The happy pilgrimage
Movie | |
---|---|
Original title | The happy pilgrimage |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1956 |
length | 93 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
Rod | |
Director | Ferdinand Dörfler |
script | Ferdinand Dörfler |
production | Ferdinand Dörfler for Dörfler film production |
music | Raimund Rosenberger |
camera | Günther Rittau |
cut | Adolph Schlyssleder |
occupation | |
|
The happy pilgrimage is a German comedy film with Heimatfilm elements by Ferdinand Dörfler from 1956. It is based on the novella Die Fahnträgerin by Peter Rosegger and the play The funny pilgrimage by Anton Hamik (1887–1943).
action
The village of Kirchberg is preparing for the annual pilgrimage to Maria Kranz. The village foreign Sennerin Maria will go with him to pray for the welfare of their cows, the eternally quarreling couple Brandner will ask for the blessing of children and the Hagenbrunn farmer wants to finally bring her son Franzl under the hood. As every year, Valentin Halbscheid goes with us in the hope of finally being able to carry the pilgrimage flag, but the pastor has given this honor to Maria in order to avoid any dispute this year. However, the believing Maria, who wanted to spend the night in the parsonage's hayloft, was surprised by Franzl and fled outside. There she promptly slept through the start of the pilgrimage and is now making the pilgrimage alone to Maria Kranz - with Franzl always just behind her. Valentin, in turn, is allowed to carry the flag as an emergency solution.
Both groups meet again in Maria Kranz. The wish of the Hagenbrunn farmer seems to be fulfilled, as Franzl has fallen in love with Maria. The Brandner couple takes in a little orphan boy who is staying at the pilgrimage site.
On the way back, much to the displeasure of Valentine, Maria can now carry the flag. Soon the pilgrimage has grown significantly, as many men join the procession because of the Maria that preceded it. Among them are poachers and beggars, so that the pilgrims implore Saint Barbara for help. A thunderstorm begins and most of the men flee. The rest of them fight a fight with Valentin, Franzl and other pilgrims that soon turns into a mud fight.
Back in the village, Franzl finally looks for Maria, who, however, after the speeches of some villagers, suspects him to be a womanizer. Only when he assures her that this is just gossip and that he honestly loves her do they both become a couple and the Hagenbrunn farmer's wish for a pilgrimage has come true.
production
The film was shot from April 16 to May 1956 in the Bavaria Atelier in Munich-Geiselgasteig. It had its world premiere on August 24, 1956 in Munich .
criticism
The lexicon of the international film called the happy pilgrimage a "Bavarian folk piece, which with the best of intentions, but with not always appropriate means, uses a village pilgrimage as the framework for its juicy comedy."
Cinema described the film as a "satirical, but often just embarrassing pilgrimage" and summarized: "Krachlederne comedy with a pinch of satire."
Web links
- The joyful pilgrimage in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The happy pilgrimage at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 2. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1142.
- ↑ See cinema.de