Flicka
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Flicka |
| Original title | My friend Flicka |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harold D. Schuster |
| script |
Lillie Hayward , Francis Faragoh |
| production |
Ralph Dietrich for 20th Century Fox |
| music |
Alfred Newman , David Buttolph , Hugo Friedhofer , Cyril J. Mockridge |
| camera | Dewey Wrigley |
| cut | Robert Fritch |
| occupation | |
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Flicka is an American feature film in Technicolor by Harold D. Schuster from 1943. It is the first film adaptation of the children's classic My Friend Flicka by the American author Mary O. 'Hara .
In 2006 the film was released under the title Flicka - Freiheit. Friendship. Adventure. newly filmed.
action
The focus is on the friendship between the farmer boy Ken and the rebellious filly Flicka.
Ten-year-old Ken McLaughlin lives with his family on the Goose Bar Ranch and wants nothing more than his own foal that he can raise, care for and raise. But his father wants Ken to show first that he is capable of taking responsibility for his life. Ken's mother mediates and convinces her husband that the fulfillment of Ken's wish would help to free the boy from his daydreams.
Finally the father gives in and promises his son that he can choose one of the yearlings. Ken's choice falls on the daughter of the irrepressible mare Rocket, who in turn descends from the notorious stallion "Albino". Horses descended from the albino are considered useless, wild and unpredictable and therefore the father is anything but enthusiastic about Ken's choice. But he stands by his word and has the foal caught and brought to a paddock. Ken calls the little mare Flicka, which means “little girl” in Swedish, and is convinced that Flicka inherited more from her father, Banner, the good breeding stallion of the Gänseland stud, and not after her grandfather went to the albino.
At first this hope does not seem to be fulfilled, because Flicka injures herself badly in a pointless attempt to escape when she tries to break through the fence and her legs get tangled in the barbed wire. Contrary to the expectation that Flicka will not survive these injuries, she recovers and she becomes much calmer and more accessible, which is good for everyone, not just Ken. But Flicka has a relapse and has a high fever and there seems to be no hope for her after all. The father wants to shoot her to - as he says - to redeem her from her suffering. Ken doesn't give up and persuades the father to wait and see. During the night the boy looks after the mare and lies down next to her. Flicka, who instinctively put herself in the deep end to lower her fever, soon feels better again.
Ken doesn't notice that anymore, because he got pneumonia from cold water and is delirious for days. When he is with himself for a moment and hears a shot, he thinks Flicka is dead. But the shot was aimed at a cougar who had come dangerously close to the paddocks.
background
More maudlin films like Flicka were considered the ideal entertainment entertainment in the early 1940s in the United States, which was shaken by World War II. For the role of the dreamy Ken, the choice fell on the child star Roddy McDowall , who had already proven himself due to his appearance in other films such as How Green Was My Valley . Flicka developed into one of the greatest commercial box office hits of 1943.
In 1945 the sequel Thunderhead, Son of Flicka , directed by Louis King , again starring McDowall in the lead role. In 1947, a third film appeared under the title Green Grass of Wyoming , albeit with a completely different cast . Thus, all parts of the Flicka trilogy of the writer from 20th Century Fox were filmed.
criticism
The lexicon of international films judges: "Sympathetic animal film based on a novel by Mary O'Hara - successful family entertainment."
Web links
- Flicka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Flicka. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 27, 2017 .
- ↑ My Friend Flicka (1943) - Articles - TCM.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .