The Schinderhannes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Schinderhannes |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Helmut Käutner |
| script | Georg Hurdalek |
| production |
Real-Film , Hamburg ( Gyula Trebitsch , Walter Koppel , Heinz-Günter Sass ) |
| music | Bernhard Eichhorn |
| camera | Heinz Pehlke |
| cut | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
| occupation | |
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The Schinderhannes is a German feature film from 1958. Based on a play by Carl Zuckmayer, it is about the robber captain Johannes Bückler, known as Schinderhannes .
action
Hunsrück , at the time of the Napoleonic occupation: When the Imperial Count von Cleve-Boost returned after his escape from the French troops and took the peasants' property, robber captain Johannes Bückler, known as Schinderhannes , stormed his Hungersbach castle with his people; the peasants take back their property. Carl von Cleve-Boost, the son of the imperial count, joins the Schinderhannes.
In Mainz, Schinderhannes sells his stolen goods to a friendly dealer. In the tavern he met a singing girl named Julchen, who was promised to gendarme Adam. He is recognized by a guest, but can escape. Schinderhannes and Julchen fall in love. Both visit Schinderhannes' father. Gendarmes appear under Adam's leadership and want to arrest Schinderhannes' father, but are driven out by Schinderhannes. Despite the resistance of his people, who want to keep the sales proceeds of the stolen goods for themselves, Schinderhannes gives the farmers their money back. When his people, including Carl von Cleve-Boost, rob a monastery cellar and are arrested in the process, Schinderhannes pretends to be the imperial count, but is exposed and arrested. But the son of the imperial count overpowers his father and frees Schinderhannes.
When Schinderhannes and his people are harassed by soldiers and take up their rifles, Julchen, who is now pregnant, has doubts about his actions and leaves him. A tough battle ensues between the soldiers and Schinderhanne's people, to which Carl falls victim, among others; Schinderhannes and his people flee. On the run, Schinderhannes finds Julchen again, who has just given birth to a son. But the joy only lasts for a short time: Schinderhannes and Julchen are arrested after a betrayal by Schinderhannes' partner Benzel; Schinderhannes is sentenced to death.
Schinderhannes is allowed to spend his last hours with Julchen. Shortly before the execution of the judgment, the betrayal of Schinderhannes is avenged.
Others
The film was produced from September to November 1958 in the Real-Film-Studios Hamburg-Wandsbek in Eastmancolor. The outdoor shots were taken in Dhaun and the surrounding area, Burg Moschellandseck and in the Rheinpfalz . The premiere took place on December 17, 1958 in the Turm-Palast in Frankfurt.
The Schinderhannes is one of the few films in which Maria Schell appears as a singer. In one scene she intones the Schinderhanneslied, the text of which is from Carl Zuckmayer.
Awards
Joseph Offenbach received the German Film Critics' Prize in 1959 for best supporting actor.
Reviews
“The historical figure of the robber captain in the Hunsrück, who led a bloody feud for the protection of the oppressed at the time of Napoleon, does not sufficiently enter the tragic twilight of right and wrong in this lavish Zuckmayer film adaptation. So his life and death becomes a mere spectacular showpiece. Unimaginatively staged, unbelievable in the cast, without atmosphere. "
Web links
- The Schinderhannes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Schinderhannes at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Helmut Käutner
- ↑ The Schinderhannes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .