The misappropriated sky

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Movie
Original title The misappropriated sky
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1958
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ernst Marischka
script Ernst Marischka
production Rhombus-Film, Munich
music Anton Profes
camera Bruno Mondi
cut Alfred Srp
occupation

The misappropriated sky is a German drama by Ernst Marischka based on the novel of the same name by Franz Werfel . The film shows the popular actress Annie Rosar in one of her few serious roles. The other leading roles are occupied by Hans Holt , Victor de Kowa , Vilma Degischer and Kai Fischer .

The premiere of the film took place on October 2, 1958 in the Capitol in Cologne.

action

The film begins with a funeral: The Bohemian cook Teta Linek died on her pilgrimage to Rome and is now buried in the Campo Santo Teutonico cemetery. A flashback describes how this came about:

For Teta Linek, life on earth is only a more or less long preparation for eternal life in heaven. She does everything to ensure that this wish will be fulfilled one day. She has chosen her only nephew, Mojmir, as the consecrated mediator for eternity. After she finances him a good education, she also pays the costs of the seminary and the ever increasing amounts for the young man's personal needs. She doesn't attach great importance to maintaining personal contact with him, but is content with a lively exchange of letters. In order to secure heaven, she pays his bills and pays his debts over and over again. She herself lives extremely modestly.

Many years passed before Teta heard from her nephew that he had now been ordained a priest and that he would take over the parish of Hustopec. Now she decides to move in with him and quits her job as housekeeper. As soon as she arrives, she realizes that her nephew has cheated on her for decades.

To regain her peace of mind, Teta Linek takes part in a pilgrimage to Rome. During the trip she befriends the young chaplain Seydel and tells him her life story. In doing so, she confesses that her calculating actions were a sin.

The pilgrimage culminates in a general audience in St. Peter's Basilica . When the Pope is carried past Teta Linek on the Sedia gestatoria , she kneels in front of him. The old lady suffers a fit of weakness so that she has to be admitted to the hospital on the Tiber Island . She is already dying when a bishop walks into her hospital room and tells her that the Holy Father has learned of her suffering and is praying for her. Reconciled to God, Teta Linek closes her eyes forever.

Production history

The film, produced by a Munich company with largely Austrian cast, was shot in the Rosenhügel film studios in Vienna between June and July 1958 . The exterior shots were taken in Vienna , Altaussee , Rome and in the Vatican City . It also contains real recordings from St. Peter's Basilica of one of the last general audiences of Pope Pius XII. , in which he personally greets a group of pilgrims from Austria and addresses them in German. The film structures come from Heinz Ockermüller .

reception

publication

The film was released in Austria in November 1958. The following year he was seen in the Netherlands, the United States, Spain (Madrid) and Sweden. In 1961 it was published in Mexico and Denmark. He was also seen in Brazil, France, Italy and Portugal. The English title is Embezzled Heaven .

criticism

“The depth of the subtle religious novel by Franz Werfel is only fragmentarily expressed in this popular film adaptation; the subject itself, the absurdity of attempts at redemption on one's own initiative, and the moving portrayal of the main character make the film remarkable. "

- Lexicon of international film

"Predicate 'valuable'"

- Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden

TV versions

On February 15, 1958, the ORF showed a TV version based on the stage version of Ladislaus Bus-Fekete and Mary Helen Fay ( Maria Fagyas ) in a TV adaptation by Helmut Schwarz. Annie Rosar also played the leading role, directed by Theodor Grädler . Ernst Meister played the understanding pastor Janku and Heinz Czeike (as a child) and Harry Fuss (as an adult) the deceitful nephew. Other contributors included Hilde Rom and Alfred Böhm , Marianne Gerzner , Hermann Thimig and Oskar Wegrostek .

In 1990 the novel was made into a film again by Ottokar Runze , with Elisabeth Epp , Paulus Manker , Gertraud Jesserer and Peter Simonischek .

Radio play versions

In the 1950s, two radio plays were also made in the Federal Republic of Germany based on Franz Werfel's novel.

literature

  • Franz Werfel : The misappropriated sky. The story of a maid. Novel. 9th - 10th thousand. Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1994, (first edition 1939), ISBN 3-596-29459-2 (= collected works in individual volumes , edited by Knut Beck).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The new film program, No. 4098, Klemmer - Mannheim, 1958
  2. ↑ The misappropriated sky see murnau-stiftung.de
  3. ↑ The misappropriated sky. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 31, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used