The White Snake (2015)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The white snake |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Stefan Bühling |
| script |
Max Honert Jörg Menke-Peitzmeyer |
| production |
Provobis Moviepool |
| music | Stefan Maria Schneider |
| camera | Hermann Dunzendorfer |
| cut | Clare Dowling |
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The White Snake is a German fairy tale film by Stefan Bühling from 2015. It is based on the fairy tale of the same name after the Brothers Grimm and was produced for the ZDF series Märchenperlen . In addition to Tim Oliver Schultz , Reiner Schöne and Frida-Lovisa Hamann , Jutta Fastian and Dominik Raneburger play the leading roles .
action
Endres, a poor farmer's son, wants to make more of his life. His father thinks he's a good-for-nothing just because he'd like to learn to read and write and doesn't have a lot of skill for a trade. Sent away from home, he comes to the king's castle. Soon the king recognized Endre's good nature and gave him the post of personal servant, whose most important task was to always bring the king a golden bowl after dinner. Inside is the meat of a prepared white snake. Those who eat from it have mastered the language of animals. But only the king knows about it and no one else is allowed to see or know what is in the bowl. Because with this secret the king succeeds in unmasking enemies and traitors among his subjects, or in predicting storms. Only in this way does he have the wisdom and foresight that is known everywhere.
Endres fulfills his new duties in an exemplary manner and feels comfortable at the king's court. When one day he saves the life of the king's daughter's favorite horse, his reputation at court rises and he even gets the attention of Princess Leonora. She encourages him to look into the golden bowl, which Endres refuses because it is forbidden on the death penalty. He also has the feeling that the king cannot hide it when he does something wrong. So it surprises him that he is accused by the king of stealing a ring from the queen. Only through the intercession of the princess does he get the chance to prove his innocence, because the dungeon would be waiting for him immediately. In his distress, Endres looks into the golden bowl, hoping to gain the king's wisdom. When he sees white snake meat there, he eats from the plate and is now able to understand the language of the animals. So he overhears the chickens, ducks and pigeons in the castle courtyard and learns that a duck has swallowed the ring. After the king learns about it, he suspects that Endres did not find out by accident.
Endres is now forced to leave the castle and receives her horse as a present from the princess. He flees into the forest, chased by the king's soldiers. Since the horse helps him, he can shake off his pursuers and help animals in need, who are grateful to him and tell him that “nothing is lost yet”.
In the meantime, Princess Leonora discovers a secret dungeon in the castle through a tip that Endres had given her. Her father has been holding her uncle Friedrich there for years. He tells her that it was he who discovered the magical white snake at the time and that his brother snatched it because it understood all languages. King Charles would have killed her in order to gain her abilities, and he would have promised her to protect her. Princess Leonora frees her uncle from his dungeon and he implores her to look for and protect the second white snake before her father gets hold of it, because he will not rest until he also has it in his possession. So the princess sets out to find the second snake and Endres, who is now also looking for the white snake. As soon as Leonora has found Endres, her father appears and asks Endres to bring him the snake. He allies with the clever beast and together they defeat the king.
From then on, Endres ruled the kingdom in goodness and justice as king with Princess Leonora at his side. He lowers the farmers' taxes and decrees that every child should have the opportunity to learn to read and write. He explains the forest in which the white snake lives as a forest of excommunication, which can only be entered with their permission.
Production notes, publication
The shooting took place from October 8, 2013 to November 5, 2013 at Schloss Rosenburg and Schloss Greillenstein as well as in Horn . It was first broadcast on December 19, 2015 on television in the ZDFneo program . The film was previously presented in a limited edition at the Hamburg Film Festival on October 7, 2015 . It was also published in March 2019 in Belgium and the Netherlands. In the USA it is sold under the title The White Snake .
The film was released by Rough Trade Distribution GmbH on November 25, 2016 as part of the “Märchenperlen” series on DVD.
reception
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv said: “The plot is unusually complex, especially for a fairy tale film that is aimed at the whole family; it may be too complicated for children of primary school age. What is remarkable, however, is the directing performance of Stefan Bühling "
The editorial staff of TV Spielfilm symbolized their comment by showing them with the "thumbs up".
Awards
Filmfest Hamburg 2015
- Nominated for the Michel Award: Stefan Bühling
- Nominated for the Emmy in the category “Kids: TV Movie / Mini-Series” Irene Wellershoff, ZDF
German Directors Award Metropolis 2016
- Winner of the Metropolis in the category “Best Director in a Child / Youth Film” Stefan Bühling, ZDF and Provobis Society for Film and Television Metafilm
Web links
- The white snake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The white snake at maerchenfilm.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ The White Snake Fig. Film poster in the IMDb (in the picture: Tim Oliver Schultz, Frida-Lovisa Hamann)
- ↑ The white snake Fig. DVD case fairy tale pearls (in the picture: Tim Oliver Schultz, Reiner Schöne, Frida Lovisa Hamann)
- ↑ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Tim Oliver Schultz & Frida Lovisa Hamann in a top fairy tale for big children, film review at tittelbach.tv , accessed on February 15, 2017.
- ↑ TV Spielfilm : Film review at TV-Spielfilm.de accessed on February 15, 2017.
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