Dumbo (1941)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dumbo |
| Original title | Dumbo |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 64 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ben Sharpsteen |
| script |
Helen Aberson , Harold Perl , Otto Englander , Joe Grant , Dick Huemer |
| production | Walt Disney |
| music |
Oliver Wallace Songs: Frank Churchill Ned Washington Orchestration: Edward H. Plumb |
| occupation | |
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Speakers English, German:
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Dumbo , which was also shown in Germany under the title Dumbo, the flying elephant , is the fourth full-length cartoon from the Walt Disney Studios and dates from 1941. It is loosely based on the story of the elephant Jumbo . It was based on the story Dumbo, the Flying Elephant (1939) by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl . The film received an Oscar in the category Best Score in 1942 and was also nominated for the song Baby Mine in the category Best Song .
After the two previous Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia did not meet the studio's profit expectations, Dumbo tried to work significantly less costly, which is not least reflected in the comparatively short duration of the film.
In 2019, the real film Dumbo was reinterpreted.
action
Finally the rattle stork brings Mrs. Jumbo, a circus elephant, her long-awaited son. She calls him Jumbo Jr., but because of his unusually large ears he is denigrated by the other elephants as "Dumbo" (from the English "dumbo": fool).
When Dumbo is annoyed by some young circus goers because of his ears, Mrs. Jumbo attacks the people to protect him. Then Mrs. Jumbo is locked in a cage.
A short time later, Dumbo meets the mouse Timothy and becomes friends with her. Timothy makes sure that the ringmaster makes Dumbo the star of his next number: The little elephant is to jump onto the top of a large elephant tower. During the performance, Dumbo trips over his ears and brings the tower to collapse.
From now on, Dumbo is only used as an attraction in a clown act: he has to jump from a burning house into a small bucket of water. The other elephants are ashamed of this and then decide to exclude Dumbo from their community for good. To cheer Dumbo up, Timothy takes him to his mother, Mrs. Jumbo, so that there is a brief mother and son reunion. Then Dumbo and Timothy drink from a bucket of water that had recently fallen into an open bottle of champagne with which the clowns celebrated their success. When drunk, the two dream of pink elephants .
The next morning, Dumbo and Timothy are woken up by a flock of ravens. The two discover that they have landed in a tree. For Timothy, there is only one explanation: Dumbo must have flown up the tree. In the case of the ravens, this assumption initially triggers roaring laughter. However, when Timothy tells of Dumbo's fate as an outcast outsider, they feel guilty. They decide to help Dumbo fly and give him a "magic feather". In fact, Dumbo manages to fly.
At the next performance, Dumbo is supposed to surprise everyone and fly. In his jump, however, he loses the alleged magic feather. While still falling, Timothy, who is sitting on Dumbo's cap, tries to explain to him that he can fly without the feather. And actually the little elephant begins to fly into the bucket just before it falls. Now Dumbo is a star. His mother is released, given a private circus car , Timothy becomes Dumbo's manager and everyone celebrates the little elephant.
German synchronization
There are two German dubbed versions. The first was created in 1952 on the occasion of the German premiere in the distribution of the RKO . The German dubbed version that can always be heard today is the version created by Heinrich Riethmüller on the occasion of the re-performance in 1976 .
Awards
- 1942 - Oscar for Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace for best music
- 1947 - Awarded the Cannes Film Festival for the best cartoon
- 2017 - Inclusion in the National Film Registry
Reviews
“A carefully and detailed cartoon that basically tells a deeply sad story before it lets friendship and charity triumph. Some places are all too clearly designed to be emotional, which is easily compensated for by numerous comical highlights, such as the storks flying in formation, the bubble bath of the baby elephant, the elephant ballet, but above all the dream parade of the pink elephants. A comparatively small Disney film, condensed into a great moment of lightness and drawing ingenuity. (The German dubbing, however, is a low point.) "
"The most enchanting of all Disney films."
"Magical, imaginative, lively."
“A cartoon film by Walt Disney that is new in terms of material, content and style. Refreshing entertainment. "
media
- Dumbo. VHS March 1995.
- Dumbo. (Disney Classics First Edition, DVD) February 24, 1999.
- Dumbo (Special Collection). Walt Disney Home Video, VHS 2001.
- Dumbo. Blu-ray, DVD 2010.
- Dumbo Special Collection. DVD 2011.
- Disney Classics 4: Dumbo . Walt Disney Home Entertainment, DVD / BD 2017
Soundtrack
- Walt Disney's Dumbo. Classic Soundtrack Series. Walt Disney Records , Burbank 1997, No. 60949-7.
reception
literature
- Helen Aberson : Dumbo, the Flying Elephant. With illustrations by Harold Pearl . Roll-a-Book 1939.
- Walt Disney (founder): Dumbo. Walt Disney classics, No. 1. German by Gudrun Smed. F. Schneider, Munich 1991, 97 pages, ISBN 3-505-04604-3 .
- Leonard Maltin : The Disney Films. 3rd edition, 384 pp. Hyperion, New York 1995, ISBN 0-7868-8137-2 .
- Elmar Biebl, Dirk Manthey, Jörg Altendorf et al .: The films of Walt Disney. The magical world of animation. 2nd edition, 177 p. Milchstraße, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-89324-117-5 .
- Frank Thomas , Ollie Johnston : Disney Animation. The Illusion of Life. 575 S. Abbeville Press, New York 1981, ISBN 0-89659-698-2 .
- Christopher Finch : Walt Disney. His life - his art (Original title: The Art of Walt Disney. From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms ). German by Renate Witting. (Limited exclusive edition.) Ehapa-Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, 457 pages, ISBN 3-7704-0171-9 , (current English-language edition: The Art of Walt Disney. From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms. Abrams, New York 2004, 504 pp., ISBN 0-8109-4964-4 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lexicon of international film (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997.
- ↑ 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958. Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 87
Web links
- Dumbo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Overview of the film music publications at Soundtrack-Collector
- Dumbo in Duckipedia
