The Snow Queen (2014)
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| Original title | the snow Queen |
| Country of production | Germany , Finland |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Karola Hattop |
| script |
Thomas Brinx Anja Kömmerling |
| production | Ingelore King |
| music | Gert Wilden Jr. |
| camera | Sebastian Hattop |
| cut | Ann-Sophie Schweizer |
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The Snow Queen (Finnish title Lumikuningatar ) is a German - Finnish fairy tale film by Karola Hattop from 2014. It is based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen and was produced by ZDF in coproduction with children's film and Visual Norden for the ZDF series " Märchenperlen " produced. Flora Li Thiemann is cast in the role of Gerda, Kristo Ferkic in that of Kay and Linda Zilliacus in the title role of the Snow Queen. Annette Frier embodies Ms. Flora.
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Gerda and Kay have been best friends since childhood and secretly love each other. Kay even built Gerda a heated glass house so that her roses can grow in it even in the cold winter and not freeze to death. But that infuriates the Snow Queen, who tries in vain to turn flowers into ice. When Kay then mocks her, she throws a splinter of ice in Kay's eye and suddenly the lovable boy turns into a cold-hearted boy. Gerda no longer understands him and they fight. Kay smashes a pane of the glass house, so that the blooming roses have to freeze to death. In his anger, Kay runs across the snowy landscape and meets the Snow Queen, who asks him to join her in the sleigh. He willingly lets her take him to her ice palace. Gerda stays behind in despair and tries to find Kay. But all she has left is his sled on a half-frozen river.
Even when spring comes, Kay doesn't come back. Although everyone believes that he is dead, Gerda is convinced that he is alive. So she goes looking for her boyfriend. On the river bank, Gerda is met by a boat, into which she climbs to let herself drift. Her journey takes Gerda into the blooming realm of flora, a summer garden in wonderful bloom. The simple-minded Flora, who actually means well by Gerda, gives her a sap to drink, which makes her temporarily forget Kay. Flora really enjoys not being alone anymore and would like to keep Gerda with her forever. But Gerda's memory comes back and with it the wish to find Kay, and so she doesn't stay any longer and moves on. She found out from Flora that a boy named Kay would live in the castle and so she went there. She sneaks into the stately home, but has to discover that the prince is not her Kay. Nevertheless, she is welcomed in a friendly manner and Gerda has a good time. They would like to keep her at the castle too, but after a longing dream Gerda wants to move on.
Kay meanwhile feels Gerda's dream and suddenly loses sight of the ice splinter. As a result, he no longer feels comfortable in the snow queen's ice palace, but he does not show this to his ruler and plays the cold-hearted boy the way she likes it. When Kay cuts himself on a shard of ice and a drop of blood in the snow looks like a red rose, his memory also comes back. He tries to escape from the palace, but the Snow Queen holds him back.
Gerda allows herself to be taken away from the castle in a carriage, but it is attacked by robbers in the forest. The girl has to fear for her life and is only lucky because the daughter of the robber chief wants someone to play with and her mother cannot refuse the child. The robbers don't like this at all, but they have to submit. The robber's daughter initially treats Gerda like a slave, but the more Gerda tells about her Kay and doesn't let up, the more she admires the girl and ultimately lets her "free". So Gerda wanders on and gradually reaches the area of eternal snow, where she collapses exhausted and is found by a Lappin . Gerda nurses them, who then starts the last part of her search.
When Gerda finally arrives at the Snow Queen's ice palace, she has to realize that it is not in her power to destroy the love between Gerda and Kay. So the two young people return to their village and enjoy the next spring together.
Production notes, publication
At the end of March 2014, ZDF announced that it would re-film the fairy tale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. The shooting then took place from March 18 to June 6, 2014. The winter passages were filmed in Finnish Lapland , while the summer part was shot in Berlin-Brandenburg .
The film was first broadcast on December 26, 2014 in the ZDF program . Previously, the film was presented in a limited edition on October 16, 2014 at the Schlingel International Film Festival in Chemnitz . The film was also released in August 2015 in Japan (DVD premiere) and on August 28, 2015 under the Finnish title Lumikuningatar in Finland in the Ylläs cinema. In France the film was published under the title La Reine des neiges , in Greece under the title Η βασίλισσα του χιονιού and in the Netherlands under the title De sneeuwkoningin . The English title is The Snow Queen .
The film was released on DVD by Rough Trade Distribution GmbH on November 6, 2015 as part of the “Märchenperlen” series.
reception
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv said: “The implementation [of the fairy tale] captivates with intoxicatingly beautiful images, which above all emphasize the contrast between the sea of flowers in spring and the barren snow desert. Costume and equipment are equally well done, the young actors convince. A highlight among the fairy tale films. "
The editorial team of TV Spielfilm gave the "thumbs up" without comment.
Awards
- Winner of the German Television Award in the “Best Sound Design” category: Clemens Grulich and Thomas Warnecke
- Nominated in the “Best Make-up” category: Wolfgang Böge, Ragna Jornitz, Astrid Lehmann
Web links
- The Snow Queen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The snow queen at crew united
- The Snow Queen at Tittelbach.tv
Individual evidence
- ↑ New ZDF Christmas fairy tale "The Snow Queen" Shooting begins in Finland . September 1, 2015. Accessed October 24, 2015.
- ↑ Die Schneekönigin Fig. DVD case “Märchenperlen” (in the picture from right to left: Flora Li Thiemann, Kristo Ferkic, Linda Zilliacus)
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^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Flora Li Thiemann, Kristo Ferkic, Zilliacus, Frier. A festival of fantasy & film art
film criticism at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 15, 2017. - ↑ TV feature film : Die Schneekönigin (2014) Film review at TV-Spielfilm.de accessed on February 15, 2017.
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