The evil spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus
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| Original title | The evil spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1922 |
| length | about 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Carl Wilhelm |
| script | Carl Wilhelm |
| production | Carl-Wilhelm-Film GmbH (CarWil-Film) |
| music | Florian C. Reithner (new setting in 2014) |
| camera | Willibald Gaebel |
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The Evil Spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus is a German comedy film directed by Carl Wilhelm from 1922 . It is based on motifs from the play Der böse Geist Lumpacivagabundus by Johann Nestroy and a production by Karl Etlinger , who rehearsed the play for the New Year's Eve premiere in the Berlin State Theater in 1922 and created the role of the shoemaker Knieriem there.
action
Johann Nestroy borrowed the main features of his most famous farce from the story “The Great Lot” by Carl Weisflog . In response to the fashion of magic pieces at the time, he added a prelude to the storyline in fairy heaven:
The sons of the old wizards have failed hopelessly since the evil spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus seduced them into slovenliness and idleness. The fairy king Stellaris gives them back their playful wealth through the fairy Fortuna , but that doesn't improve them. Hilaris, son of the magician Mystifax, at least knows a way to get better: he asks for the hand of Brillantine, Fortuna's daughter. Here Lumpaci is powerless, and Fortuna is perplexed that Amorosa, protector of true love, should be more powerful than herself. Stellaris wants to settle the matter with a bet: three dissolute mortals are to be showered with wealth. If they, in the spirit of Lumpaci, remain dissolute and depraved, Fortuna is defeated and Hilaris receives Brillantine as his wife. If Fortuna can snatch at least two of his companions from the evil spirit, she wins, and the lovers are separated.
On earth three mortals are selected for the experiment: Leim, a staid carpenter's journeyman who loves his master's daughter and was thrown out for it; Zwirn, an easy-going tailor who neglects work through his love affairs; and finally Knieriem, a drunken journeyman cobbler and amateur astronomer, for whom the drunkenness and the approaching end of the world are more important than his profession. Unintentionally sent on the roll, the three meet and become travel companions. By means of lottery winnings, Fortuna showered them with wealth that was honestly shared by the three of them, and each of them knew what to do with it: Leim returned to his master as a made man to marry his daughter; Zwirn becomes a full-time bon vivant and Don Juan; Knieriem is dedicated to astronomy and wine. They decide to meet at Leim on the anniversary of winning the lottery, and that's what happens: Leim has prospered, but Zwirn and Knieriem are hopelessly burned down.
Fortuna has to admit defeat in the fairy heaven, recognizes Amorosa's power and agrees to the marriage of Hilaris and Brillantine. Amorosa, however, also wants to mend the two dissolute earth men, Zwirn and Knieriem, with the power of true love, and that too succeeds. The final frame of the film shows it: Amor vincit omnia.
production
The film was shot in Dürnstein , Berlin , Potsdam ( Sanssouci Palace Park ) and other, as yet unidentified locations in Germany and Austria. The interior photos were taken in the Union Ateliers, Tempelhof. The director Carl Wilhelm also wrote the manuscript and produced the film in-house for Ufa , which distributed the film.
The film was premiered on September 12, 1922 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo ( Berlin ), the cinema music was put together by Bruno Schulz. In Austria, the film ran on April 13, 1923 in the Schottenring cinema in Vienna.
For his film version, Carl Wilhelm took on the three main actors Hirsch, Laubinger and Etlinger in the staging of the play at the Berlin State Theater on New Year's Eve 1921. Walter Trier , who provided the costume designs for the film, also designed the film poster.
The film has been preserved as a camera negative in the film archive of the Federal Archives . Using this material, the film was digitally restored in 2014 and provided with new music for orchestra by Florian C. Reithner on behalf of the Orchester Filmharmonie . In this version the film ran u. a. in the Theater an der Wien , where Nestroy's posse was premiered.
criticism
The trade journal Paimanns Filmlisten wrote about the film that the focus was on the excellent presentation by a carefully selected ensemble, which the success of the picture was mainly due to. The subject occupies a subordinate position. Apart from a few for the Biedermeier period, the layout and photos are very nice. The film was certified as having "an outstanding picture".
Web links
- The evil spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The evil spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus at filmportal.de
- Excerpt from the film with new music
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The evil spirit Lumpaci Vagabundus" , book accompanying the DVD, 2016
- ↑ Lumpaci Vagabundus (The evil spirit) ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimanns Filmlisten , 7th year, No. 351
