The Forester (1945)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The hereditary forester |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1945 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alois J. Lippl |
| script | Hjalmar Frieze |
| production | Fritz Klotzsch (production group) |
| music | Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
| camera | Walter Rosskopf |
| cut | Hans Heinrich |
| occupation | |
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Der Erbförster is a German Heimatfilm made in 1943 based on the stage drama of the same name (1850) by Otto Ludwig . Eugen Klöpfer played the title role .
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Hereditary forester Ulrich and landlord Konrad Steinbach have been close friends for a long time. One day this friendship is put to a severe test when old Steinbach is forced to have his forest cut down due to financial hardship. This decision is made more difficult by the fact that the landlord once promised the forester when he was setting up a sawmill that he would never have the forest that Ulrich was tending to be cut down radically. But the loan that Steinbach once held for the construction of Director Borgmann's sawmill is now to be terminated. Behind Steinbach's back, his secretary Möller has allied himself with the banker, because they are hoping for timber prices to rise soon, which promise a great deal. Hereditary forester Ulrich, who sees clearing as a crime against nature, opposes this plan with all his might and does not give the promise he needs. Then the landlord Steinbach obtained his dismissal and hoped to finally have a free run. The hereditary forester, bitter, retreats to a small hunting lodge with his dog.
When the adjacent dam breaks as a result of a violent explosion and Ulrich is spotted nearby, he is immediately suspected, even though he has just rescued a little girl from the floods. The masses of water sweep away the sawmill and the workers employed there are suddenly unemployed. A mob furiously turns against the old forester who is accused of sabotage. Ulrich, who is currently on the trail of a poacher, is spotted by the workers with a gun in the forest and accused by them of threatening them with a gun. Before the mood turns violent, Steinbach's son Robert, who is engaged to Thea, the daughter of the hereditary forester, intervenes. He prevents a possible lynching and can hold back the angry mob. In his search for the future father-in-law, Robert now comes face to face with the poacher's gun. When he shoots, the old hereditary forester throws himself in between and is hit by the bullet and seriously wounded. The gnarled mountain farmer Frei is the culprit, and he admits that he was also responsible for the unintentional blowing up of the dam during the predatory fishing. On Ulrich's deathbed, Ulrich reconciles with his old friend Steinbach.
Production notes
The shooting of Der Erbförster began on May 26, 1943 with studio recordings. The outdoor shots, which were filmed in Passau and the surrounding area, were made from mid-June to the end of July 1943. The end of shooting was presumably August of the same year. It was not until December 7, 1944, that the strip was submitted to the censors. In April 1945, just before the end of the war, “Der Erbförster” found its way into German cinemas. This made this Heimatfilm, together with Via Mala , another Heimatfilm drama (which, however, was not generally approved, but only shown to an extremely small group), and the film Die Brüder Noltenius, one of the last world premieres of a German film in the Third Reich. After the war, the strip only ran in Austria. It was premiered here on May 20, 1953.
Tobis production group leader Fritz Klotzsch also took over production management, Walter Lehmann was production manager. Hans Grimm provided the sound , Hans Boelke created the few film structures, Friedel Towae created the costumes.
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: "An earthbound, somewhat broadly staged material with beautiful images of nature and a water sensation, whose characters [are] in good hands with the ... ensemble."
In the lexicon of international film it says: "Honest film adaptation of a play by Otto Ludwig: a homeland film without any particular artistic ambition."
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 13th year 1944/45. Berlin 2002
- ↑ Der Erbförster in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2018 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.
- ↑ The Forester. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 18, 2018 .
Web links
- The Erbförster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Forester on filmportal.de