally different in character. France suffered a heavy defeat in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, and since then the domestic troops have only been in retreat. In these times of political turmoil, Robert raided a gold transport destined for the National Bank of France. The coup succeeds, but Robert's own wife Cyprienne, who loves Robert's brother Pierre, betrays her husband to the police, who soon arrest Robert and put him in chains. His sentence is 15 years. The criminal is deported as a so-called Bagno convict and one day even pronounced dead. While Robert ekes out a miserable existence, brother Pierre makes a career in state power and rises to the position of police prefect.
One day another raid is carried out on the Bank of France and Pierre immediately assumes that it could only be his brother. In fact, in the meantime Robert has escaped from the Bagno. Soon after, his mother even got her misguided elder to pardon her. In fact, Robert has returned to Paris and, having committed the attack, covered his tracks and directed him to the law-abiding Pierre. But he is not ready to stand up for the wickedness of his big brother and sets a trap for him. In the house of both mother Eugénie, the Marquise de Troissaules, Robert is caught and arrested. Now Cyprienne is finally free for Pierre too, and both can plan their future together.
Production notes
The Bagnosträfling was created in June / July 1949 as one of the first major West German productions in the Bendestorf film studio , in Bendestorf and in Buxtehude, and was premiered on August 26, 1949 in Göttingen .
Helmuth Volmer worked as production manager. Franz Schroedter designed the complex film structures, Theo Zwierski assisted him. Heinrich Beisenherz worked as a painter. The trio of architects created u. a. on the outskirts of Bendestorf an entire Parisian street backdrop. Margot Ütvar designed the costumes. Martin Müller ensured the good tone.
Reviews
In Der Spiegel it was to be read: “All the ingredients for a real adventure film are supplied free of charge from world literature: raids on the gold of the Bank of France, scenes of persecution in underground Paris. Poisoning and Bagnoqualen. Besides the Napoleonic Parisian Wild West romanticism, there are strong soul effects. From Käthe Dorsch as a mother, a stream of humanity enters the parquet. The handkerchief consumption is considerable. "
At the premiere of the film, Zeit located "exciting atmosphere of the underworld, poisoning, sentimental family happiness ..."
"Elaborate, somewhat awkwardly told adventure film."
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Bagnosträfling in geschichte-projekte-hannover.de
- ↑ Critique in Der Spiegel from September 29, 1949
- ↑ The time 39/1949
- ↑ Der Bagnosträfling in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on June 19, 2019
Web links
- The Bagnosträfling in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Bagnostrafling at filmportal.de