The goose of Sedan

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Movie
Original title The goose of Sedan
Country of production Germany
France
original language German
French
Publishing year 1959
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Helmut Käutner
script Jean L'Hôte
Helmut Käutner based
on the novel "Un dimanche dans le champ d'honneur" by Jean L'Hote
production UFA , Berlin
CAPAC, Paris
music Bernhard Eichhorn
camera Jacques Letellier
cut Klaus Dudenhöfer
occupation

and Hans Verner , Willy Rösner , Rolf Kutschera , Emile Genevois , Robert Rollis , Yves Barsacq , Christian Brocard , Jean Filliez , Sacha Briquet

The goose of Sedan is a Franco-German war comedy from 1959. Directed by Helmut Käutner play Hardy Kruger and Jean Richard , the lead roles.

action

At the time of the Franco-German War . The French soldier Léon is taking a little bath in a calm river when he sees another young man chasing a goose, happily romping around in the water. He teases him in French, "Hey, you comrade, that's not a German roast". He doesn't understand a word because, as he answers in German with a strong Berlin dialect, his ears are still watering. His name is Fritz, and he serves for the emperor and empire. Only when they have both climbed out of the water to the river bank do they recognize their stalemate and run to their respective muskets. Then both men start laughing. One of them says something in French, wants to know the German's name (“Comment tu t'appelles?”), While the latter only understands “Appell” and immediately believes that the French want to listen to him and elicit military secrets. After the very first mutual distrust, the ice between the two “hereditary enemies” was quickly broken. You joke with each other and quickly realize that you could even become friends in peacetime.

But there is war between the two nations, and Fritz and Léon quickly catch up with him. The men, who only wear long underpants, have to frantically slip into their uniforms ... and do not even notice that Fritz has now become a French soldier and Léon has become a German soldier - both have swapped their bundled packages and thus their uniforms! In order not to be considered a deserter, spy or even deserter, the two have to find each other quickly in order to get their old uniforms back. In fact, Léon and Fritz find a little secluded spot on the flat land, and Marguerite, a young farmer's wife, whom they both promptly fall in love with, takes them in on their small farm. But the war continues and Léon is captured by the Germans. Allegedly he is said to have killed a German officer. Now Fritz has the opportunity to prove his newfound friendship and to save Léon from execution.

Production notes

The Goose of Sedan , a side work by Käutner, was filmed from July 25th to September 12th, 1959 in the Studios Bilancourt Paris. The exterior shots were taken in the Ile de France . The German premiere was on December 22, 1959 in the Filmbühne Wien , Berlin, the French premiere on May 25, 1960 in Paris. The German television broadcast took place on December 21, 1986 on Bayern 3 .

The buildings were designed by Serge Pimenoff , whose last completed work was this. Emmanuel Machuel assisted chief cinematographer Jacques Letellier. Erica Balqué assisted her husband Käutner as assistant director.

Reviews

“What the director Helmut Käutner apparently envisioned as a Franco-German comedy of understanding turns out to be a gross disguise, embedded in a staid rustic idyll. During the editing of the story, which was rolled out in Franco-German collaborative work (a German grenadier and a French soldier accidentally swapped their uniforms in the war of 1870/71), the German part - rough comfort - crushed the joke of the French author Jean L'Hote, who wrote the provided the literary model ('Une Fleure au Fusil') and co-wrote the script. Neither Hardy Krüger as a Pomeranian foot soldier nor Jean Richard as Poilu in their main costume - long johns - make the film a feast for the eyes. "

- Der Spiegel No. 1, dated January 6, 1960

"The goose is not filled with indigestible Käutner symbols, but sometimes it has its feathers plucked too indelibly."

In the lexicon of the international film it says: “The hunt for a goose on a river brings two opposing soldiers together in the Franco-German campaign of 1870. They swap their uniforms in a hurry, which is the reason for a partly comical, partly amiable-amusing game of confusion in this entertainment film, which advocates friendship between peoples. "

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Helmut Käutner
  2. The Goose of Sedan. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 8, 2015 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

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