The people from the cathedral square

Television series
Original title	The people from the cathedral square
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
year	1979
length	25 minutes
Episodes	13 in 1 season
genre	TV series, German history
music	Luitgard fruit , Ars musica antiqua
German-language first broadcast	January 22nd, 1980 on ARD
occupation
Joost Siedhoff : Josef Ute Lichtenthäler : Grete Christiane Pauli : Agnes Erwin Scherschel : Gumpert Andreas Schulz : Arndt Helmut Winkelmann : Spielmann Wenzel Sylvia Heid : Martha Michael Schulmeven : Erhard Konrad Georg : Wolfram Pit Krüger : Balthasar Reinhart von Stolzmann : Norbert Katharina Brauren : grandmother Ulrich Faulhaber : Dean Fritz Hammer : Salomon, the doctor Petra Constanza : Othilia Hellmer Hirseland : 1st knight servant Dietmar Saebisch : Knight of Tönisstein Peter Dolder : Knight Bernhard von Tönisstein (son of the knight), then bishop Willy Seiler : Kaufmann Eckenbrecht Werner O. Feißt : Cistercians Hans Gerd Kübel : Anselmus Manfred G. Hermann : Albrecht Jeanette Becker : Bauernmarle Arnfried Krämer : Father Guardian Wolfgang Reinsch : Tillmann Klaus Hellmold : Landolf Hans-Peter Jendreyko : Gernot Nikolaus Schilling : Giselher Alexander Allerson : Stefan Christa Dubbert : Gotlind Eberhard Wechselberg : Dietolf Peter Franzon : David Manfred Boehm : Mayor Heinz W. Kraehkamp : City servant Germain Muller : Hugo von Toul Rudi Riegler : Master Daniel Christian Hoening : Quirin

Die Menschen vom Domplatz is a 13-part German television series, the production of which began on April 29, 1979 and took 104 days of shooting until October 4, 1979. The script was provided by Leonhard Reinirkens , and Roland Diehm from Südwestfunk Baden-Baden was responsible for the production with expert advice from Werner Schäfke .

Directed by Harald Schäfer , Anton Zink was responsible for the editing ; Helmer Fischer-Hirseland and Mario Maylath were responsible for the elaborate equipment in close consultation with Schäfke.

introduction

The series takes place in Germany in the 13th century , in a typical city of the late Middle Ages . Riots break out one day after the bishop demands customs fees for the Rhine ferries. In the course of the fighting, the bishop is driven out of the city and the cathedral is destroyed. Now a new cathedral has to be built. This work takes decades. Again and again the residents are confronted with new difficulties, not least because of marauding robber barons the already hard life of the time is made more difficult for them. Political turmoil and the resulting power vacuum threaten to sink the country into chaos. The only way out seems to be to unite the cities into a federation.

content

The story is primarily about the carpenter Josef, his family and his friend Gumpert, the weaver . When an uproar shakes the city, a dispute breaks out between the two sons of Joseph. Norbert stands by the merchants who rebel against the rule of the nobility and the bishop , while Arndt fights on the side of the bishop's servants. Norbert is seriously injured in this fight, can only be saved with the help of the Jewish doctor Salomon and can no longer be used as a carpenter.

A new bishop is installed, the revolt has triumphed and now a new cathedral has to be built because the old one has been destroyed. For the local craftsmen, this means work for decades. Josef worries, however: Norbert changes to the merchant class, while Arndt wants to become a stonemason . None of his sons want to remain loyal to the carpenters' guild .

The situation changed noticeably over the years. Norbert becomes an able and successful businessman. However, dark clouds are gathering around the city: robber barons are terrorizing the countryside and threatening the cities and villages. Josef is killed in one of these insidious attacks. Norbert, who has now risen to the city council and mayor , is politically active. He and his group recognize that a strong alliance must be found that offers protection for all. This is the only way the city can survive and the construction of the cathedral, which was extremely important for the deeply religious people of the time, can be completed.

Episode list

1. Riots and fire
2. Great plans
3. The new builder
4. Excavations
5. The stranger
6. Pay and be silent!
7. Between emperor and king
8. Bread and power
9. The consecration of the choir
10. Escape from the city
11. Joys and sorrows
12. interdict
13. The League of Cities

Others

In 1979 the series was shot with great effort. In addition to a large number of actors and extras, this also included scientific advice in order to portray everyday life in a medieval city as authentically as possible. A special technical feature was the bluebox process ( chroma key technology, to be precise ) using the Japanese Ikegami HL 77 camera , which, due to its compact design and low weight, was ideally suited to photographing true-to-scale at a person's eye level or even digging it into the model to become. The series was broadcast for the first time on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from January 22 to March 11, 1980 on ARD and repeated from January 12 to April 6, 1982.

DVD

In March 2012 the DVD box for the series was released with three DVDs in the “Big Stories” series.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about the television series on fernsehserien.de

Web links

• The people from the Cathedral Square in the Internet Movie Database (English)