The treasure in the Silbersee (Bad Segeberg 1954)

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Data
Title: The treasure in Silbersee
Genus: Adventure in the Wild West for open-air stages
Original language: German
Author: Roland Schmid (arr. Wulf Leisner )
Literary source: Karl May : The treasure in the Silbersee
Publishing year: 1954
Premiere: July 31, 1954
Place of premiere: Kalkberg Stadium in Bad Segeberg
Place and time of the action: In the ' Wild West ' of North America at the end of the sixties of the 19th century
Director of the premiere Wulf Leisner
people
  • Horst Vincon : Winnetou
  • Hans Joachim Kilburger: Old Shatterhand
  • Herbert Doberauer: Cornel Brinkley
  • Arthur Hell: Aunt Droll
  • Michael Rödemeyer: Ovuts-avaht
  • Hans Albert Schewe: Missouri-Blenter
  • Hans Kirchner: Corner
  • Enno Fast: Smider / medicine man of Utah
  • Kurt Postell: Evans / To-ok-tey
  • Hans Doerry: Engineer Patterson
  • Ilselore Mehne: Ellen
  • Helmut Schleser: Fred Engel
  • Karl-Friedrich Spanner: Knox
  • Günther Gellermann: Hilton
  • Willi Davidis: Howens / Tschia-nitsas
  • Werner Schneider: Post holder Williams
  • Franz Haase: Kai-unune
  • Eberhard Wechselberg: Nintropan-homosch

The treasure in Silbersee. Adventure in the Wild West for open-air theaters is the name of Roland Schmid's play for open-air theaters, based on the novel of the same name by Karl Mays ,from 1954. The first performance took place on July 31, 1954 in the Kalkberg Stadium in Bad Segeberg as part of the Karl May Festival . The director was Wulf Leisner , who also directed.

Contents (based on the text book by R. Schmid)

The piece takes place towards the end of the 1860s; Locations are:

  • 1st picture: Lumberjack camp on the bank of a river
  • 2nd picture: In the foothills of the rocky mountains
  • 3rd picture: Basin near the Silbersee

1st picture: Lumberjack camp

1st scene

Blenter and two rafters talk about their income and savings and wait for the stagecoach.

2nd scene

Brinkley, Knox and Hilton want to rob the stagecoach with wages from the railroad treasury.

3rd scene

Pulling up the stagecoach: Old Firehand, Ellen Patterson, Engineer Patterson and the postman. Blenter tells the story of the six villains who murdered his wife and sons. He has already hunted down five of them and is on the trail of the sixth murderer. The Tonkawa chief Little Bear (= Nintropan-homosch) appears. Old Firehand (Mr. Winter) tells about the silver mine he discovered and wants to exploit with Patterson's help.

4th scene

Brinkley and the tramps enter and come to the middle of the stage. Brinkley seems to be the one Blenter is looking for. His voice gives him away, even though his hair color is wrong. Brinkley and comrades camped apart from the others, so that three groups emerged: on one side the tramps, in the middle behind the rafters, on the other side Old Firehand etc. Brinkley provokes Nintropan-homosch. The latter controls himself because the hospitality is sacred to him. But he will set himself on the redhead's trail until he wipes him out. Old Firehand is provoked and knocks Brinkley and Knox down. Brinkley pulls himself up again and, with the help of his people, raids the stagecoach. Trumpet signals sound. Border riders under the leadership of Captain Howens blow up the scene and intervene in the fight. Aunt Droll and Fred Engel appear on a hill in the background. You take part in the fight. Brinkley leaves with his people.

5th scene

The rafters cheerfully leave their cover and surround the border riders who dismount their horses. Aunt Droll comes out as the main character in the spectacle: yesterday he overheard the gang and notified the crew of Fort Dodge. The border riders are back on their feet and are escorting the departing carriage. The rafters wave at them. Droll is also after Brinkley, who killed Fred's parents, as a detective together with Fred Engel. Fred tells the story of his uncle who received a treasure map from an old Indian chief:

"... my uncle ... left my father the drawing of the plan for the treasure in Silbersee. One day a stranger came to see us ... Brinkley ... Father trusted him, and since the stranger knew the rocky mountains, we soon took out the plan that had been left behind and we talked about it for a long time ... We went to bed late. At night I heard screams inside the house, then shots rang out outside. I ran out and saw the stranger jump out the window. He lunged at me and threw me to the ground. He had lost his knife, I caught it, stabbed him in the calf and ran away. I got help from the nearest neighbor; we found my parents murdered. The murderer escaped and stole the drawing. "

Little Bear comes out as the grandson of the old Indian chief and takes part in the search for the thief and murderer Brinkley.

