The man who had his hair cut short
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man who had his hair cut short |
| Original title | De man the zijn hair kort liet snap |
| Country of production | Belgium |
| original language | Dutch |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | André Delvaux |
| script |
Anna de Pagter , André Delvaux |
| production |
Paul Louyet , Jos Op de Beeck |
| music | Frédéric Devreese |
| camera | Ghislain Cloquet |
| cut | Suzanne Baron |
| occupation | |
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The man who had his hair cut short (original title: De man die zijn hair kort liet knippen ) is a Belgian fictional film in black and white from 1965 by André Delvaux . He wrote the script himself together with Anna de Pagter . It is based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Johan Daisne . The main roles are cast with Senne Rouffaer , Beata Tyszkiewicz , Hector Camerlynck and Annemarie Van Dijk . The premiere took place at the end of 1965 on Belgian television. The film was first released in France on September 5, 1966 . In Germany it had its premiere on September 21, 1970 in the ARD program .
action
Govert Miereveld, a teacher at a Belgian high school for girls, is anything but a hero, namely what is considered a hindrance in a competitive society: He is a brooder and an unsuccessful professional, someone who cannot forget, someone who takes trouble To swiftly override obstacles, even someone who, due to the distant view of his environment, cannot quite fit in everywhere.
This man has fallen in love with one of his students, but does not dare to confess his feelings to her. Fran Veerman - the girl's name - leaves school after graduation; the teacher loses sight of them. After several years - Govert Miereveld has since sagged out of lethargy over his lost love for the bailiff - the two meet again by chance. The former student confesses to having loved him too. But now it is too late: the ideal image that he made of her no longer exists. The only thing he could do for her was to put an end to her unhappy life. In fact, the man shoots them without killing them. Logically, the introverted protagonist ends up afterwards in a mental hospital, with hair clipped close and happily working as a gardener. “I lived with feelings”, he draws the resigned summary of his life, “and feelings are fragile. I have to live with thoughts now. "
criticism
The lexicon of international film draws the following conclusion: "First work by a former professor of literary history: the very sensitive and intelligently designed psychodrama analyzes the crisis of an overly sensitive person." The Protestant film observer is also full of praise: "Intelligent and sensitive Belgian film who copes with the story of a shy and unsuccessful profession with considerable artistic strength. Recommended from 18. "
Web link
- The man who's hair could be cut short in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 420/1970, p. 420
- ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2445.