The days of the Commune
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The days of the Commune |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Manfred Wekwerth (theater) Joachim Tenschert (theater) Kurt Veth (film) Hubert Kreuz (film) |
| production | German television broadcasting |
| music | Hanns Eisler |
| camera |
Werner Schramm Fritz Angermann Habbo Lolling Lothar Möckel |
| cut | Bettina Beissert |
| occupation | |
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The Days of Commune is the 1966 recording of German television broadcasting of a 1962 production by Manfred Wekwerth and Joachim Tenschert at the Berliner Ensemble , based on a parable by Bertolt Brecht from 1949.
action
The play begins on January 22, 1871 in front of a café on Rue Pigalle in the Paris district of Montmartre. It shows the flourishing and falling of the fictional Cabet family, their friends and neighbors during the 79 days of the Paris Commune . In addition to the Cabet family, many actual historical figures play a major role.
On the day of the armistice in the Franco-German War , ordinary citizens sit in front of the café and a representative of the bourgeoisie waits for his roasted chicken at the next table. While the soldiers of the National Guard sitting at the table of the citizens cannot even afford a glass of wine, since the price is twice the daily wage, the rich can afford a whole chicken. But nothing comes of it, because when the chicken is served, he flees from the verbal attacks of the other café visitors. But just like the gentleman at the next table, almost all members of the Parisian bourgeoisie disappear over the next few weeks , but now to Versailles . This is where the opponents of the new leadership gather in the Paris City Hall, the Commune. The poor people of the city feel very much in sympathy with the new Central Committee, but this is strongly divided because its leadership is calling on the revolutionary masses to restrain due to outdated legal views and liberal ideas. The founding of the Commune means liberation and joy for the Cabets and the other residents of Rue Pigalle; it enables them to live as they want to live.
In Bordeaux , the National Assembly elects Adolphe Thiers as Prime Minister. He soon realized that the proclamation of the Paris Commune on March 28, 1871, endangered the previous rule of the possessing class, while the Central Committee of the Commune tried to bring about a normalization of public life in the capital. Thiers sent his Foreign Minister Jules Favre to Frankfurt am Main to negotiate with Otto von Bismarck . They agree that the French prisoners of war will be released in Germany to put down the Paris uprising. Their payment was assured as the Commune could not agree to expropriate the Bank of France. On May 21, 1871, troops of the French army entered the city of two million Paris, ruled by the Commune since March 18, via the Saint-Cloud gate in the west.
The residents of Paris are preparing to defend the city. But opponents of the new system, such as Phillippe, are among them and are trying to break the resistance of the Communards . It goes so far that the brothers Francois and Phillippe point their guns at each other. A cannon is stationed in front of the Cabet family's apartment and a barricade is built. The friends and neighbors gather to defend their achievements. The fall of the Commune means the end for them too. Ms. Cabet is shot from the rooftops across the street as she brings something to eat, along with all the other defenders.
production
The premiere of this production took place on the occasion of the XI. Berliner Festtage took place on October 7, 1962 in the Berliner Ensemble . A performance set up for German television broadcasting in the equipment of Karl von Appen , which was broadcast on April 17, 1966, was also recorded here.
criticism
After the theater premiere, Helmut Ullrich von der Neue Zeit found that the staging was objective, clear and straightforward. The actors impressed with the accuracy of their play.
In the daily newspaper Neues Deutschland , Elvira Mollenschott paid special tribute to the fact that, in addition to the excellent directorial work and role design by the actors, the music of Hanns Eisler and the equipment by Karl von Appen deserve special mention.
Web links
- The Days of the Commune in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The days of the Commune in the online dictionary of television in the GDR
- The days of the Commune at filmportal.de