The Bat (1972)
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| Original title | The bat |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 137 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Otto Schenk |
| script | Peter Weiser and Otto Schenk |
| production | Filmkunst Musikverlag Munich |
| music |
Johann Strauss (composition) Karl Böhm (musical director) |
| occupation | |
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The bat is in Austria turned film adaptation of the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss with the Vienna Philharmonic under Karl Böhm and the Vienna State Opera Chorus under Norbert Balatsch and Gundula Janowitz, Renate Holm, Eberhard Wächter, Erich Kunz and Wolfgang wind lanes in the lead roles. In contrast to the ten year older version of the bat , which was a very free adaptation of the material, this television adaptation follows the specifications of the original much more closely. The biggest difference is that the role of Prince Orlofsky in this version is occupied by a baritone instead of a mezzo-soprano.
action
Dr. Eisenstein is supposed to serve an eight-day arrest sentence for insulting an official, but is persuaded by his friend Falke to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball as Marquis Renard instead. At the same time, Alfred, the former lover of his wife Rosalinde, appears unannounced and, in order not to compromise the latter, is arrested by the prison director Frank instead of Eisenstein. In the evening, with the exception of Alfred and the lawyer Dr. Blind - all protagonists at Prince Orlofsky's feast. Eisenstein first meets Adele, his wife's maid, who is hooking up with Frank, the prison director who is identified as "Chevalier Chagrin". Eisenstein pays court to his masked wife Rosalinde, who pretends to be a Hungarian countess and steals the watch from him as evidence of his infidelity. Under the influence of champagne, Eisenstein tells the story of an earlier masked ball at the end of which he exposed his friend Falke dressed as a bat and thus exposed to the ridicule of market women and street boys. Falke declares that he has prepared his revenge. The next morning all the guests from the previous evening gradually arrive at the prison. Eisenstein, disguised as a lawyer Dr. Blind, his wife interrogates Rosalinde and Alfred because of their alleged infidelity, but then has to admit his own adventure of the previous evening and is mocked by everyone present. The plot turns out to be the "bat's revenge".
Reviews
“Otto Schenk's lively staging of 'Fledermaus' culminates in the second act in a rushing hustle and bustle, a huge party, an orgy of alcoholized and otherwise wavering figures, led by the runaway Eberhard Wächter, the seductive Renate Holm and the one with one famous Csárdás attending Gundula Janowitz. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Oswald Panagl and Fritz Schweiger: Die Fledermaus. The real story of an operetta . Böhlau, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-205-99087-0 , p. 228.
- ↑ https://www.film.at/die_fledermaus_1
Web links
- The bat in theInternet Movie Database(English)