The railway witch
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The railway witch |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Fischer |
| script | Rudolf Fischer |
| production | NDR , Hamburg |
| cut | Heath Wlazik |
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The Railway Witch is the title of a 1976 television film by Rudolf Fischer for NDR .
content
“The Railway Witch” tells of the initially mysterious, then increasingly familiar encounter between three children (represented by the siblings Ingo, Kolja and Sonja Wlazik) with a young woman (Marianne Lochert) who lives in a discarded railway car. The mother of the children (Heide Wlazik) and the older brother (Andreas Wlazik) distrust the stranger. When the older brother and a friend want to track down the alleged railway witch, the railway carriage inexplicably disappeared. Only three roses that have grown while he lingered on the siding are still there as silent witnesses to the mysterious encounter. - The next day, the mysterious stranger introduces herself to the children at school as their new teacher.
backgrounds
The puppeteer Rudolf Fischer (first Hohnsteiner Puppet Show , later Königsteiner and then Darmstadt Puppet Theater) wrote and staged this film as a pure play; his real passion as a puppeteer only comes to light in a few mask scenes. Rudolf Fischer was one of the most ambitious TV puppeteers: His best-known portrayal was probably The Sparrow from Wallrafplatz .
The film family was actually a family: Mother Heide Wlazik, herself an experienced puppeteer, with her four children.
His then wife Erika Fischer acted as Rudolf Fischer's assistant.
The film was the first of a whole series of TV feature films that the team Rudolf Fischer, Erika Fischer and Heide Wlazik shot together. The films were shown in the ARD children's program and accordingly went largely unnoticed by the specialist press (in contrast to Fischer's puppet films). From today's perspective, it is striking how slowly and calmly the stories were shown. The recordings were made exclusively at the original locations, i.e. not in studio decorations. In spite of this very realistic environment, the film exudes a fantastic and impenetrable atmosphere, the creation of which nowadays usually involves a great deal of technical and set design.
The film has not been shown since it was first broadcast.