The Last Shot (1951)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The last shot |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 79 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Seitz |
| script | Franz Seitz (senior) |
| production |
Jochen Genzow Franz Seitz |
| music | Johannes Weissenbach |
| camera | Ernst W. Kalinke |
| cut | Gertrud Hinz |
| occupation | |
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The last shot , also called Der Wildschütz von Schliersee, is a German homeland film drama from 1951 by Franz Seitz (director) and his son Franz Seitz (production). While father Seitz presented his last film here, son Seitz made his professional film debut as a producer here. It is the only joint film between the two Seitzens. Angelika Hauff and Heinrich Gretler and Viktor Staal play the leading roles as father and son.
action
Upper Bavaria in the year 1884. The film begins with the words: “In the Oberland there has been a kind of people's justice and peasant farce for centuries: The Haberfeldtreib”. Then a father explains to his son the background to this custom, namely that the simple rural Bavarians who do not agree with a verdict of a court hold their own court proceedings, which the mostly officially acquitted must face. This people's court, the Haberfeldttrieb, usually pronounces insult and shame on the alleged culprit. This centuries-old tradition has some significance in the story told below.
The new landlord of the village, Scharrer, is a stubborn and bossy old man of imposing appearance. Many fear his anger, and his son, the easy-going Thomas Scharrer, is often at odds with the old man. Scharrer junior is quite a sighthound: not only does he seem to chase every rock in the village, he is also considered a daring poacher. Once again the gendarmerie enters the old Neuwirt's house to investigate information that smuggled goods are being stored here. One day you will be caught, Thomas makes clear to his father, who is obviously in league with smugglers and only engages in smuggling because he has not yet found a rich wife to be a wife. While a wedding party is taking place at the Neuwirt, Thomas Scharrer goes back to the mountains to poach. However, the hunter Bartl is already on his trail and shoots Thomas, who escapes. He finds shelter for a short time with his former lover Afra, who lives as a dairymaid on a remote mountain farm. On his return to the wedding celebration, however, Thomas loses his face mask, which a farm boy puts on and causes horror at the celebration. For a short time Thomas is suspected of being the poacher, but the dairymaid Afra gives him an alibi.
The coveted village beauty Hanni Manhard only dances with the hunter Martin at the festival, so that the rumor soon arises that the two should have something together. With a slightly mocking remark, Hanni Martin speaks to Martin on the way to the mountain to induce him to comment, but he is a little awkward. Later she climbs into the mountain, but ends up in a scree area, where she cannot find a hold and slides a few meters down the scree. Since she has been unconscious for some time and will not return to her parents, there is concern down in the village below. Father Manhard, the forester, goes looking for his daughter. Thomas Scharrer, hearing Hanni's cries for help, goes to meet Hanni. Martin is also looking for her, but it is the young Scharrer who tracks down Hanni first and helps her get back on her feet. Thomas brings Hanni back to her parents safe and sound. A little later, Martin also enters the Manhards' living room, but sees everyone sitting together and leaves the living room immediately. Hanni runs after him outside and gives him a kiss so that he knows that she loves him.
At the next meeting, Thomas Hanni surprisingly confesses his many years of poaching activity. She is amazed at his openness. Hanni makes him promise not to poach anymore. He kisses her just as Martin enters the Manhards' room. Schürzenjäger Thomas also had a brief affair with the good Loni, the daughter of the coarse farmer. Apparently she is pregnant with Thomas. Loni trustingly turns to Afra for advice. Afra goes to Thomas and tells him about Loni's pregnancy. After all, he's decent enough to want to marry Loni now. But the old Scharrer doesn't play along, because he wants a better game for his son than the poor peasant girl. The Neuwirt does everything to piss off the Gröberbauer family in the village. The rumors spread by him lead to a Haberfeld drift, which has always been initiated by him, is kicked off against the Gröberbauer clan, which hits the innocent completely suddenly. Loni is accused of being a loose woman because of her illegitimate child. This gathering with a lynch mob character is too much for the bedridden coarse farmer who dies that same night. Since the Haberfeldttrieb is illegal, two gendarmes approach the Neuwirt and arrest the old man for inciting vigilante justice. Scharrer junior returns to Loni and her father and tells them that his place will be by their side in the future. Finally Thomas finally returns to the path of virtue when forester Manhard hires him as a new hunter and he is now acting on the right side of the law.
Production notes
The last shot was shot in 1951 in Schliersee and the surrounding area. The premiere took place on November 22, 1951 in Würzburg, the Berlin premiere was on March 25, 1952.
Producer Jochen Genzow also took over the production management. Ernst H. Albrecht designed the film structures implemented by Arne Flekstad , Ursula Maes the costumes.
criticism
In the lexicon of international films , it is briefly called: "Undemanding Heimatfilm."
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Poacher of Schliersee" is often incorrectly given as the second title
- ↑ The last shot. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2020 .
Web links
- The last shot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last shot at filmportal.de