The trumpeter von Säckingen (1918)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The trumpeter from Säckingen |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Porten |
| script |
Rosa Porten Julius Urgiß Franz Porten |
| production | Franz Vogel |
| music | Ferdinand Hummel |
| occupation | |
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The Trumpeter von Säckingen is a German silent film made in 1917 by Franz Porten . The story is based on the poem of the same name (1853) by Joseph Victor von Scheffel .
action
In southern Germany, mid-17th century. Jung-Werner, the eponymous hero of the story, loves playing the trumpet more than his studies, which he should actually pursue. One day his wanderlust drives him into the big wide world. As he marches through the Black Forest , he is invited by a pastor. Jung-Werner tells his host how he has always preferred making music and enjoying life with a good glass of beer in Heidelberg over studying hard at school, whereupon the pastor Jung-Werner suggests, but at the Fridolinus festival in the not too distant Säckingen to participate. Werner followed the advice and met Baron von Schönau and his lovely daughter Margaretha in Säckingen.
When one day the Hauenstein farmers rebel and rehearse the uprising, Jung-Werner joins the baron's castle guard and is seriously injured in the ensuing turmoil. It is Margaretha who then nurses him back to health. Inflamed in love for her, he asks the baron for Margaretha's hand. However, the latter refused to give his consent because Werner was not of chivalrous blood. With a heavy heart, the young man, who has since recovered, sets out, not without first having serenaded his lady of the heart with his trumpet, “protect you God”. Margaretha suffers greatly from this separation and is then sent to Italy to relax. When she sees Jung-Werner again in St. Peter's Basilica , she faints. The Pope himself is so taken with the German's trumpet that he names Werner a knight. Now nothing stands in the way of the two lovers getting married.
Production notes
The Trumpeter von Säckingen was created in 1917 in the Berlin Eiko-Film-Atelier in Berlin-Marienfelde and on the Rhine near Säckingen , passed the film censorship at the end of the same year and was premiered in January 1918. The length of the film was 1895 in the first version and 1772 meters in the second, divided into five or six acts. The film was also released for the youth.
criticism
“With the filming of Scheffel's“ Trompeter ”, a new work of art was created for the German photograph, which must appear satisfactory in every direction. The action is lively, with magnificent images, recorded and framed at the original locations of the poetry - Heidelberg and Säckingen, which appear picturesque in the original costumes around 1650. The representation also knows how to put the spirit of the time into it and to intimately interweave reality and poetry. This resulted in a seldom beautiful feature film ... "