The goose-girl at the fountain (1979)

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Movie
Original title The goose-girl at the well
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1979
length 57 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Ursula Schmenger
script Margot Beichler
Eberhard Borkmann
Ursula Schmenger
production DEFA
on behalf of East German television
music Jürgen Wilbrandt
camera Eberhard Borkmann
cut Karin Kusche
occupation

The goose-girl at the fountain is a German fairy tale film by Ursula Schmenger from 1979 . The film, produced by DEFA on behalf of GDR television , is loosely based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm , which was first presented in 1843 at position 179 (KHM 179) from the 5th edition in the fairy tale volume Kinder- und Hausmärchen .

action

At a well, Hans, the son of a blacksmith, meets an old woman whom he carries the bundles of wood to her hut. The old woman has magical powers, so she saw Hans' arrival in the well. Hans, on the other hand, is unable to throw the burdens off again. Arrived at the hut, he meets the unsightly daughter of the old woman who works as a goose girl. The old woman asks Hans to sleep. The next morning he should tell her what he would like to be rewarded for his service. During the night Hans dreams of Princess Marie, who receives numerous precious gifts on her 7th birthday, including brushes set with gemstones, an order and valuable sculptures. Her godmother Fee Allmuthe gives Marie the gift of crying pearls in mourning. Marie, on the other hand, is most happy about the gifts of her friends who belong to the common people. Her father, King Albrecht the Shining, had these presents taken away from her and announced that he would raise his daughter more strictly in the future.

Hans wakes up, but cannot learn any lessons from the dream. He wants power and therefore from the old woman a horse, a sword and armor. He comes to the castle of the knight Gisbert von Hartenfels, who has just passed away. His two sons fight for the inheritance with the sword and Hans can end the fight by intervening. When the winner, Günther, learns that a blacksmith's son has stood by him, he has Hans thrown into the dungeon. Hans realizes that his wishes for the old woman were foolish. He escapes from the dungeon and returns to the old woman. He should sleep again and can make a wish the next day. He dreams of Princess Marie's 12th birthday, who is given a Christmas tree by her poor friends. She dances with the children around the tree that her father is pulling up. Allmuthe appears and announces that he will avoid the castle in future due to the heartlessness of the king. Only Marie is still under her protection.

After he wakes up, Hans wants a merchant's car. Since he is not fit for power, he now wants to acquire wealth, but after a short distance he is attacked by three thieves who rob him. He returns penniless to the old woman, who lets him sleep again and holds out one last wish. Hans dreams of Princess Marie's 15th birthday. She should tell the king with her sisters how much she loves the father. While Helene and Elisabeth praise the king with the value of sweets and clothes that they both love, Marie cannot think of anything. At the end of the day, she says she loves it as much as she loves salt, since no food tastes good without salt. The king gets angry and rejects her. One of her poor friends takes the sack of salt that she has to carry as a punishment from her in front of the castle gate. The other two girls walk away with her in the middle.

Hans wakes up and now wants nothing more than to find Marie and help her. The old woman gives him an emerald box. Hans finds Marie's castle, which has not been celebrating any festivals for a long time. In the emerald box, the king and queen find a pearl that Marie has wept and offer Hans wealth and power if he should find the princess, but if he refuses her gifts, he would never bring Marie back to an inhuman father. To find the way back to the old woman, Hans goes to the well in the forest, where he suddenly sees the old woman's daughter. She turns into Princess Marie before his eyes, but flees when she hears Hans. He returns to the old woman's house and confesses that he loves Marie. Now the old woman, who is really Fee Allmuthe, gives in and Marie appears in her real form. Allmuthe leaves, Marie no longer needs her. It's Marie's 18th birthday and her popular friends show up to give her presents.

production

Falkenstein Castle, a location for the film

The goose-girl at the fountain was filmed in the Selketal in the Harz Mountains, in Quedlinburg , at Schwerin Castle and at Falkenstein Castle . Ingrid Mogel created the costumes and Joachim Otto designed the film .

The film had its television premiere on December 22, 1979 on GDR 1 and was also shown in GDR cinemas on March 27, 1981. RTL showed the film for the first time on May 1, 1989 on German television. In September 2012, Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen was released on DVD by Icestorm as part of the DDR TV Archive series .

criticism

For the film service , Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen was a “poetic television film based on the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm.” Frank-Burkhard Habel called it a “poetic fairy tale film full of adventure”.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. The goose girl at the fountain on filmstadt-quedlinburg.de
  2. ↑ The goose-girl at the well. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 194 .