The Christmas goose Auguste (fairy tale)

The Christmas goose Auguste is a story by Friedrich Wolf . It was published in 1946 as part of the book Fairy Tales for Large and Small Children in Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin.

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The Dresdner Kammersänger Luitpold Löwenhaupt buys a live goose for the upcoming Christmas party, which is to become a nice, fat Christmas roast. But then his three children get in the way, who quickly become fond of the animal. They call the goose Auguste ( Gustje ) and let them move from the cellar to the nursery. In between the goose is already plucked, but is regaining consciousness. She will then receive a warm sweater. In the end, only the father wants his roast goose. But after some back and forth, Gustje is rescued by the rest of the family and from then on remains the family's darling.

Dramatizations

According to Friedrich Wolf's story, a radio play was first produced on radio in the GDR in 1959 . The material was implemented early on in film in 1964 with Peterle and the Christmas goose Auguste , the diploma film with which the director Rainer Simon completed his studies at what was then the German Academy for Film Art . This is followed in 1974 by a musical and dramatic version by Günter Neubert , in 1979 a television play by GDR television , in 1985 the puppet cartoon by Günter Rätz and in 1988 the children's film Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste by Bodo Fürneisen , which is also very popular to the present day .