The bride from Daalenhof
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The bride of Glomdal |
| Original title | Glomdalsbruden |
| Country of production | Norway |
| original language | Norwegian / Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1926 |
| length | 7 acts, 1,237 yards, 115 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| script | Carl Theodor Dreyer based on the stories "Eline Vangen" (1906) and "Glomdalsbruden" (1907) by Jacob Breda Bull |
| production | Victoria Film Oslo |
| music | Ronen Thalmay (2010) |
| camera | Einar Olsen |
| occupation | |
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The Bride of Daalenhof (also The Bride of Glomdal , original title Glomdalsbruden ) is the title of a silent film melodrama that Carl Theodor Dreyer realized in 1926 in Norway for Victoria Film Oslo based on two stories by the Norwegian author Jacob Breda Bull . He wrote the script himself. In his film he improvised and worked mostly with amateur actors. According to his own statement, he only read the work on which his script is based on the train on the way to the location. Because the actors had to go back to their theaters after the summer break, he didn't have much time to shoot the film.
action
After years of working for strangers, Tore comes home to take over his family's run-down farm. In his youthful zeal, he would like to expand it to a size that is as stately as the Daalenhof on the other side of the river. The beautiful farmer's daughter Berit lives there. Tore, who has known her from an early age, loves her, and Berit reciprocates his affection. But her father promised her to Gjermund, the son of the wealthy neighbor, who asked him for Berit.
As the wedding approaches, her father wants to take her to Gjermund's farm, but when he wants to invite a neighbor to the party on the way, Berit rides away to seek refuge with Tore and his parents. In doing so, she falls from her horse. Taking care of Tore's family gives her strength again and, with the intercession of the vicar and his wife, who take care of their cause, gets her father to consent to the relationship with Tore.
Gjermund, furious with jealousy, wants to prevent the wedding. He unties the boats that the wedding party needs to cross the river and drifts them away. There is a dramatic battle with the forces of nature. Tore tries to cross the river on horseback, but the current pulls him out of his saddle so that he drifts helplessly in the water until he finally manages to climb onto tree trunks that have been driven together by the current and find support.
Gjermund observes his work from the safe shore and sees that his plan does not succeed. Tore comes ashore safely, gets his job and with the participation of the whole community the wedding is celebrated in the village church.
background
Direction and scenario were in the hands of Carl Theodor Dreyer. Einar Olden took care of the photography . The stage set created Jens Wang . The exterior shots were taken in the Osterdal area, about 125 miles north of Oslo, where Jacob Breda Bull lived. The studio scenes were shot in Åkershus Fortress on the southern outskirts of Oslo, a brick building from the 17th century that King Christian IV of Denmark had built.
The film was awarded by Dansk-Svensk Film . It was premiered in Norway on January 1, 1926 in the Carl Johan Theater, Oslo and on March 15, 1926 in Denmark in the Admiral Palads in Copenhagen. It was released in cinemas on April 15, 1926. It was also shown in Germany as “The Bride of Daalenhof”, in France as Les fiancés de Glomdal , and also in Italy, Portugal and Poland. In the Anglophone world it was called The Bride of Glomdal .
reception
“'An intermezzo, a short folk tale' is what Carl Theodor Dreyer calls this light, sunlight-flooded film, in which shots of running water and shimmering leaves correspond to innocent sexuality. 'Glomdalsbruden' was filmed under improvisational circumstances in 1926 during a few Norwegian summer days. As in most cases, Dreyer also worked here with amateurs as actors. "
"Actors have to be selected based on their intellectual similarity to the characters they are supposed to play - so that you can see the soul of a person in their face." (HT at film.at)
The actor Einar Sissener, who was at the National Theater in Oslo at the time, was to play the leading role. In it the hero had to swim through dangerous rapids towards the end of the film, for which a stunt one was hired, but which pinched at the crucial moment. So Dreyer called Sissener and asked if he had life insurance; When the latter said no, he asked him to quickly get one, to say goodbye to his family and to bring two bottles of brandy with him, because he had to play the water scene.
