Mrs. Holle (1963)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Mother Hulda |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 57 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gottfried Kolditz |
| script | Gottfried Kolditz Günter Kaltofen |
| production | DEFA |
| music | Joachim-Dietrich Link |
| camera | Erich Gusko |
| cut | Hildegard Tegener |
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Frau Holle is a DEFA fairy tale film from 1963 by Gottfried Kolditz . The role of Frau Holle is played by Mathilde Danegger , Goldmarie is played by Karin Ugowski , the unlucky marie by Katharina Lind and the widow of Elfriede Florin . The film adaptation made in the DEFA studios of the GDR is based on the Grimm fairy tale of the same name, retold by Günter Kaltofen .
The premiere of the film took place on October 13, 1963 in Berlin-Weißensee .
action
A widow has two daughters, both of whom are named Marie. Your biological daughter is lazy, in contrast to her stepsister, who diligently and without grumbling does all the work assigned to her. Marie is fulfilled by her mother as soon as she wants something. Every naughtiness and every affront to her stepsister is always supported by the widow.
The forest workers Klaus, Mathias and Hannes are annoyed that so little snow has fallen this year, which makes their logging work more difficult. The local children are also sad that tobogganing is only possible to a limited extent. Marie is encouraged by her stepmother to unload the wood that the workers bring to the widow with her sleigh, while her own daughter does not have to leave her bed.
The hard-working Marie later sits at the fountain singing and spinning. When she doesn't pay attention for a moment, she stabs her finger. When she tries to clean the bloody coil in the well, it falls in. Fearfully, Marie confesses her mishap to the stepmother. This demands that she pull the coil up again. So the girl jumps into the well and is shortly afterwards on a meadow of flowers. When Marie passes an oven, the bread asks to be pulled out, which Marie does. Marie also helps the apple tree that needs to be shaken because its apples are ripe.
Unnoticed by Marie, Mrs. Holle observed her at work. The old lady assures her that she is hardworking and good and should stay with her and help her. It is particularly important that she shake up the beds vigorously every day, because if she does it right, it will snow in the world. Marie promises to do all tasks conscientiously. In fact, it is now snowing hard on the ground, which is great for both the forest workers and the children.
Despite Mrs. Holle's friendliness, Marie is not spared homesickness. Even if the old lady is reluctant to let Marie go, she rewards her with a rain of gold as she walks through a gate assigned to her. When Marie is back home, the stepmother is extremely friendly to her for a short time, and Marie tells her and the stepsister what she has experienced. The lazy sister is jealous of Marie, and so her mother manages to persuade her to try her luck with Frau Holle too. She too wakes up in the flower meadow, but ignores the requests of the bread and the apple tree.
Despite the observations made by Mrs. Holle, she is received in a friendly manner. But it does not do justice to the tasks assigned to it. Day by day, more listless and with great negligence, she does what Frau Holle has told her to do. Her behavior towards the old lady also annoys Frau Holle. Marie only longs for the day when she can walk again. Hardly any snow falls on earth. When Marie wants to go and demands her wages, Frau Holle sends her through the gate, but instead of the gold Marie expected, a rain of bad luck pelts down on her. When Marie rises from the well, the rooster crows: "Kikeriki, our dirty maiden is here again." Her mother doesn't want to believe what she sees. Despite all efforts, the bad luck cannot be washed away as long as Marie lives. Goldmarie, on the other hand, has a lot of fun on a sleigh ride with Klaus, Mathias and Hannes, because Ms. Holle has made sure that it is snowing hard again.
background
This film adaptation is the first and only real film adaptation of the fairy tale that was made in the GDR . All indoor and outdoor shots for the DEFA film were made exclusively in the Potsdam-Babelsberg film studios . The furnishings were extremely economical and minimalist, both in terms of the premises where Marie lives with her stepmother and step-sister and in the realm of Frau Holle. In this film adaptation, Ms. Holle appears rather cool, sometimes even authoritarian and acts with a sonorous voice.
Karin Ugowski , who plays the role of Goldmarie, made her film debut here . In the following years 1964 and 1965 she played a leading role in the DEFA fairy tale films The Golden Goose and also the leading role in King Drosselbart .
In addition to the title role, Mathilde Danegger also took on the speaking role of the narrator.
The film was shown for the first time on East German television on October 13, 1963 , where it was repeatedly shown on television for children in the years that followed. In the Federal Republic of Germany, Mrs. Holle was shown for the first time on December 31, 1989 by RTLplus .
Songs in the movie
Songs sung by the children's choir of the Deutschlandsender
- Mrs. Holle, Mrs. Holle, today you shake out the beds ...
- Woke up
Goldmarie also sings the song When I was little while working on the well .
The songs from the film were released on October 27, 2003 together with other pieces of music from other DEFA fairy tale films under the title Fairy Tale Land - Music from DEFA Fairy Tale Films.
effect
This version of the film was specially tailored to the needs of younger children and “was entirely under the sign of a DEFA policy that wanted to make fairy tale films usable as educational vehicles”. The economical but very colorful backdrops are similar in their simplicity to a children's book set to music. The characters of the stepsisters have also been greatly simplified so that it is immediately clear who the good one is and who the bad one. The consequences of being lazy, unclean and grumpy should be shown to the younger audience and how much it pays to be hardworking, friendly and humble.
DVD publications
The film was released on DVD by Icestorm Entertainment GmbH in October 2001 and on Blu-ray Disc in October 2013 .
criticism
For the lexicon of international film , Ms. Holle was a "deliberately stylized, colorful and tricky studio production"
In fairy tales in the film it was said that in this film adaptation with Mrs. Holle "throwing snowballs is not good". "But the color-intensive decoration, funny music or narrative additions, such as the cool lumberjacks, make you quickly forget the dusty 1960s morality of the title character."
literature
- Mrs. Holle . In: DEFA Foundation (ed.): The DEFA fairy tale films . Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032589-2 , pp. 104-109.
Web links
- Frau Holle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frau Holle in the online film database
- Ms. Holle (1963) at defa-sternstunden.de
- Ms. Holle at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ms. Holle at filmportal.de
- ↑ a b Fairytale locations: Where Frau Holle shakes the bed at maerchen-im-film.de. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ^ Television of the GDR, see EA "Frau Holle" adS fernsehenderddr.de
- ↑ Ms. Holle 1963 ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. complete fairy tale film at kultradio.eu
- ↑ Frau Holle (GDR 1963) ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at maerchenfilm.pytalhost.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Frau Holle DVD, kaufhalle-des-ostens.de, accessed on December 6, 2014.
- ^ Ms. Holle Blu-ray, filmportal.de
- ↑ Mrs. Holle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
