Dunja (1955)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dunja |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Josef von Báky |
| script |
Emil Burri Johannes Mario Simmel based on the script by Gerhard Menzel for the 1940 film |
| production |
Sascha-Film , Vienna ( Herbert Gruber ) |
| music | Alois Melichar |
| camera |
Hannes Staudinger Günther Anders |
| cut | Herma Sandtner |
| occupation | |
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Dunja is an Austrian film melodrama, which was based very loosely on the novella The Postmaster of Pushkin . Under the direction of Joseph of Báky embodies Eva Bartok the title role. Rittmeister Minski is played by Ivan Desny , the ensign Mitja by Karlheinz Böhm and the postmaster by Walter Richter .
action
Dunja lived with her father, the postmaster , in a lonely Russian area, where people seldom got lost. Only now and then came travelers who took care of their horses or changed them and then moved on. For some time now it has become even more lonely around the old man, because Dunja is no longer alive. Every now and then the postmaster finds someone who listens to him when he tells the story of his daughter, whom he loves above all else. Even today a carriage stops, from which an officer gets out and who enters his room. He ponders how he met the old man. It falls from his eyes like scales when he pronounces the name Dunja . The officer is Mitja, and he knows the story of Dunja very well, because he was once deeply in love with the charming young woman.
Dunja was extraordinarily beautiful and many men fell in love with her at first sight. One day, Rittmeister Minski came to the little post office and was also fascinated by the young woman. He put nonsense into her head and got her to go to St. Petersburg with him. It was clear to the simply knitted postmaster that the noble gentleman would marry his Dunja, so he let her go so as not to stand in the way of her happiness.
In fact, Dunja's new life turned out to be like a fairytale in the magnificent surroundings. Minski granted her every wish and showered her with gifts. However, he no longer wanted to know about his loosely thrown promise to marry Dunja. He spoke of class differences and of the fact that marrying a simple postmaster's daughter would not only be detrimental to his career. It got worse when it became a habit and he became indifferent to Dunja. She was passed around among the officers and did not defend herself seriously, as she had become too used to her carefree life in luxury. But then she met Ensign Mitja, who meant it honestly with her and whom Dunja also loved sincerely. She sought refuge with her former seamstress Elisabeth to start a new life. Mitja was not supposed to find out about how she had lived lately.
In the meantime travelers have told the postmaster how his Dunja lived in Petersburg. He then left his post office for the first time to travel to the distant city and confront his daughter. When Dunja found out that her father was on his way, she saw only one way out and turned to Minski. All he could think of was to play the old man a comedy and arrange a staged wedding. The postmaster believed what he saw and was happy. The party was almost over when three more guests arrived, among them Mitja, who looked at the bride in horror, his Dunja! He didn't want to hear her explanations. He broke up with Dunja. The postmaster hadn't heard of the incident. He left the next morning with the proud feeling that his daughter had made it into higher society. He did not find out that Dunja had shot herself just a few hours later, she died for him when she was particularly happy. He even thinks that God took his daughter away from him because he was too proud of her.
When the postmaster has finished talking and falls asleep with a smile on her face, Mitja wistfully gets up and quietly closes the door behind her.
Production notes
Dunja was shot in the studios of Wien-Film GmbH, Sievering and Rosenhügel , the outdoor shots were made in Vienna and the surrounding area as well as in Burgenland. The film ran on December 22, 1955 in the cinemas of the Federal Republic of Germany. In Austria it also operated under the alternative title Der Postmeister .
Fritz Maurischat created the film structures, Edith Almoslino designed the costumes, and Dia Luca was responsible for the choreography. Walter Tjaden was in charge of production. It is a production by Sascha-Film Produktions-Gesellschaft mbH . The film was distributed by Herzog-Film.
criticism
For the lexicon of international film, it was a "superficially coarse remake of the film Der Postmeister (Austria 1940)".
The film magazine Cinema was of the opinion that co-author Johannes Mario Simmel had transformed the novel "into kitsch", which leads to the conclusion: "This is how you trivialize world literature."
The TV magazine prism spoke of a "soulful staged [n] melodrama".
Web links
- Dunja in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dunja at filmportal.de
- Dunja illustrated film stage No. 3088
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