6th scene

The rafters are left alone and group closely around the fire, exchanging comments and guesses about what is being told. The rafters camp in small groups. Some roll the dice on a barrel, others play cards. One produces himself with artistic lasso games. Others prepare the food, the bottles and cups rotating. All in all: peaceful camp life. Suddenly a shot is fired and a rafter falls to the ground. On the other side, opposite to the direction in which they were leaving, the tramps attack the rafters' camp. Scuffle, some rafters fall and are dragged out, eventually all rafters are defeated and are tied up. At Brinkley's behest, Hilton goes into the hut, comes back and has the money box with him; the tramps meanwhile search the rafters' pockets and then set the hut on fire. Brinkley recognizes Blenter and wants his people to drown him. When he yells for help, he wants to kill him right away. He draws the butt of the rifle, and at the same moment Winnetou steps out of the bushes next to it and knocks Cornel to the ground. Shots crackle, Old Firehand, Little Bear, Aunt Droll, Fred Engel and Patterson appear, and later Ellen. The tramps flee, Knox and Hilton escape with four to six people, the others fall and are later carried out by the rafters. The cassette with the money reappears. The unconscious Brinkley is tied up by Fred. Before his scar on his leg is discovered, he can escape because the friends are in each other's way. Winnetou:

“The white man with the red hair escaped. But Nintropan-homosch has set himself on his trail and will pursue and hunt him until he has reached him. But Winnetou will stay with you and instead lead you to the Silver Lake, because he wants to meet his brother Old Shatterhand in the rocky valleys of the mountains . Howgh! "

Old Firehand suggests that the rafters escort him to the silver mine to aid in the exploitation. General departure to the Silbersee.

2nd picture: In the foothills of the rocky mountains

1st scene

In a great speech Big Wolf (= Ovuts-avaht), the chief of the Utahs, laments the behavior of the whites:

“The word of the pale faces was like the wind over the savannah, and their vow like the smoke on our fires! ... Our brave brothers had to die so that the white land robbers and thieves could steal the horses of the Utahs from the pastures in the night! ... The pipe of peace is broken and the hatchet dug up between the peoples of Utah and the pale faces! "

The Utah war dance follows. The chiefs and warriors crowd around the Great Wolf, jump on the horses that have been brought in and ride off.

2nd scene

Old Shatterhand and Hobble Frank are talking about food. Hobble Frank in Saxon dialect:

"I tell you, Saxons are bright to me and hide our enjoyments ..."

3rd scene

Old Shatterhand recognizes liars and horse thieves in Knox and Hilton.

4th scene

All around Indians (Utahs) appeared and surrounded the four whites. At the side, covered, is the chief Big Wolf. Old Shatterhand presents the henry sock and his shooting skills. He talks to the chief and smokes the calumet with him. Hobble Frank:

“We will not think about resistance. Well. But cunning, cunning, that is the real Jacob, and that is no resistance. "

5th scene

Big Wolf announces the result of the elder counseling:

“You will not share the fate of the other pale faces that we will catch. You will immediately come to the torture stake , but you should be allowed to fight for your life! "

Knox provokes the chief and is stabbed. Kai-unune (= rolling thunder) fights with Hilton (shooting), Frank with To-ok-tey (= jumping deer) (running), Old Shatterhand with Ovuts-avaht (= big wolf) (knife and tomahawk). Kai-unune and Frank each win their fight with a trick. Old Shatterhand wins against the Big Wolf and gives him his life. The Utahs don't want the whites to escape. A shot is fired ...

6th scene

Enter from the side: Winnetou, Old Firehand, Aunt Droll, Patterson, Blenter, Fred Engel, Ellen and the Rafters; Winnetou shot and is still holding the silver rifle at the ready. Old Shatterhand breaks free and rushes to the newcomers. Droll reports that they are chasing a criminal who is on his way to the Silver Lake. Frank and Droll talk about their Saxon homeland and discover their relationship. They go on guard together.