Nature plays an important role in “The Bride of Daalenhof”. Magnificent mountains and a raging river give the film, which was shot in Norway in midsummer, its frame. It's a melodrama, but one of a light tone.
“The film is distinguished by some dramatic scenes with cross-cutting inspired by DW Griffith. The scenes fall toward the end of the film, when Tore has to dramatically ford the river to get his Berit. We are treated to a romantic and happy ending, a quite uncharacteristic thing for Dreyer ”.
The Bride of Glomdal was well received in Denmark and Norway; especially the effect of the impressive Norwegian landscape was emphasized. The film is not necessarily one of the most significant works by Dreyer, but Dreyer was quite happy with it in view of the rather chaotic shooting conditions.
The Copenhagen newspaper Berlingske Tidende wrote on June 4, 1926: “The Glomdal bride is not a disappointment, but a great success. Cooperation between Danes and Norwegians is seldom seen these days, nonetheless the performers honor their two nationalities. Significant: the good Danish direction and the magnificent Norwegian landscape. ”.
“For The Bride of Glomdal , Dreyer went again to Norway, which seems to have acted as a fountain of youth for him as it did before with The Parson's Widow . Although The Bride of Glomdal has touches of the same quirky humor as the earlier Norwegian film, it is distinguished by the sense of sweeping lyricism that runs through it and that owes a considerable debt to (but surpasses) Mauritz Stiller's Jonah . " (Tom Milne)
Revival / release
The film was shown at the Carl Theodor Dreyer retrospective in Berlin in 2010 in the Arsenal cinema with piano accompaniment by pianist Eunice Martins.
The municipal "Filmhauskino" in Nuremberg showed the film on Sunday, November 23, 2014 at 7.15 pm. D. Meyer accompanied the piano.
The Danish Film Institute released the film on DVD together with Dreyer's Elsker Hverandre / The Geographers. A booklet with articles by Dreyer experts Casper Tybjerg and Morten Egholm is included. The accompanying music for both films comes from the pianist Ronen Thalmay. In Germany it was published by Edition filmmuseum .
literature
- David Bordwell: The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. University of California Press, 1981, ISBN 0-520-04450-9 , pp. 27, 32, 46, 211, 246, 249-250.
- Jean Drum, Dale D. Drum: My Only Great Passion. The Life and Films of Carl Th. Dreyer. (= The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Volume 68). Scarecrow Press, Verlag 2000, ISBN 1-4616-6999-5 .
- Michael Maciejok: Film posters 1908–1932 from the holdings of the State Film Archive of the GDR: Exhibition in the Film Museum of the GDR. State Film Archive of the GDR, Film Museum of the GDR. Publisher: Das Museum, 1986, p. 32, no. 135.
- Tom Milne: The Cinema of Carl Dreyer. AS Barnes, New York 1971.
Web links
- The Bride of Daalenhof in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Bride of Glomdal at en.wiki
- Birgit Granhøy at carlthdreyer.dk (website of the Danish Film Institute)
Imagery
- Movie poster
- Title page for the film program
- Photo: Tove Tellback as the bride of Glomdal
- Photo: Tore and Berit
- Film excerpt from 0.49 'on youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ so Birgit Granhøy at carlthdreyer.dk ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. Jean & Dale Drum p. 120.
- ↑ cf. Jean & Dale Drum p. 306.
- ↑ according to the Danish Film Institute
- ↑ cf. IMDb release info
- ↑ cf. filmmuseum.at ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. Jean & Dale Drum p. 121.
- ↑ so Birgit Granhøy at carlthdreyer.dk ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cit. after Jean & Dale Drum p. 123 note 6
- ↑ cf. Ie.film
- ↑ cf. Arsenal-berlin.de
- ↑ from 2000 resident pianist at Kino Arsenal der Freunde der Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin, cf. stummfilmkonzerte.de
- ↑ cf. kunstkulturquartier.de
- ↑ real RT Waniewicz, b. 1973, graduate of the Royal Danske Music Conservatory, internationally recognized silent film companion since 1998, cf. home page with sound samples, also plays traditional klezmer music in the quartet 'Schlechte Kapelle' he founded in 1996 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. amazon.com and edition-filmmuseum.com
