The morality of the robber captain Johann Georg Grasel
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| Original title | The morality of the robber captain Johann Georg Grasel |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 88 minutes |
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| Director | Otto Anton Eder |
| script | Friedrich Polakovics, HC Artmann |
| music | Ernst Koelz |
| camera | Siegfried Hold |
| cut | Paula Dvorak , Annemarie Reisebauer |
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Die Moritat vom Räuberhauptmann Johann Georg Grasel is an Austrian television film from 1969 about the life of the robber chief Johann Georg Grasel .
action
The film describes the last years of life of Johann Georg Grasel and his gang, who committed many thefts, break-ins, robberies and robberies in Lower Austria and South Moravia in the 1810s .
The gang breaks into the house of a wealthy cloth merchant. Grasel wants to give his lover a particularly beautiful bonnet from the stolen property, but when he meets her in the tavern and gives her the bonnet, there is a fight between Grasel and a rival. Grasel is arrested but is able to escape the prison cell and return to his gang. In the rumors that the people tell about Grasel, his deeds and the circumstances of his flight are embellished.
An accomplice tells him about old Frau Schindler, who lives alone outside of Zwettl and is therefore an easy victim. They break into her, Grasel wants to silence her, but she defends herself and writes until Grasel finally kills her.
The efforts of the authorities to catch Grasel are initially unsuccessful: The lawyer Schopf from Drosendorf reports the robbery to the court in Vienna, where there is concern that Grasel is now viewed as a kind of Robin Hood and is almost revered by the people as a hero . According to rumors, he is even supposed to advance into Vienna with his gang. Responsibility is given to the army, military patrols are to move out and comb the area. Justice Schopf sees this as a mistake, since Grasel may be startled and driven away, but not caught. In fact, the soldiers, who are not familiar with the area, only arrest false suspects and allow themselves to be outwitted by Grasel.
That's why Schopf sets a trap for him: Grasel's “bride” Resl Hamberger, who is under arrest, is freed by an apparent robber named David Mayer, who actually works for Schopf. Mayer pretends to want to bring Grasel and Hamberger to safety across the border, then overpowers him with the help of the other guests in an inn in Mörtersdorf . Grasel was transferred to Vienna and, after a lengthy process, was publicly executed together with two accomplices.
Display style
The film contains many comedic elements, such as when Grasel, disguised as a priest, walks unrecognized in front of a group of soldiers who kneel down in front of him and make the cross. In the depiction of the hunt for grass, the satirical predominates: the aloofness of the court councilors and the clumsiness of their efforts are exaggerated.
According to the title, the scenes are interrupted by a morality singer ( Ernst Stankovski ). He sings to the guitar, tells and comments on the story, addressing the television viewer directly and teaching them morally. There is also a trio of singers within the scenes who appear at different locations in the scene and whose songs connect the scenes with one another.
production
The film was produced by Studio-Film GmbH Vienna on behalf of ORF .
reception
After the film also on German television (on October 17, 1971 ARD aired) appeared in the time a review in which the film was criticized as too harmless and trivial, the opportunities to criticize the social conditions which offered the History had not been used:
“No talk of satire and striking jokes, all that was left was the farce with singing: Nestroy 's teeth had been pulled. [...] A man like HC Artmann shouldn't have given his name to this culinary histoire. [...] [T] he result is then a fried chicken - Schwank , who himself Metternich . Censors would not excited "
Web links
- The ballad of the robber captain Johann Georg Grasel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Moritat from robber chief Johann Georg Grasel on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cheers to the comfort. In: Die Zeit No. 43/1971. October 22, 1971. Retrieved July 11, 2020 .