7th scene

The conversation of the others becomes loud again at this point; Old Shatterhand has apparently just reported his adventures. The Utahs rush in with howls of war. The Big Wolf grabs Ellen and puts his knife on her chest. The Utahs bind all prisoners.

8th scene

Hobble Frank and Aunt Droll cautiously creep up from the side. Droll picks up Old Shatterhand's henry sock that got left in the fray.

3rd picture: Basin near the Silbersee

1st scene

The Utahs come with their prisoners, stop and camp; the prisoners are tied to trees in the background or tied to the ground. Frank and Droll approach silently from the side, taking advantage of all cover against the Utahs; Frank wears the henry sock. Big Wolf, followed by the warriors, goes to the prisoners and stops in front of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. Old Shatterhand breaks free, puts the knife on the chief's chest; Frank shoots the henry neck. Droll storms through the Utah crowd to Old Shatterhand and rips Ovuts-avaht's 'medicine' off his neck. Winnetou and Old Firehand cut loose the other prisoners. Old Shatterhand takes his calumet, sets it on fire, and gives it ovuts-avaht. This step with the calumet in the middle of the circle that the others form. Big wolf gets his 'medicine' back.

2nd scene

Winnetou to Blenter:

“It is better to do good than bad. And we couldn't act otherwise. Or did you want to keep them all as prisoners or kill them all? "

Enter Long Ear (= Tschia-nitsas), the chief of the Timbabatschen. Patterson looks at the ore Old Firehand gives him from a crevice on Silver Lake:

“Heaven, that's pure, solid silver! And that's in this form here in the gap? Mister Firehand, there are millions here and the discoverer is a rich man! ... The only difficulty ... is the water. To investigate that we would have to go over to the lake. "

Everyone goes to the lake, except for Ellen, who remains on the rock face and pensively looks at the rocks that her father was examining.

3rd scene

Brinkley approaches cautiously and noiselessly with a revolver in the hand of unsuspecting Ellen. He stops shortly behind her and takes her hostage. Big Wolf arrives with his Utahs, recognizes Brinkley, and arrests Long Ear. Long Ear reveals the secret underground passage to the island in the middle of the lake. Brinkley is pleased: “Treasures from ancient times are hidden in the corridor. I want this, I don't claim anything else. ”He stabs the Timbabatschen chief, pulls his treasure map out of his pocket and offers himself as a guide to the secret passage.

4th scene

The little bear reports to Winnetou:

“Our brothers on the island are in great danger. The killer Brinkley captured the white girl. Little Bear wanted to come to her aid, but the Big Wolf and some of his Utah warriors approached. So I couldn't help. The great wolf smoked the calumet of peace with us! But he doesn't keep his oath because he thinks the Old Shatterhands calumet doesn't oblige him to anything! He is cunning and full of insidiousness. "

Long ear rises again. He was just badly wounded. Little bear is the heir to the treasure. He knows how the tunnel can be destroyed. Winnetou is waiting for the opportunity at the right moment to throw the stone from the rock that can destroy the underground passage.

5th scene

“Ellen emerges from the mouth of the tunnel, untied, immediately followed by the Little Bear; A few seconds later, the big wolf appears, furiously pouncing on the little bear.

Little Bear (to Ellen): Flee! There! (points to the island).

The two chiefs, Little Bear and Big Wolf, wallow in a scuffle on the ground with knives drawn; Ellen runs around the corner of the rock. The duel must take a long time; Both opponents hold the other's rights armed with the knife from themselves. Winnetou stands motionless on the rock, the silver rifle lowered ready to fire. The little bear seems to succumb. His opponent kneels on him and takes a fatal blow. At the last moment the younger one snaps aside and the big wolf almost falls into the knife of his opponent. Winnetou immediately rolled the stone over the edge of the rock; Seconds later you can hear the loud clapping in the water, then rumbling and - until almost the end of the piece - the gurgling rush of water, which can also be heard from the tunnel mouth. Immediately afterwards a violent detonation sounds (as it were underground, so in the corridor). "

- Roland Schmid : Book for the performance in 1954

6th scene

“Old Shatterhand, Old Firehand, etc. come quickly around the corner of the rock, finally Patterson, Ellen and Fred, who carefully supports them; Little bear stands next to his killed opponent, breathing deeply.

