The beheaded rooster (film)
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| German title | The beheaded rooster |
| Original title | Cocosul decapitat |
| Country of production | Romania , Germany , Hungary , Austria |
| original language | German , Romanian |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
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| Director | Radu Gabrea |
| script | Radu Gabrea, Bert Koß , Wolfgang J. Ruf , Razvan Radulescu |
| production | Radu Gabrea, László Kántor , Arno Ortmair , Dieter Pochlatko |
| music | Thomas Osterhoff |
| camera | Walter Kindler |
| cut | Melania Oproiu |
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The Beheaded Rooster is the film adaptation of the novel The Beheaded Rooster by the German-speaking writer and pastor Eginald Schlattner, who lives in Romania .
content
The place of the action is Fogarasch , a city in the area of the Transylvanian Saxons in Romania. The story describes the experiences of four young people during the Second World War .
Felix, son of an entrepreneurial family, is torn between the Church and the Hitler Youth , between his love for the Jewess Gisela and his enthusiasm for the National Socialist ideology. Felix's best friend Hans Adolf, son of the chimney sweep who advertises Alfa Sigrid, the daughter of a Saxon landowner, is also enthusiastic about the latter.
Felix's father is against the Nazis and helps Gisela's father to escape from Fagarash. His son initially turns away from Gisela and becomes a squad leader in the Hitler Youth. When the timid and sensitive entrepreneur's son makes a mistake, he is replaced by the fanatical Hans Adolf. In addition, his feelings for Gisela break out again after visiting her in her refuge. Felix also prefers the confirmation ceremony to the exercise with the Nazi group. Nor can he resist the charms of Alfa Sigrid, who plays the two boys off against each other.
On August 23, 1944, the four of them gathered with other young people in the house of Felix's family for the Exitusfest, the big graduation party. On this day, the Kingdom of Romania broke away from allied Nazi Germany in the face of the advancing Red Army, and German bombers attacked Fagarash during the celebration. The celebrants then seek refuge in the bunker of Felix's family's house. Worrying about her mother, Gisela runs away from the bunker. Felix never sees her again afterwards. The end of the settlement history of the Transylvanian Saxons has come, but Felix will remain in the land of his ancestors for the next few decades.
Cinema and television, festivals and awards
The film premiered in June 2007 in Sibiu as part of the International Transylvania Film Festival. The film was shown in theaters in Romania, Austria and Hungary. In Germany there was a cinema premiere in Munich in autumn 2007, but the film did not make it into the cinema program - apart from an event in Bonn. In spring 2008 the film was presented in the European Parliament in Brussels. The German television premiere took place on March 4, 2009 on ARTE .
The film has so far been shown at the following festivals:
- International Transylvania Film Festival Cluj / Sibiu, Romania, June 2007
- Saturno International Film Festival, Alatri / Roma, Italy, November 2007
- International Jewish Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel, December 2007
- CIFF Int. Cairo Film Festival, section New Romanian Cinema, November / December 2007
- Festival International du Film d'amour, Mons / Belgium 2008
- International Tiburon Film Festival, USA 2008
- European Union Film Festival, Chicago March 2009
- The film received a Special Mention at the Saturno International Film Festival in Alatri.
In 2007 Matthias Franz Stein received the Undine Award for Best Adolescent Supporting Actor in a feature film in Vienna for his portrayal of Karlibuzzi .
criticism
“(TV) drama about friendship, hope, love and betrayal, which suffers from the mediocre staging and the overwhelmed young actors. The color scheme, which changes abruptly with the end of the German settlement glory, takes getting used to. "
literature
- Paul Jeute: The beheaded rooster. The film adaptation of a novel or the fate of the Transylvanian Saxons , Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-656-13724-5 .
Web links
- The Beheaded Rooster in the Internet Movie Database (English)