The search for the Turlipan bird
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The search for the Turlipan bird |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 13 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Weiler |
| script | Kurt Weiler |
| production | DEFA |
| music |
Claude Debussy Addy Kurth (arrangement) |
| camera | Erich Günther |
| cut | Thea Busch |
| occupation | |
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The Search for the Turlipan Bird is a German puppet film by the DEFA studio for documentaries by Kurt Weiler from 1977 based on the poem Der Vogel Turlipan by Peter Hacks .
action
At the school in Salamanca there is a dean who has set his mind on finding the legendary bird Turlipan. Since he cannot see him from the highest towers with his binoculars , he pulls a horse-drawn cart, amidst the laughter of his colleagues, outside the city to continue the search. His path leads him over mountains and through valleys, he sees all kinds of birds and figures, only the colorful bird Turlipan is not there.
Sometimes he thinks he is so close to the bird that he takes the bird farmer in his hand in order to lock him up immediately. But the dean was unsuccessful. He builds bridges to cross large bodies of water, travels through foreign countries, and even goes on a search in a volcano . In the end he tries to discover the bird from the air with a self-built aircraft, but he cannot see it anywhere. Now he goes back to Salamanca and has to admit that the Turlipan bird really doesn't exist.
Production and publication
The search for the bird Turlipan was filmed under the working title Der Vogel Turlipan by the group Kontakt on ORWO-Color and had its world premiere on November 24, 1976 in Leipzig , the regular cinema release in the GDR took place on February 4, 1977. The first broadcast on the television of the GDR took place on February 16, 1978 in the first program.
The puppet design and the stage design are by Gabriele Koerbl, the puppet tour was designed by Heiko Ebert, while the dramaturgy was in the hands of Irmgard Ritterbusch.
Web links
- The search for the bird Turlipan at filmportal.de
- The search for the colorful bird Turlipan at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, February 16, 1978, p. 8.