Old Shatterhand: 'What happened?'

Winnetou (descending from the rock): The cowardly treason of the Utahs is avenged! The Silbersee devoured them all! "

- Roland Schmid : Book for the performance in 1954

There is an excited exchange between the Indians Little Bear and Long Ear. Blenter and the Rafters want to hang the traitor. Old Firehand and Old Shatterhand urge peace. Old Firehand wants to purchase the Tschia-nitsas rock basin and make his tribe rich by exploiting the silver mine. Ellen thanks the Little Bear for saving her. He denies that for granted and refers her to Fred before he leaves. In the final scene, Aunt Droll and Hobble Frank have a humorous conversation in Saxon about what they will do with the amount of money that awaits them.

Production 1954

Reduction and addition

The director Wulf Leisner deleted the characters Hobble Frank and Old Firehand. As a result, some dialogues were omitted (in the 2nd picture, 2nd scene, 6th scene, 8th scene; in the 3rd picture, 6th scene). The roles of Old Firehand and Old Shatterhand have been combined into one role. Leisner added the characters Corner, Evans, Smider and the Utah medicine man.

Climax

The Segeberger Zeitung described a scene in which Winnetou Horst Vincon fell an overman-sized boulder onto an underground passage as the absolute highlight of the “Silbersee” production, which then collapsed effectively. Even in the very early years, you couldn't do without actions and effects.

reporting

On July 30, 1954, the festival made it into the " Tagesschau " for the first time . NWDR reporter Jürgen Roland advocated this .

Further performances

Roland Schmid's play was performed several times in the arrangement by Wulf Leisner:

  • 1958 in Bad Segeberg
  • 1959 in Elspe
  • 1962 in Ratingen
  • 1964 in Bad Segeberg
  • 1968 in Elspe and in Berlin

Further dramatizations

Further dramatizations of the Karl May novel The Treasure in Silbersee for open air stages come from:

  • Uwe Hänchen (1998)
  • Klaus Seidel (1998)
  • Rochus Millauer (1999)
  • Michael Stamp (2001)
  • Thomas Koziol (2002)
  • Christian Städter (2004)
  • Peter Görlach (2006)
  • Jean-Jacques Pascal (2006)
  • Erika Frischler (2007)
  • Olaf Hörbe (2007)
  • Friedrich Grud (2010)
  • Erhard Preuk (2011)
  • Mike Dietrich (2014)
  • Tommy Tatzber (2014)

Hans-Jochen Menzel dramatized the material for the puppet theater in 2000 .

swell

  • Entry in the Karl May Wiki for the premiere
  • Entry in the Karl May Wiki about the people involved

Text book

  • Karl May: The treasure in the Silbersee. Adventures in the Wild West for open-air stages, edited by Roland Schmid , Bamberg: Ustad-Verlag 1954, 2nd edition 1955.

literature

  • Reinhard Marheinecke , Nicolas Finke, Torsten Greis, Regina Arentz: Karl May am Kalkberg. History and stories of the Karl May Games Bad Segeberg since 1952 , Bamberg / Radebeul: Karl May Verlag 1999, p. 30 ff.
  • Peter Zastrow, Hans-Werner Baurycza: A city plays Indians. From the early years of the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg . In: Segeberger Blätter Volume 2, 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Blenter
  2. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Rafter
  3. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Cornel_Brinkley
  4. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Knox_(Silbersee)
  5. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Hilton
  6. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Old_Firehand
  7. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Ellen_Butler
  8. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Ingenieur_Butler
  9. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Nintropan-homosch
  10. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Tante_Droll
  11. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Fred_Engel
  12. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Fort_Dodge
  13. ↑ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 15.
  14. ^ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 21.
  15. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Ovuts-avaht
  16. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Utahs
  17. ↑ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 24 f.
  18. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Hobble-Frank
  19. ^ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 27.
  20. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Henrystutzen
  21. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Kalumet
  22. ^ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 35.
  23. ^ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 36.
  24. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/To-ok-tey
  25. ↑ For the Indians, medicine does not mean medicine, but magic.
  26. ^ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 55.
  27. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Tschia-nitsas
  28. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Timbabatschen
  29. ^ Roland Schmid: Book for the performance 1954, p. 56.
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