The knight of Bredow's trousers

Movie
Original title	The knight of Bredow's trousers
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Publishing year	1973
length	108 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Konrad Petzold
script	Günter Kaltofen , Konrad Petzold
production	DEFA , Artistic Working Group "Johannisthal"
music	Günter Hauk
camera	Hans Heinrich
cut	Use Peters
occupation
Rolf Hoppe : Knight Götz von Bredow Lissy Tempelhof : Brigitte von Bredow Kati Bus : Evi Petr Skarke : Junker Hans-Jürgen Gerry Wolff : Foreman Kaspar Armin Mueller-Stahl : Dean Ezard Haussmann : Melchior Fred Delmare : Hedderich Arno Wyzniewski : Elector Joachim I. Hannjo Hasse : Lindenberg Eva-Maria Hagen : Grandmaid Wibke Carin Abicht : Maid Meike Sylvia Neef : maid Susanne Anatol Farkás : Ruprecht Jörg Gillner : Bartel Axel Triebel : Bodo von Bredow Stefan Lisewski : Uli Juliane Korén : Marierose Walter Lendrich : Landlord Fred Ludwig : Minkwitz Harald Halgardt : Quitzow Gerd Ehlers : Armin, Vogt of Potsdam Alfred Struwe : Otterstadt Hans-Joachim Hanisch : Constable Nico Turoff : jailer Jochen Diestelmann : Scholar Rolf Ripperger : Puttlitz Günther Polensen : Mayor of Berlin Peter Brang : Chief Chamberlain Bodo Schmidt : Servant at Hedderich Günter Rüger : Servant at Hedderich Horst Papke : Servant at Bredow Klaus-Jürgen Kramer : Servant at Bredow Christa Scheuner : maid Renate Heymer : Maid Horst Schäfer : Electoral Knight Werner Pfeifer : Electoral Knight Klaus Gehrke : Landreiter Hannes Stelzer : Landreiter Günter Schubert : Landreiter Hans Schmidt : Guest Klaus Ebeling : Soldier

The Pants of the Knight of Bredow is a German DEFA film comedy directed by Konrad Petzold from 1973.

action

After a battle, Götz von Bredow got drunk again in a small pub fight and then fell into bed. His wife suspects that he will sleep off his drunkenness for another seven days, so she takes off his leather pants from her husband . After 30 years it should finally be cleaned in the course of the big laundry, since it is now standing on the wall by itself. There is a reason for the trousers: They are supposed to protect those who wear them from any damage, but they should never be washed. During the big laundry, however, the trousers are left on the line and found by the merchant Hedderich and taken away.

Meanwhile, on Bredow's estate, the electoral secret council Lindenberg loses all of its cash against the dean in gambling . The elector had only entrusted him with the money for safekeeping. Since Götz cannot borrow anything because he is still asleep and is bankrupt anyway, Lindenberg rides off and assaults the businessman Hedderich in Götz von Bredow's armor . He takes his money from him, and a short time later Götz's Junker Hans-Jürgen also took the lederhosen, which are now reproduced by Götz. A short time later he was arrested for the Hedderich attack, but released when the Elector recognized Lindenberg as the perpetrator and left him hanging. Instead of going home to his wife Brigitte, Götz, who would rather be a badger (or two badgers) and hibernate , is sworn by his clan to a fight for revenge against the elector. Brigitte, on the other hand, wants her husband to be safe in the house at last and has all combat equipment, armor and Götzens pants brought out of the house. Only the sword is left to him and so he rushes into battle despite the festive table and the provocative maiden in underpants. Hans-Jürgen is already fighting there in his lederhosen at the side of the elector and Götz also decides for the elector's side. A quick change of pants takes place during the fight and the opposing troops are successfully routed. At home, Götz falls into bed drunk as usual. Before Brigitte can say anything, however, Götz voluntarily takes off his lederhosen this time.

production

The pants of the knight von Bredow is based on the novel Die Hosen des Herr von Bredow by Willibald Alexis . The film was shot largely in 1972 at Rabenstein Castle (Fläming) and Wiesenburg Castle (Brandenburg) and premiered on August 31, 1973 in the Leipzig Capitol . On December 28, 1974 it ran for the first time on DFF 1 on television.

criticism

Contemporary critics praised the film for its actors, who "in this turbulent film, which is colorful thanks to costume, mask and production designs [...] even in the smallest supporting roles ... [are] excellent." Other critics found that the long beatings in the inn and the long laundry festival were boring or noted that “the place and time of the action [actually] offered a dark picture. […] On this point the film lacks historical spirit. The comedic unfolds on a playing down background and thus loses its depth of view ”.

The lexicon of international films found: “Partly morality-like saga, part rough whipping, the film offers humorous entertainment overall. In the figure of a lustful, vicious 'dean', recorded as a bad 'priest type', the religious background of the time is of course distorted. "

For Cinema , the film was a "perky nobility, with Armin Mueller-Stahl as the nasty priest."

literature

• F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 254-255 .

Web links

• The pants of the knight of Bredow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The pants of the knight von Bredow at filmportal.de
• The trousers of the Knight von Bredow at the DEFA Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ^ Herrmann Schirrmeister in: Tribüne , September 7, 1973.
2. ^ Hans-Dieter Schütt in: Junge Welt , September 11, 1973.
3. ↑ Friedrich Salow in: Filmspiegel , No. 20, 1973.
4. ↑ The Knight of Bredow's Pants. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 21, 2018 .  
5. ↑ The Knight of Bredow's Pants. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on July 21, 2018 .