The edelweiss king (1957)
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| Original title | The edelweiss king |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav Ucicky |
| script | Gerhard Menzel |
| production | Peter Ostermayr -Film KG, Munich |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera | Franz Koch |
| cut | Claus from Boro |
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The Edelweißkönig is a German homeland film by Gustav Ucicky from 1957. After 1919 and 1938 it was the third film adaptation of the novel Edelweißkönig by Ludwig Ganghofer .
action
Ferdl saves himself on the run from the police to his older brother Jörg. The common sister Hanni committed suicide in Munich five months pregnant in the Isar. The child's father, a count, was Hanni's lover. After Ferdl brought him the personal remains and a letter of Hannis shortly after her death and told him that Hanni was pregnant, he asked him whether he - the count - had been the father. Ferdl then hit him in the affect, so that the count fell and died. Ferdl is now wanted for murder, even if it soon becomes clear that the count survived seriously injured.
Jörg initially hides Ferdl in his house and wants to help him escape across the nearby border. Shortly before the border, however, Ferdl is surprised by the border police and falls into a raging mountain river on his escape. He is considered dead, but injured he can save himself again to Jörg. He hides him in a mountain cave, where he is regularly looked after by Jörg and also by his young relative Veverl. Ferdl and Veverl fall in love.
The local police suspect that Ferdl is still alive. Police sergeant Wimmer continually destroys the privacy of Jörg's family - the activity culminates in a house search warrant, in which Ferdl's blood-stained jacket and Jörg's correspondence with a real estate agent are found. Jörg wants to emigrate to America against his wife's wishes, as he can no longer live in the area.
Since Jörg refuses to sign the house search protocol and ignores summons from Munich, he is finally arrested and transferred to Munich. Ferdl, who had wanted to face the police for a long time, but was always prevented from doing so by Jörg, now faces the police. Together with Jörg he learns that the count, who has since recovered, will not bring charges against Ferdl. He was uncomfortable with the question at the time whether he was the father of Hannerl's child, because he knew the positive answer. He also stated that it was not Ferdl's blow, but his subsequent unfortunate fall that was the reason for his serious injury. Jörg and Ferdl leave the police station as free people and return to their village. Ferdl rushes to Veverl, who has already been waiting for him, and they both embrace.
production
The film was shot in the Bavaria-Filmatelier Munich-Geiselgasteig and in Berchtesgadener Land, among others. Carl L. Kirmse and Willi Horn created the buildings, production management was in the hands of Ottmar Ostermayr .
The film premiered on September 6, 1957 in the Apollo in Düsseldorf . It ran on television for the first time on January 14, 1967 on ZDF .
criticism
The lexicon of international films said that the edelweiss king was “not a sweet homeland film, but folk entertainment with respectable performance”.
Web links
- The Edelweiss king in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The edelweiss king at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 2. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 793.