The Swedish nightingale

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Movie
Original title The Swedish nightingale
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1941
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Peter Paul Brewer
script Device from Klaß
Per Schwenzen
production Ernst Günther Techow for Terra Filmkunst
music Franz Grothe
camera Ewald Daub
cut Alice Ludwig-Rasch
occupation

And as a performer of the China fairy tale:

It sings: Erna Berger

The Swedish Nightingale is a biographical feature film from 1941. It tells the “story of a tragic love between the Danish fairy tale poet Hans Christian Andersen ( Joachim Gottschalk ) and the celebrated singer” Jenny Lind , played by Ilse Werner . Directed by Peter Paul Brauer .

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One day, the Danish fairy tale poet Hans Christian Andersen met the Swedish singing talent Jenny Lind at a castle performance of his fairy tale The Princess and the Swineherd . Convinced of her skills, he recommends her to Copenhagen . With the help of the Danish Minister of State, Count Rantzau, who takes a liking to the distinctive Swede, she has the opportunity to audition. Eventually she is accepted into the local opera school. After a while, a liaison develops between the much older Minister of State and Jenny. When Andersen learns of the relationship, he withdraws deeply disappointed, as he also loves the young woman. The delicate poet decides to accept a scholarship and go to Rome .

Count Rantzau wants to make nails and proposes to Jenny Lind. However, since he demands of her to give up her stage career, she rejects this proposal with a heavy heart. Then she goes on tour abroad. Andersen couldn't get over the loss of his great love in Rome either and fell more and more into depression . When Andersen learns that Jenny has decided against the Count and for her passion, singing, he is transformed. He decides to return to Copenhagen and try Jenny again. The initial euphoria of the two lovers quickly gives way to the realization that Jenny's true calling is her singing and the big opera stages. And Andersen, too, has to realize that he must not disappoint the children of this world and that he must not give his personal happiness priority over writing fairy tales. So both finally separate. Inspired by this painful experience, Andersen writes the story of The Emperor's Nightingale . Like his fairy tale monarch, Hans Christian Andersen has to recognize that the nightingale can only develop its most beautiful song when it is free .

Production notes

The screenplay is based on the first performed on September 25, 1940 Acting guest appearance in Copenhagen of Friedrich Forster-Burggraf .

Filming of The Swedish Nightingale began on September 30, 1940 and was completed on January 10, 1941. The premiere took place on April 9, 1941 in the Berlin Capitol Cinema . In the following twelve months the film was also shown in the Netherlands , Sweden , Finland and France .

Ilse Werner's vocal parts come from the soprano Erna Berger . The music titles to be heard in the film are The Nightingale Song: Magic Song of the Night, Postillon Song, Oh you dear Augustin, Heidenröslein and Saw a Knab 'ein Röslein stand'n . The lyrics to the songs of Franz Grothes are by Willy Dehmel . In the film program of the Terra, which contains the information that the film was approved by the film testing agency under the number 31771 on February 10, 1941, it is said that Ilse Werner was the embodiment of Jenny Lind at the time for the most beautiful role of her life held.

This was the last film by leading actor Joachim Gottschalk. After the shooting he was completely sidelined by Goebbels as a film actor because he steadfastly refused to part with his Jewish wife Meta.

Originally, Paul Verhoeven provided as a director of the film. But: after a few days, the Terra boss Peter Paul Brauer takes over the direction. After he had missed directing the prestige object “ Jud Suss ” a few months ago , he is now taking on all sorts of promising tasks. However, this Herr Brauer does not have the light hand of Paul Verhoeven, but he does have a party badge that he wears under his skirt. The work on this film takes an excruciatingly long time. The hapless director of smaller productions is visibly overwhelmed by the management and coordination of this large project.

The film structures were designed by Robert Herlth and executed by Heinrich Weidemann . The costumes are made by Walter Schulze-Mittendorf .

The film was a huge success financially. The production costs amounted to 1,543,000 RM; The Swedish Nightingale had already earned 3,264,000 RM in January 1942 .

After the film was approved by the censors, the Swedish nightingale received the Nazi rating of 'artistically valuable'.

criticism

The Swiss specialist publication Der Filmberater judged: “The new Terrafilm lets us relive the delicious Biedermeier period of the 40s to 50s of the last century in lively, contemplative, high-contrast images and puts the likeable lovers Lind-Andersen in the middle of this milieu. [...] Ilse Werner plays the role of the 'Swedish nightingale' with enchanting grace, while Joachim Gottschalk plays the somewhat dreamy and in love fairytale poet convincingly and warmly. The clean, large-scale film suffers from the inability to combine the two elements of play and music into a closed unit, and that is why it gaps a little in its structure. "

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: "Romantic costume drama of dubious biographical value."

In 1983, after re-viewing the film, the FAZ came to the conclusion that the Swedish nightingale was "a bad homage to the great storyteller Hans Christian Andersen"

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 339.
  2. ↑ The film program Terra The Swedish Nightingale
  3. ↑ Even Jud Süss director Veit Harlan failed with Goebbels with his wish to cast Gottschalk for the 1941 production Die goldene Stadt . Ulrich Liebe reports on this in his memorial book Revered. Tracked. To forget. Actor as a Nazi victim . Berlin 1992, on page 90: When the director insists on his casting request, the Minister fails. He alludes to Gottschalk's seafaring days and says that this is the reason that the actor could now fall for the "most thought-out sex lists of the sophisticated Jewish women". Kristina Söderbaum leaves the tea group in the face of such injuries. But Goebbels asks Harlan: “Have you already spoken to Gottschalk about casting the role of Leidwein?” Harlan replies in the affirmative, and Goebbels: “Then tell him to separate from his wife. His wife can travel to Switzerland immediately. I will arrange for her to be given a passport as soon as possible. I value Gottschalk himself as an actor. Tell him that. If he wants to be an enemy of National Socialism with his Jewess, then he cannot expect National Socialism to protect its enemies ”[…]“ He should send his Chonte to where the pepper grows ”.
  4. ↑ Revered. Tracked. To forget. P. 88 f.
  5. ↑ Information according to Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme, Volume 11, year 1940/41, Berlin 2000. P. 260 f.
  6. ↑ Der Filmberater, No. 6, Lucerne 1941
  7. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexikon des Internationale Films Volume 7, p. 3361. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.
  8. ↑ cit. n. Bogusław Drewniaks The German Film 1938-1945, A Complete Overview. Düsseldorf 1987. p. 444

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