The cuckoo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The cuckoo |
| Country of production | Germany ( SBZ ) |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Deppe |
| script |
Robert A. Stemmle , Marta Moyland |
| production | DEFA |
| music | Ernst Roters |
| camera |
Robert Baberske , Walter Roßkopf |
| cut | Lisa Thiemann |
| occupation | |
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Die Kuckucks is a German DEFA film directed by Hans Deppe in 1949.
action
The 18-year-old orphan Inge Kuckert provides only for her four younger siblings. In addition to the small, everyday worries about tightness and food, there will soon be existential ones: the landlords are bothered by the hustle and bustle of the Kuckerts and quit the apartment. Inge turns to the authorities, but they see the only solution in accommodating the younger siblings in homes or with foster families - Inge's oldest brother is already doing an apprenticeship.
The siblings discover an old, dilapidated villa, which is made available to them as an apartment by the apparently wealthy owner. The five of them are enthusiastic about the repair. A little later, the dilapidated house is unrecognizable. The Kuckerts can only savor their luck with a new home for a short time, however, as a strange gentleman appears, describes himself as the true owner of the house and claims the house. She never received a written contract from the man who once gave Inge the right to live in the house, so good advice is expensive. The siblings' neighbor, a young journalist who makes inquiries about the alleged owner and finally can expose him as a criminal, is the savior in need. It comes to a happy ending: The Kuckerts can continue to live in the villa and Inge and the journalist become a couple.
production
Die Kuckucks was Hans Deppe's second and last feature film for DEFA after Kein Platz für die Liebe (1947) . The film was made in the Babelsberg studio with outdoor shots from Berlin-Grunewald and Pankow and had its premiere on April 8, 1949 in Berlin's Babylon . As an exchange film between Central Germany and West Germany, it was also shown in the West , beginning on January 3, 1950 in Remscheid .
With 4.7 million viewers, the film became one of DEFA's most successful children's films.
criticism
Contemporary critics called the film in 1949 “not a big deal, but full of humor” and stated that “you don't always want to make a time film that is full of conflict and tragedy”. For other critics, the film was "a cheerful debris fairy tale with a serious, very serious background."
Looking back in 1996, Ingelore König, Dieter Wiedemann and Lothar Wolf wrote that it was difficult “to understand the difficulties of the cuckoo as tragic or even fateful. Director Hans Deppe doesn't allow a sober look at the real, serious problems of that time - he doesn't want it at all. "
The lexicon of international film found: "Realistic, time-related entertainment film from DEFA with a forgiving optimism."
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 337-338 .
- The cuckoo . In: Ingelore König, Dieter Wiedemann, Lothar Wolf (eds.): Between Marx and Muck. DEFA films for children . Henschel, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89487-234-9 , pp. 74-76.
Web links
- The cuckoo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The cuckoos at filmportal.de
- The cuckoos at the DEFA Foundation
- Die Kuckucks - full film in German on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , pp. 62 f.
- ↑ The cuckoos. In: Zeughauskino - Berlin under construction, page 8 below, PDF, accessed on August 1, 2018.
- ↑ Mü. in: Vorwärts , April 9, 1949.
- ^ Peter Edel in: Die Weltbühne , April 19, 1949.
- ↑ The cuckoos . In: Ingelore König, Dieter Wiedemann, Lothar Wolf (eds.): Between Marx and Muck. DEFA films for children . Henschel, Berlin 1996, p. 75.
- ↑ The cuckoos. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2018 .