Gilberte de Courgenay (film)

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Movie
German title Gilberte de Courgenay
Original title Gilberte de Courgenay
Country of production Switzerland
original language Swiss German , French
Publishing year 1941
length 115 minutes
Rod
Director Franz Schnyder
script Kurt Guggenheim , Rudolf Bolo Maeglin (novel), Richard Schweizer
production Lazar changer
music Robert Blum
camera Emil Berna
cut Hermann Haller and Käthe Mey
occupation

Gilberte de Courgenay is a 1941 film by the director Franz Schnyder about the Swiss Gilberte Montavon from Courgenay in the canton of Bern (today the canton of Jura ), who became a patriotic cult figure under the name Gilberte de Courgenay. The film is considered to be one of the best films produced by the Swiss Intellectual National Defense and was produced by Praesens-Film . The film was made under the patronage and for the benefit of the Swiss national donation .

action

In the winter of 1915/16, the artillery battery 38 was quartered in Courgenay. Initially still of the opinion that the war would be over by Christmas and the army would be demobilized again, the men are disappointed that they cannot celebrate Christmas with their families. Gilberte, the landlady of the Hôtel de la Gare, organized a Christmas party for these men and quickly became an idol for the soldiers. She secretly loves the gunner Hasler, who suffers from the fact that his fiancée Tilly does not answer his letters in Bern.

Tilly's father, the wealthy hotelier Odermatt, intercepts Hasler's letters and hides them in his desk. When Hasler's comrade had to drive to Bern with a sick horse, Tilly found out about the matter and went straight to the Jura. She arrives there when the soldiers are singing a song that Hasler composed in honor of Gilberte. Gilberte selflessly renounces Hasler in order to leave him to Tilly, but cannot hold back a tear.

background

Shortly before the Second World War , Swiss film production gained new weight and interest in the spirit of national intellectual defense. According to the script, the role of Gilberte from the time of the First World War (border occupation) should serve as a model and model for the Second World War, which had just broken out. As a representative, the important achievements of women during the border occupation are highlighted. Quotation from the script: (...) by growing out of the unconscious comrade into the conscious bearer of a woman's ideal, which is to be seen as a kind of forerunner of the many Swiss women who showed their willingness to work during the border occupation . The figure of Gilberte together with the catchy tune of "Petite Gilberte" spread by Hanns In der Gand made the film a Swiss classic. In the war year 1941 it was of great socio-cultural importance for the perseverance of the population.

In the film, Anne-Marie Blanc portrays Gilberte de Courgenay as a hard-working soldier's mother who takes care of the needs of her soldiers and, if necessary, makes them aware of their patriotic duties. She embodies the role ideal of women in spiritual national defense, namely as empathetic, serving supporters of men who are strong themselves and do not cry. This can also be seen at the end of the film in Gilbert's painful renunciation.

The city dweller Tilly has matured in the film; in the clothes of Gilberte she wins her Hasler. Your wait has paid off.

The film was based on the novel of the same name by Rudolf Bolo Maeglin , published in 1939.

criticism

"With its behavioral design, the film is an interesting document about the atmosphere of that time."

- Lexicon of international film

literature

  • Janine Schmutz: Idéal de femme suisse: the heroine of the Swiss feature film “Gilberte de Courgenay” (1941) as a female model , in: Swiss Journal for History , Vol. 53 (2003), pp. 174–196 ( full text ).
  • Thomas Kramer, Martin Prucha: Film over time - 100 years of cinema in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Pp. 175-181, Ueberreuter Verlag , Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-8000-3516-2 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schweizer Soldat: Monthly magazine for the army and cadre with FHD newspaper. Volume 16, 1940-1941, issue 23
  2. ↑ Swiss television of February 3, 2018, Swiss film: Gilberte de Courgenay
  3. ↑ Janine Schmutz: Idéal de femme suisse: the heroine of the Swiss feature film “Gilberte de Courgenay” (1941) as a model for women , in: Swiss magazine for history
  4. ↑ Aargauer Zeitung from January 1, 2014: First World War. Gilberte de Courgenay: from serving daughter to national icon
  5. ^ Gilberte de Courgenay. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 26, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used