The dragon Daniel
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| Original title | The dragon Daniel |
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| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 76 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK no marking |
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| Director | Hans Kratzert |
| script | Katrin Lange |
| production | DEFA , working group "Berlin" |
| music | Reinhard Lakomy |
| camera | Eberhard Borkmann |
| cut | Brigitte Krex |
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The dragon Daniel is a contemporary fairy tale of the GDR produced by the DEFA studio for feature films ( Filmstudio Babelsberg ) and the artistic working group "Berlin". It was directed by Hans Kratzert and based on a script by Katrin Lange in 1989. The plot is largely based on the radio play "Philipp the Dragon" by Katrin Lange.
action
On a school trip, Daniel, the only son of a single doctor, discovers a cave that stimulates Daniel's lively imagination: are there dragons that live in such caves? Fräulein Sommerfeld, his teacher, of course answers this question in the negative. At the end of the day's hiking, Miss Sommerfeld explains to her class that she will not be coming back after the holidays because she wants to get married. This announcement makes Daniel sad and angry at the same time, because he loves Miss Sommerfeld more than anything, almost like a mother he no longer has. On the way home, Daniel passes the workshop of Master Mandelkow, who is an old hobbyist and collector. When Daniel discovers a freshly painted horn that looks like a bag on Master Mandelkow's window sill, he steals it. While shopping in the supermarket, Daniel blows on it and discovers that the horn can fulfill wishes. He wishes to be a dragon. The wish is granted: Daniel finds himself in the form of a dragon with claws and wings. He flies over the small town, finds Fraulein Sommerfeld and floats away with her, much to the horror of her fiancé. He flies with her into the remote forest cave. Daniel wants to live there with her seven times seven years. When the enchanted boy shows his teacher how great he can spit fire, he accidentally burns his magic horn and is now horrified: How is he supposed to change back? How should the dragon ever become Daniel Kunze again? Master Mandelkow finally knows what to do: an old knife and a spinning top, which he has also painted, can also fulfill three wishes, but they are quickly used up by the new owners. Now only the green wishing mosquito can help; half the city is looking for her. Finally you find her in a children's balloon, and now the dragon Daniel becomes the bright little blond boy with the big glasses again.
production
The script for the film was completed in January 1989. The first day of filming was April 11, 1989, last day of shooting August 21, 1989. The last working day on the film (sound mix) was November 9, 1989. The film crew shot 50 days, 16 of them in the city of Wusterhausen / Dosse Acting, 18 days of additional trick shots without an actor. Some small scenes were shot in Potsdam.
The film premiered in Karl-Marx-Stadt on April 5, 1990 .
criticism
“A straightforward, loving cinematic pleasure from director Hans Kratzert, Jens Sander as Daniel brings the right type to the screen in a relaxed manner, and the games of the other children and professionals are also quite appropriate to the requirements of the genre, which does not care much about deep logic and psychological differentiation. "
"Humorous narrated children's film with pretty tricks, which, in addition to its fantastic level, also includes the everyday world of children."
literature
- The large lexicon of DEFA feature films [the complete documentation of all DEFA feature films from 1946 to 1993] / F.-B. Habel. With contents by Renate Biehl. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000.
- Ingelore König, Dieter Wiedemann, Lothar Wolf: Between Marx and Muck. Henschelverlag, June 2008, ISBN 3-89487-234-9 .
- Hans Kratzert, Ronny Leßmann: 775 years of Wusterhausen / Dosse history and stories. Regional-Verlag Ruppin KG Pusch & Co., June 2008.
- Hans Kratzert, Jens Rübner: A second look behind the scenes. Self publication. Engelsdorfer Verlag, 2009.
Web links
- The dragon Daniel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The dragon Daniel at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unusually lively applause from many small hands for Der Drache Daniel. Klaus Maihorn, Wochenpost, Berlin, 16/1990
- ↑ The dragon Daniel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .