Fidelio (1956)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Fidelio |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Walter Felsenstein |
| script | Walter Felsenstein Hanns Eisler |
| production | Josef A. Vesely for Akkord-Film ( Vienna ) |
| music | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| camera |
Walter Tuch Viktor Meihsl Hannes Fuchs |
| cut | Irene Tomschik |
| occupation | |
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Fidelio is Walter Felsenstein's film adaptation of the opera Fidelio in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven with the Akkord-Film ( Vienna ) from 1956 .
action
Since this is an opera production, see: Fidelio
production
The arrangement by Walter Felsenstein and Hanns Eisler is based on the libretto created by Joseph Sonnleithner , Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke . The orchestra of the Wiener Symphoniker was under the direction of Fritz Lehmann and the Vienna State Opera Choir was directed by Hermann Lüddecke . The costumes and the set design are by Leo Metzenbauer and Rochus Gliese .
The first performance of the in Vienna twisted black and white film was in 1956 at the International Film Festival in Berlin take place. According to Der Tagesspiegel , however, Austria's application was rejected by the West Berlin Senator for Culture, Joachim Tiburtius . The premiere took place on July 28, 1956 during the IX. International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary . In the Federal Republic , the cinema began on June 21, 1957 and the first performance in the GDR took place on October 11, 1957, on the occasion of the 1st Berlin Festival, in the Berlin cinema Babylon . The first broadcast on television was on December 15, 1957 on German television .
A restored version from 2009 is available on DVD.
synchronization
| role | actor | Singer | speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Fernando | Erwin Gross | Alfred Poell | |
| Don Pizarro | Hannes Schiel | Heinz Rehfuss | |
| Fidelio | Claude Nollier | Magda László | Grete room |
| Rocco | Georg Wieter | Wolfgang Hebenstreith | |
| Prisoner | Michael Tellering | Kurt Equiluz | |
| Prisoner | Harry Payer | Leo Heppe |
criticism
Heino Lüdicke writes in the Neue Zeit :
"All in all, this Fidelio attempt proves that even the most accomplished art of opera directing does not yet include the equal mastery of independent film directing."
In the Berliner Zeitung one read of J. Weinert:
“He (Felsenstein) consistently uses good singers and actors. Orchestra and choirs are compelling. The reduction of the plot to the normal film length also means a dramatic concentration. "
The Lexicon of International Films writes that this is an intelligent, opulent and at the same time realistic and socially critical version of the film, which, however, did not quite achieve the stylistic unity of Walter Felsenstein's later directorial work. "
Awards
- 1956: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - honorary diploma
Web links
- Fidelio in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fidelio at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from July 8, 1956, p. 4
- ↑ Neue Zeit of October 15, 1957, p. 4
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 12, 1957, p. 3
- ↑ Fidelio. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 31, 1956, p. 3