The winter that was a summer
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Original title | The winter that was a summer |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1976 |
length | approx. 355 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Fritz Umgelter |
script | Fritz Umgelter , based on the novel by Sandra Paretti |
production | HR / ARD |
music | Rolf Unkel |
camera | Horst Thürling |
cut | Brigitte Siara |
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The winter that was a summer is a 3-part hr / ARD television play by Fritz Umgelter based on Sandra Paretti's novel with Günter Strack , Christian Quadflieg and Sigmar Solbach in the leading roles. The three-part series deals with the German participation in the American War of Independence (1776–1783) and was also intended as a contribution to the 200th anniversary of the USA.
action
Part 1 (ARD: December 19, 1976)
Kassel 1775: The Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel has the rich merchant Gottfried Haynau elevated to hereditary nobility in order to get money for his expensive amusements. In addition, Haynau's son Claus is supposed to marry the pretty Christine von Sonsfeld, whom the Landgrave wants to make his new mistress.
Claus, an officer in the Colonel Rall's regiment , doggedly hunted down the deserter Soerman, without realizing that his half-brother Robert was helping him. Robert then learns surprising news from Soerman ...
Part 2 (ARD: December 21, 1976)
The Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel wants to rent 12,000 mercenaries to the British king for 30 thalers per head . They are to be used in the fight against rebellious colonists in America. When one of the stubborn recruiting officers is killed, Robert von Haynau comes under suspicion of murder. His stepbrother Claus von Haynau hands him over to his persecutors, and Robert is to be executed .
Instead, he ends up with the mercenaries destined for America. Colonel Rall ordered him to join the battalion that Claus von Haynau was subordinate to.
Part 3 (ARD: December 26, 1976)
On August 26, 1776, Colonel Rall's regiment fought its first battle at Flatbush.
In December the Rallschen hunters move into quarters in Trenton on the Delaware. Claus von Haynau, battalion commander, harasses his stepbrother Robert wherever he can. Together with Soerman and his mother, Robert wants to flee to the nearby property of his biological father. Claus tries to prevent that.
Christmas 1776: The Americans under General Washington surprisingly attack the Hessian mercenaries on the Delaware. Here the arguments between Claus and Robert reach their climax.
Historical background
The three-part series has a historical background: on January 15, 1776, Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel signed a contract with the British king, according to which he rented 12,000 Hessian soldiers for a bounty of 30 thalers. They had to fight for him in the American Revolutionary War.
DVD
In August 2009 the television film was released in a DVD version on a total of 3 DVDs. As additional material there is a 10-minute making-of from 2002, in which u. a. explains why so much Frankfurt dialect can be heard in a film that is set in northern Hesse.
literature
- Sandra Paretti : The winter that was a summer. Novel . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1994, 732 pages, ISBN 3-404-12233-X .
Web links
- The winter, which was a summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)