The trip to Bamsdorf
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The trip to Bamsdorf |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 39 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Konrad Petzold |
| script | Konrad Petzold |
| production | DEFA , production group for children's and youth films |
| music |
Heinz-Friedel Heddenhausen Erika Engel |
| camera | Erich Gusko |
| cut | Ursula Kahlbaum |
| occupation | |
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Die Fahrt nach Bamsdorf (Alternate title: The journey to Bamsdorf ) is a German children's film of the DEFA of Konrad Petzold from the year 1956th
action
Ten-year-old Toni is a very dodgy child. He cleans the aquarium and drains the water, but at some point forgets it and the kitchen is flooded and the fish are on dry land. At the same time he put milk on and left it on the stove. When the mother comes home with her little daughter Rita, she sees the water on the floor and carpet and the milk boiling over on the stove and has had enough: She forbids Toni to go on holiday to Bamsdorf to see grandma. Only at Rita's request and Toni's promise never to be bumbling again, she lets both children go on the trip.
On the way to the train station, Toni is distracted by playmates who are holding a scooter race. Both children almost miss the train. In a hurry, however, they board the train in the opposite direction and travel one station incorrectly before getting off. Since Toni only remembers his mother's instructions to get off after eight stops in Bamsdorf, he is now leaving the right train one station too early - Rita is still sitting on the train when he realizes his mistake, but the train makes the last stop Bamsdorf going without him. A shepherd boy leads Toni to the nearest phone so that he can call the train station in Bamsdorf and ask people to take his sister in reception. Rita, however, already got off the train at a short stop on the open road. She loses various things along the way, including her handkerchief and her small bag. Toni finds everything again and is put on her track, but in between, among other things, has to escape cows in a pasture and climb a steep slope. The two children finally meet again at a lake and embrace. Toni promises to get better. Together they hike the last stretch to Bamsdorf to their grandparents.
production
The journey to Bamsdorf was created in 1956 and had its world premiere on December 22, 1956. On July 29, 1982 it was shown separately on television for the first time on DFF 1 . Before that, however, it had already run on television as part of the flicker lesson . The film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982 as part of the Children's Film Festival.
The trip to Bamsdorf was Konrad Petzold's directorial debut and at the same time his thesis as part of his directorial studies. Although the film was only 39 minutes long, it was shown in GDR cinemas. It became such a great success that in 1958 the sequel Adventure in Bamsdorf came into theaters. Erika Engel and Heinz-Friedel Heddenhausen's song It wants two to go on journeys also became popular, providing musical accompaniment to the film and becoming a well-known GDR children's song.
criticism
The contemporary critics praised the fact that the camera, script and direction are "consciously adjusted to the child's capacity". On the other hand, it was criticized that close-ups and the associated optical means of expression were used too cautiously.
Alexander Abusch , State Secretary and 1st Deputy Minister for Culture, criticized the film at the 2nd Film Conference in July 1958 as too idyllic; Petzold was also accused of completely excluding the pioneer organization in the film.
The lexicon of international films called Die Fahrt nach Bamsdorf "simple, enjoyable entertainment for children."
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 725 .
Web links
- Die Fahrt nach Bamsdorf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The trip to Bamsdorf at filmportal.de
- The trip to Bamsdorf at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The trip to Bamsdorf. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2018 .
- ↑ See Spiegel article from 1973
- ^ Programs 1982. In: Berlinale.de. Retrieved July 1, 2018 .
- ^ Charlotte Ewald: Children's film - film for children! In: Deutsche Filmkunst , No. 2, 1957, p. 36ff.
- ↑ See Ralf Schenk (Red.), Filmmuseum Potsdam (Hrsg.): The second life of the film city Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946–1992 . Henschel, Berlin 1994, p. 133.