The death of the white horse

Movie
Original title	The death of the white horse
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1985
length	111 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Christian Ziewer
script	Christian Ziewer
production	WDR
music	Erhard Großkopf
camera	Gérard Vandenberg
occupation
Thomas Anzenhofer : Veit Gall Angela Schanelec : Anna Gall Udo Samel : Father Andreas, Benedictine monk Peter Franke : Kilian Feuerbacher, master builder Ulrich Wildgruber : Abbot Georg, businessman Frickinger Dietmar Schönherr : Knight of Schenkenstein Raimund Dummert : Armenhans, the boy Franz Wittich : village shepherd Ellen Esser : Marie, laundress Arnulf Schumacher : Father Thomas, monk

The Death of the White Horse is a 1985 film by Christian Ziewer .

content

The film deals with an episode of the peasant uprising from 1524 in Franconia . A conflict arises between a monastery and the simple rural population of the village belonging to the monastery when a new abbot turns out to be a tyrant. From the perspective of the rebellious peasants, the film shows euphorically how they occasionally manage to free themselves from bondage through the monastery. However, when the monastery calls in mercenaries to protect it, the peasant uprising is broken.

production

The film was shot in Langenzenn Abbey and in Schlaifhausen .

reception

The film was nominated for the 1985 Berlinale . After its performance at the Berlinale, however, it was judged very negatively by the critics, in particular the direction and dramaturgy were criticized. Due to the negative criticism, the film was released in a new cut version in autumn 1986.

The lexicon of international films found that the original version was "an attempt, impaired by weaknesses in direction and dramaturgy, to make history transparent for the present and people's fundamental questions". The LdIF described the new version as “stronger overall”.

The film-dienst also said: "The new version from 1986 removes some of the shortcomings of the film: it appears less as a historical-naturalistic reconstruction, but as a model-like, distanced reflection on the structures of power and political behavior."

literature

• Claudius Seidl: "The Death of the White Horse" by Christian Ziewer . In: Die Zeit , No. 45, October 31, 1986.

Web links

• The death of the white horse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The death of the white horse at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ellen Esser in an interview with Manuela Heim: “Too old? That's not how creative people think ” . In: The daily newspaper: taz . June 9, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 46 ( taz.de [accessed June 11, 2018]).
2. ↑ TELEVISION Wednesday, November 4th In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1987 ( online - 2 November 1987 ).
3. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 8. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 3797.
4. ↑ The Death of the White Horse. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 11, 2017 .  
5. ↑ The Death of the White Horse. Film service , accessed September 4, 2016 .