The Hunter of Fall (1957)

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Movie
Original title The hunter of fall
The Hunter of Fall 1957 Logo 001.svg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1957
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Gustav Ucicky
script Peter Ostermayr
production Peter Ostermayr-Film KG
music Giuseppe Becce
camera Franz Koch
cut Claus from Boro
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Der Jäger von Fall is a German homeland film by Gustav Ucicky . The film, shot in 1956, premiered on January 11, 1957 in the Apollo in Düsseldorf . After 1918, 1926 and 1936 it was the fourth film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ludwig Ganghofer . The title role of the hunter Friedl is occupied by Rudolf Lenz , that of the dairywoman Marei with Traute Wassler and that of the poacher Blasi with Erwin Strahl .

action

Dairy girl Marei stands between two men: Blasi is the father of her illegitimate little son, but a poacher . She no longer notices anything of his love for her, rather her alpine hut increasingly serves him as a hiding place from the hunters . Jäger Friedl, on the other hand, has loved Marei for a long time, but is at the same time an opponent of Blasi, whom he wants to put an end to. Marei turns a blind eye to Blasi's Tunes and believes that the poachers only want to hunt freely in nature. Marei only learns that they are shooting young animals at random when Friedl is looking for such a masked poacher who has nine nails on the soles of his shoes - and Blasi wears such shoes. Blasi and the other poachers, however, cannot be caught by Friedl.

Blasi appears at Marei's and has her sign a document that renounces the paternity of their son. She is appalled by his cold-bloodedness and also that he wants to marry another woman for the sake of his father. Friedl can convince her to take care of her son with his mother, since the boy has so far grown up in a home.

On the day of his wedding, Blasi steals away from his party in order to secretly organize a drive hunt with other poachers . Together, numerous poachers round up the game, shoot it at random and transport the dead animals on a raft. They are stopped by the alerted hunters, but Blasi has already fled at this point. He shoots Friedl, who is on his trail. Then he fled to Marei. Her little son is with her, whom Friedl had brought her to the alpine pasture shortly before. Against her will, Blasi hides in her hut. When Friedl comes to the hut, Marei lies that Blasi is not with her. She has already secretly taken the cartridges from Blasi's rifle, so that when he threatens the surprised Friedl with the gun, he cannot fire a shot. When Friedl wants to shoot Blasi again, Marei throws herself in his arms to save the father of her child - Blasi is able to flee. Friedl believes that Marei chose Blasi and goes back to the valley with her son forever. During the descent, he barely escapes an attack by Blasis, who crashes a boulder on him, but just misses Friedl and Marei's son.

Marei and Friedl avoid each other, but it is difficult for them. Friedl's friend Dr. Harlander and Marei's relative Lenzl manage to reconcile the two. The wedding is scheduled. One night the hunters are on the heels of Blasi, who wants to hide again in Marei's alpine hut. Since Lenzl, who lives with Marei, manages to escape from the hut, Blasi suspects that he will betray him and wants to get his rifle. Lenzl, on the other hand, reveals to the hunters the place where Blasi always hides his rifle. In order to get to the hiding place, Blasi has to go over the bridge of a ravine . There, finally, two hunters and Lenzl intercept him. Blasi is stabbed to death in a scuffle.

A little later the splendid wedding of Friedl and Marei takes place.

Production, publication

The film was shot in Berchtesgaden and at the foot of the Upper Bavarian Watzmann West Face.

The hunter von Fall was shown for the first time on July 26, 1970 in the ZDF program on television.

It was the fourth film adaptation and the first color film of the Ganghofer novel of the same name. Paul Richter , who took on the main role of the hunter Friedl in the film adaptation from 1936, is here in the supporting role of Dr. See Harlander.

The set of the film is timeless, so that one cannot tell in which decade of the 20th century the action takes place. For example, not a single car is shown.

The film was part of the "Heimatkanal Jubilee Edition", which was published on October 14, 2016 by the provider Filmjuwelen (Alive AG). On February 6, 2015, the film was then part of the collection box with three film adaptations of the hunter von Fall , published by filmjuwelen (Alive AG).

criticism

The lexicon of international film found: "Comparatively appealing, dramatic homeland film".

Cinema said that the Heimatfilm, which was filmed "entirely in the style of the good 1950s", was nevertheless "solidly made and not without charm as an exemplary cinema of this time".

In his summary, the Protestant film observer came to the following conclusion: “Heimatfilm based on the Ganghofer model, well designed and neatly played. A criminal act turns it into exciting and good entertainment. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Der Jäger von Fall - Ludwig Ganghofer's popular novel filmed again sS filmreporter.de
  2. Heimatkanal Jubilee Box Fig. Cover Filmjuwelen, ten films
  3. Ludwig Ganghofer. The film adaptations: The Hunter of Fall. All three film versions 1936 ~ 1957 ~ 1974 Fig. Cover collection box
  4. The Hunter of Fall. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 10, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. The hunter of Fall See cinema.de
  6. Der Jäger von Fall , Critique No. 58/1957