The black whale
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The black whale |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1934 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fritz Wendhausen |
| script | Fritz Wendhausen based on the play Fanny (1931) by Marcel Pagnol |
| production |
Willi Wolff for Riton-Film, Berlin |
| music | Walter Kollo |
| camera | Emil Schünemann |
| cut |
Alwin Elling Wolfgang Loë Bagier |
| occupation | |
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The Black Whale is a German drama directed by Fritz Wendhausen from 1934 with Emil Jannings in the leading role. The script is based on Marcel Pagnol's play Fanny from 1931.
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The old Peter Petersen runs the harbor bar "Zum Schwarzen Walfisch" in the far north. His son Martin loves Fanny, the daughter of the fishmonger Jürgens. For Fanny as her husband, however, she would like the much older Mr. Pannies, a wealthy widower and school friend of Peter Petersen. But Fanny is not interested in the older man.
Martin Petersen is drawn to the sea and, against the declared will of his father, wants to take on board a ship as a sailor. Fanny, who is expecting a child from Martin, lets him go sadly because she doesn't want to stand in the way of his lifelong dream. When he leaves, however, she collapses.
Deeply affected by the departure of the only son, Peter Petersen, who tries not to show anything, seeks consolation from the compassionate Fanny, to whom he gives all his fatherly feelings. A letter from Martin that reaches her is characterized by an obvious indifference to her. Meanwhile, Mr. Pannies tries his luck with the expectant mother one more time and asks Ms. Juergens for her daughter's hand. She now sees the last chance to get Fanny under the hood and to know that she is taken care of. Pannies lovingly takes care of the girl and is even happy about the future life, as he hopes to get his own parent in the child. However, Fanny still does not want to marry him because deep down in her heart she hopes Martin will return home. In the end, however, they offered the support of Pannies and Petersen.
Fanny has a son and calls him Peter Martin Pannies. Martin returns on a stormy rainy night. Old Petersen is overjoyed and immediately shows his son his old room, which he has left unchanged since he left. But Martin is immediately drawn to Fanny, of whose motherhood he had not yet known anything. Now he jealously makes demands and wants from Pannies, who always feared this moment, wife and child back. The old man is desperate. He is sure that he will now lose Fanny and the child he loves. But Fanny now finally realizes that her future can only lie at the side of a reliable man like Pannies and confesses to him in front of Martin's eyes. Peter Petersen also takes Fannys and Pannies' side and expels his own son from the house. When Martin has left, Fanny leans against the whale host's chest and weeps bitterly.
Production notes
The Black Whale , one of the most well-known Jannings films and at the same time the first cinema production with the German film star made in the Third Reich, was made in January 1934 in the EFA studio in Berlin-Halensee and was the penultimate film production by the German-Jewish filmmaker Willi Wolff , who since the National Socialists came to power in January 1933, she was only allowed to work to a very limited extent. The film censors allowed the strip to pass on February 19, 1934, the premiere took place on March 2, 1934 in the UFA-Palast am Zoo . The film was also shown in Austria under the title Zum Schwarzen Walfisch .
The production line was Helmuth Schreiber , the buildings came from the hands of the film trailer combination architect Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann . Siegfried Schulz was responsible for the musical direction.
The 20-year-old theater novice Angela Salloker made her film debut here.
template
The literary template Fanny is the middle part of Marcel Pagnol's so-called “Marseilles Trilogy” , consisting of Marius , Fanny and César . Unlike the French model, Wendhausen had his version played on the German coast. Before this German production, there had already been a French Fanny cinema version directed by Marc Allégret based on Pagnol's script in 1932 . An American film adaptation under the title Fanny with Horst Buchholz and Leslie Caron was released in 1961.
reception
“The film is not a 'star film', but it is of course highly significant that Emil Jannings appears again in German films in the role of the innkeeper Peter Petersen. In this film, Jannings shows himself again as a great artist, as a mature human actor who, thank God, has completely forgotten much in this film that American film methods have grafted on him. He is a person, absolutely a person. And that is certainly a lot. You will witness a great acting performance, the impression of which you will not forget. […] Remarkable is Angela Salloker's fanny, who, after notable stage successes, also performs excellently in her sound film debut. Outwardly she is certainly not a girl from the Waterkant (where the film is moved according to the manuscript), but she is a young girl who really knows how to express simple, deep, deep feelings. "
“Subject not overwhelming. But how Jannings plays it. A great actor. "
"The well-played film is the German version of Marcel Pagnol's dramas 'Fanny' and 'Marius'."
The author and critic Karlheinz Wendtland said that one is dealing here with "an exemplary intimate play in the film". He praised Jannings achievement with the words: “Jannings lives in his role. That in turn is a confirmation of his great art of representation. ”It continued:“ Angela Salloker, who was employed at the Munich City Theater at the time, is a new discovery on the screen. The narrow, fragile figure shows a face that can convey everything. She was adorable and tender. An experience! In contrast, Franz Niklisch is limited to defiance. By filling the role of panny with Max Gülstorff, everything embarrassing was avoided from the start. The film is great. "
See also
Web links
- The black whale in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The black whale at filmportal.de
- The black whale Berliner Illustrierter Film-Kurier No. 2120
Individual evidence
- ^ "To the black whale" Wiener Illustrierter Film-Kurier No. 781
- ↑ The black whale. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies born in 1933 and 1934, edited by the author Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, Chapter: Films 1934, Film No. 28.