Hair dryer (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | hairdryer |
| Country of production | BR Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rolf Hansen |
| script |
Erna Fentsch based on a film novel by Arnold Fanck |
| production | Rolf Hansen Film-GmbH - HR Sokal-Production, Munich ( Friedrich A. Mainz , Rolf Hansen, Harry R. Sokal ) |
| music | Mark Lothar |
| camera | Richard fear |
| cut | Anna Höllering |
| occupation | |
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Föhn (reference title Sturm in der Ostwand ) is a German mountain film drama from 1950 with Hans Albers in the leading role. Directed by Rolf Hansen , Antje Weisgerber , Ellen Widmann and Heinrich Gretler , Adrian Hoven and Liselotte Pulver are played by a young couple in love.
action
Once the doctor Dr. Johannes Jensen ignored the warnings of a mountain guide and climbed the mountain face of Piz Palü with his wife Maria . A terrible accident happened because when the weather changed, Maria was killed. Since then, Johannes has been making bitter reproaches. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the accident, the old man returns to the mountain range. From a chalet he has occupied, Jensen starts another climbing tour on Piz Palü when he meets a young couple: Peter and Maria now also want to take this route towards the summit. John realizes that young people are about to make the same mistake as he did twenty years ago. Out of an old feeling of guilt that has accompanied him since that tragic day, he sees himself responsible for the couple, especially since he recognizes himself in the young Peter. Maria, on the other hand, who also has the same first name as his wife who died in the accident, reminds him strongly of her.
While Maria listens to John's warnings about the "white death" and stays behind, the overestimating Peter doesn't care and sets off alone on the way into the rugged rock. Jensen goes with him despite his warnings that Peter ignored. Maria secretly follows the two. It comes as it has to: the bad weather is severe, Peter slips at a difficult point and hits a rock. Johannes, who wants to rush to his aid, breaks his leg in this rescue attempt. Maria joins them and everyone is now stuck in the snow. Avalanches make it impossible for rescue workers to rush to the aid of the three trapped in the mountain range. In the next 40 hours the cold hit the stranded mountain climbers severely. Peter soon loses all his strength and threatens to freeze to death with Maria. Then Johannes sacrifices himself, wraps the young couple in his warm clothes and exposes himself to freezing.
production
Production notes
Föhn , later given the title Sturm in der Ostwand , is a remake of Arnold Fanck and GW Pabst's legendary mountain drama The White Hell from Piz Palü (1929). The shooting took place from the beginning of April to July 1950 in Munich-Geiselgasteig (interior shots) and in Switzerland on the Morteratsch Glacier and in Pontresina (exterior shots). Chief cinematographer Richard Angst and co-producer Harry R. Sokal were the only people who were also involved in the 1929 silent film.
The production management was in the hands of Walter Traut . Hans Sohnle and Fritz Lück were responsible for the film construction. For Liselotte Pulver , 20 years old at the time of shooting , who was hired by producer Mainz for this role after seeing her at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, this film marked the start of her great career in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Publication, success
The world premiere took place on October 10, 1950 in Essen's Lichtburg. The Berlin premiere was on November 15, 1950. Föhn was also the first German post-war film, of which an English-language version was also produced. Maria Schell sponsor (“ Dr. Holl ”) Friedrich A. Mainz started his remarkable career as a producer in the German cinema of the Adenauer era with Föhn . On November 16, 2007, Studiocanal / Kinowelt released the film on DVD.
Föhn and another Albers film, Hunted by the devil , ran in quick succession (both October 1950). Albers portrayed doctors in both dramas, and he didn't survive the ending in either film. Neither film was a success, possibly due to the end of the film, especially since the Albers audience was used to the brilliant victories of their hero from the time before 1945. Albers himself was at least able to establish himself as a character actor in early West German cinema with both films.
reception
Reviews
“Rolf Hansen ties in with the tradition of mountain films from the 1930s, but softens the sparkling mountain mysticism and the outdated melodramatic background in favor of refined psychological portraits. Hans Albers wins shocking moments from his rendezvous with the 'White Death'. "
"Good acting and excellent photography."
“ Föhn was filmed many years ago ... In the Albers version, everything is less winter sports than it was back then. Albers is no longer the daredevil, but an aging man ... "
“Over 30 [sic!] Years after the classic mountain film 'The White Hell from Piz Palü' by Arnold Fanck and Georg Wilhelm Pabst, director Rolf Hansen ('Devil in Silk', 'Gustav Adolf's Page') was based on the book by Erna Fentsch this well-cast remake, which, however, does not match the quality of the original. "
In the lexicon of the international film it says: "Appealing acting performances and well-photographed mountain scenes ennoble the average cinema drama."
Award
Föhn received the title “artistically superior” from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Web links
- Hair dryer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Foehn at filmportal.de
- Foehn information about the film on the page Back then in the cinema
- Föhn Fig. The new film program
- Foehn Fig. Film poster on the filmportal.de website
- Sturm in der Ostwand (Föhn) Fig. Movie poster on rarefilmsandmore.com
- Storm in the East Wall full movie
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curt Riess: There's only one. The book of German films after 1945. Henri Nannen Verlag, Hamburg 1958, p. 282.
- ↑ Föhn Fig. DVD case from Kinowelt.
- ↑ There's only one time , p. 279.
- ^ Foehn - storm in the east wall criticism on the side prisma.de
- ↑ hair dryer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 21, 2015 .
