The man in the saddle (1945)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The man in the saddle |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harry Piel |
| script |
Hanns Marschall Harry Piel (anonymous) based on a template by Werner Scheff |
| production |
Willy Reiber (production group leader) for Tobis-Filmkunst, Berlin |
| music |
Werner Schmidt-Boelcke (Original 1945) Lexa Thomas (2000) |
| camera | Eugen Klagemann |
| occupation | |
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The man in the saddle is a German feature film by and with Harry Piel from 1945.
action
Horse trainer Roberts has been working for Lisa Freyberg's father's racing stable for many years. After his death, the daughter now has to run the business and manage the property that goes with it. But the young woman has little idea and even less interest in such things. Her fiancé, landowner Thermalen, urges Lisa to sell the entire complex. Since Roberts sees himself as the guardian of the interests of his deceased employer, he makes the young woman an offer to wait until the next racing season in the coming spring. He wants to take over the costs for the animals until then. Since Lisa lost her last riding horse in an unfortunate fall, Roberts does everything in his power to turn the remaining thoroughbred Arabella into a class horse and trains intensively.
To the heartfelt displeasure of her fiancé, Lisa accepts Roberts' suggestion. More and more she takes pleasure in riding. Arabella gets better with every training session, and the other top horse Thassilo is also a very talented trotter. But Lisa wants to give Thassilo, a gift from a persistent admirer, back, which Roberts resists with his hands and feet. In a trotting race, he gets the most out of Zossen and wins the race. The latest successes of the riding stable do not go unnoticed by a couple of crooks who are very interested in Arabella. The crook bride Ossi approaches the jockey trainee Otto and learns from him when and where Arabella will soon be deployed. Ossi's accomplice Nicco finally kidnaps the racing horse.
Immediately, Roberts goes in search of the valuable animal on his own. He finds it in a pitiful state in an old brick factory. Inspector Hentschke, who accompanies Roberts, can arrest the horse kidnappers. Roberts brings Arabella to safety and feeds the horse lady again. To make up for his faux pas, his loquacity towards the crook Ossi, Otto Roberts promises to ride Arabella to victory. On the Karlshorst racecourse he can get everything out of Arabella and rides to victory, although he falls during the ride and breaks his collarbone. Roberts is very satisfied and not only won the trophy, but also Lisa's heart.
Production notes, backgrounds, interesting facts
The shooting of The Man in the Saddle began on September 15, 1944 and was largely completed immediately before the Red Army marched into Berlin.
For a long time, the film roles were considered lost. The GDR film archive contained 74 rolls of sound and 50 rolls of image so that the film could be edited. It was only completed in 1999 on behalf of the Federal Archives' film archive . Almost 55 years after its completion, The Man in the Saddle finally had its world premiere on January 7, 2000 in Berlin.
The production costs were estimated at around 978,856 RM . This corresponds to EUR 3,541,200 in 2014.
The film constructions come from Gabriel Pellon . For the cinema veteran Aruth Wartan , who died immediately after filming was finished, this was the last film role. Since the original music by Werner Schmidt-Boelcke was considered lost, a new composition was commissioned from Lexa Thomas in 1999.
The film was a remake of the production of the same name by Manfred Noa from 1925 with Ernst Verebes in the title role.
criticism
The Lexicon of International Films writes: “Reconstructed version of one of the last feature films of the Third Reich. (...) A statuesque staged, emphatically apolitical entertainment film that fits well into the strategy of distraction and diversion of the late war years, but ideologically pays homage to the idea of a leader who ensures order with a strong hand. Not a cinematic discovery, but a historically exciting document for the Nazi entertainment cinema in its very last phase. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Ulrich J. Klaus: German Films, 13th year 1944/45, Berlin 2002, p. 193., 044.45
- ↑ The Man in the Saddle in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 25, 2013.
Web links
- The man in the saddle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The man in the saddle at filmportal.de