Through the woods, through the meadows
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Through the woods, through the meadows |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | GW Pabst |
| script |
Franz Michael Schilder Peter Hamel adapted by Walter Forster based on a novel by Hans Watzlik |
| production | Herbert O. Horn |
| music |
Herbert Windt Erwin Halletz |
| camera | Kurt Grigoleit |
| cut | Herbert Taschner |
| occupation | |
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Through the woods, through the floodplains is a German feature film from 1956 by GW Pabst , whose last film director this was. Eva Bartok and Peter Arens played the leading roles as composer Carl Maria von Weber .
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An episode from the life of Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826).
The composer is on his way to Prague with his bride Caroline Brandt when their carriage is ambushed by bandits. Fortunately, Count Enzio von Schwarzenbrunn rushes to their aid and puts the villains to flight. The noble host, who then invites you to his castle, is nowhere near as noble as expected, as he staged this robbery himself in order to bring the enchanting Caroline to his aristocratic residence in this clever way and to get to know better in this luxurious ambience. The Count is truly a real Casanova, who, like his great role model, is actually at home in Venice when it comes to love affairs. But according to the last wish of his father, Schwarzenbrunn has to spend at least six months here, in remote Bohemia, at his castle every year. The dashing Caroline seems a pleasant change, especially since her fiancé Weber would like to use the quiet and seclusion of the castle to complete his "Romantic Symphony" in peace.
However, Caroline is by no means the first to have Count Enzio piloted into his castle as a playmate for a while with the help of a fictitious attack. When Weber, sitting obsessively over his work in the tower room, notices that Caroline is apparently engaging in the seductive arts of the Venetian count, he leaves the cozy castle life behind him, both in a huff and disappointment, and leaves for Prague. However, Caroline has always been a loyal maiden, although this love affair made Count Enzio feel real love for the first time in his life. So he tries to win Caroline over to himself, but the girl has only given her heart to her composer friend and therefore hurries after Weber. She can catch up with him on the market square in the next town. The misunderstandings are cleared up and the couple embraces each other.
Production notes
Through the Forests, Through the Auen was created in mid-1956 in the area around Falkenstein and in Zwiesel as well as in Venice and was premiered on October 19, 1956 in the Kaskade-Kino in Kassel. From May 31, 1957, the film could also be seen in Pabst's home country, Austria.
Ludwig Reiber designed the film structures, Günther Senftleben was a simple cameraman under Kurt Grigoleit's chief camera.
With this, Pabst ended his (especially at a young age) impressive career as he increasingly suffered from diabetes and Parkinson's disease . A film project "Fiesco" planned for 1957 therefore no longer came about.
The later television presenter Carolin Reiber has one of her first appearances in front of the camera.
Reviews
“The story of the journey of the composer Carl Maria von Weber, portrayed by Peter Arens, then takes place within this emotional color. His love for the opera singer Caroline Brandt (Eva Bartok) is believed, and it would be all good if he - surrounded by candlelight, pondering behind gauze curtains, doggedly composing and gesticulating - did not act too often in a hectic and desperate manner. Eva Bartok is the beautiful singer whom Count von Schwarzenberg (Karl Schönböck) is vigorously advertising for and who can only kidnap her by using the trick of a fictitious, film-burlesque robber attack on his castle. She plays her part obediently and willingly, but leaves the impression that this sweet-romantic role does not correspond to her acting nature. Karl Schönböck, the lover who was ultimately thrown off, cuts a fine figure and also produces himself as a brisk rider, languishing bel canto singer and rose-giving cavalier. Whenever Joe Stöckel appears on the canvas as a composer-coachman, consolation-giver, humorous philosophizing servant and resolute rough-hewn, or Rudolf Vogel appears on the canvas as the mischievous valet and pointed advisor to the count, a wave of cheerfulness and laughter goes through the rows of the parquet. These two characters and some of the brilliantly cast batch roles interrupt the sluggish course of the plot with their jokes (especially in the robber's inn 'Druden-Fuß'). (...) At the expense of many very long (albeit more beautiful) landscape pictures and scenes recorded in the long shot, the brisk course of the action had to take a back seat. "
"A poor plot with a lot of 'forest magic' for the birth of the 'Romantic Symphony'."
Paimann's film lists summed up: “In addition to the everyday story of the heart, primarily intended as a memorial for the composer, which in its loveliness and bohemian forest idyll as well as ample interweaving of opera melodies despite sympathetic contributors and the like. cheerful interludes a bit broad. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 105.
- ↑ Ernst-Michael Quass in Film-Echo, No. 85/86, of October 27, 1956
- ↑ Through the woods, through the meadows in the lexicon of international film
- ↑ Through the woods, through the floodplains in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
