The winged serpent
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| Original title | The winged serpent |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 17 minutes |
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| Director | Lothar Barke |
| script | Lothar Barke |
| production | DEFA studio for animated films |
| camera | Harald Krauße |
| cut | Anita Uebe |
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The winged serpent is a documentary film of the DEFA -Studio for Animated Films Dresden by Lothar Barke from 1972. The film was made to celebrate the 500th birthday of Lucas Cranach the Elder .
action
The film takes museum visitors with buses to the most important sites for the preservation and care of the work of the great master in Meissen , Lutherstadt Wittenberg and Weimar and thus provides an insight into the life and work of the Renaissance painter. It presents important paintings and graphics from the GDR art collections that were signed with the winged snake.
In addition to several others, the following works by Lucas Cranach, the elder, are shown in this documentary and are largely commented on:
- Triptych of Duke George and his wife Barbara (tempera on wood - 1534)
- Cross altar in Meissen Cathedral (1526)
- Frederick the Wise (painting on beech wood - 1532)
- Catherine Altar (painting on linden wood - 1506)
- The expulsion of the changers from the temple (oil on linden wood - 1510)
- Adam and Eve (linden wood - 1531)
- John the Baptist preaching in the forest (woodcut - 1516)
- Portrait of Luther as Junker Jörg (Buchenholz - 1521)
- Double portrait of Duke Heinrich the Pious and wife of Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg (oil on panel transferred to canvas - 1514)
- Luther as an Augustinian monk (copperplate engraving - 1520)
- Portrait of Hans Luther, Luther's father (beech wood - 1527)
- Portrait of Margaretha Luther, Luther's mother (Buchenholz - 1527)
- Portrait of Christian II, King of Denmark (linden wood - around 1523 to 1530)
- Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (red beech wood - around 1526)
- Portrait of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony (Buchenholz - 153 (4)?)
- Portrait of Princess Sibylle von Cleve (mixed media on red beech wood - 1526)
- Prince Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony. (Painting on red beech wood - 1526)
- Portrait of Herr von Schleinitz (painting on red beech wood - 1526)
- Portrait of Frau von Schleinitz (painting on red beech wood - 1526)
- Apollonia von Wiedebach (painting on linden wood - around 1524)
- Portrait of Georg von Wiedebach (painting on linden wood - around 1524)
- Portrait of Gerhart Volk (painting on parchment on wood - 1518)
- Christ and the adulteress (linden wood - around 1535 to 1540)
- Mocking Christ (painting on linden wood - around 1515 to 1520)
- Young mother with child (oil on beech wood - around 1525)
production
The winged snake was shot by DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme Dresden in cooperation with the GDR Academy for Film and Television under the working title Lucas Cranach as a real film on ORWO- Color and had its premiere on September 1, 1972. The first broadcast on television took place on January 2, 1973 in the 2nd program of the television of the GDR . The dramaturgy was in the hands of Hedda Gehm .
Web links
- The winged serpent in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The winged snake at filmportal.de
- The winged snake on defa.de