Countess Cosel (1968)

Movie
German title	Countess Cosel
Original title	Hrabina Cosel
Country of production	Poland
original language	Polish
Publishing year	1969
length	133 to 147 minutes
Rod
Director	Jerzy Antczak
script	Zdzisław Skowroński
production	Stefan Adamek , ZRF Iluzjon
music	Waldemar Kazanecki
camera	Boguslaw Lambach
cut	Janina Niedzwiecka
occupation
Jadwiga Barańska : Countess Cosel Mariusz Dmochowski : August the Strong Stanisław Jasiukiewicz : Raimund Zaklika Daniel Olbrychski : Karl XII. of Sweden Ignacy Gogolewski : Baron Friedrich Kyan Stanisław Milski : Count Egon Fürstenberg, Marshal Henryk Borowski : Baron Adolph von Hoym Wladyslaw Hańcza : General Schulenburg Krystyna Chmielewska : Countess Dönhoff Mieczysław Kalenik : La Haye Maria Homerska : Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Leon Niemczyk : Count Lecherenne Bronisław Pawlik : Johann Böttger Władysław Dewoyno : Holder

Countess Cosel is a three-part television series on Polish television based on the novel of the same name by the Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski . The series was also released as a feature film under this title.

action

The film tells of the love affair between August the Strong and Countess Anna Cosel at the beginning of the 18th century. First of all, it is about the career of Countess Cosel as mistress of the Saxon king and her struggle for recognition of her position at the side of August. When she tries to get involved in politics, she loses her place at his side and has to hand it over to Countess Dönhoff . Countess Cosel is banished and moves into Stolpen Castle . After August III. has taken the throne, her exile is lifted, but she decides to stay where she died in 1765.

The miniseries is divided into three parts with the titles "Kamaryla" (German Kamarilla ), "Władza" (German Die Herrschaft ) and "Upadek" (German Der Fall ).

Film and series

Countess Cosel came to Polish cinemas in 1968 as a film in a color version with a total length of 139 minutes. The film was prepared for broadcast on Polish television and divided into 3 episodes. However, since the color broadcasting of TVP Kultura seemed too expensive, the series has been broadcast in black and white since 1969. It was not until 2007 that employees of the Polish television station rediscovered the color negatives of the series, which were then shown in a restored version for the first time not in black and white, but in color.

Film adaptations from 1968 and 1987

While the events between Saxony and Poland also play a role in the 1987 film adaptation of Cosel, the 1968 film adaptation focuses on the fate of the Countess. Leon Niemczyk played Count Lecherenne in the 1968 film adaptation. In the six-part series " Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria " he took on the role of the Mentzel council in 4 of 6 parts - but not in the parts that are dedicated to Cosel. The Polish rider Raimund Zaklika, who also appears in Kraszewski's book, is replaced in the 1987 film by the role of Olaf von Rosen. Olaf von Rosen appears in all episodes of the series "Sachsens Glanz und Prussens Gloria". Raimund Zaklika - with Kraszewski - can only be found in the book "Countess Cosel".

Web links

• Countess Cosel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Countess Cosel in the online film database
• Countess Cosel at Fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Countess Cosel on zweiausendeins.de, accessed on May 26, 2013.
2. ↑ Countess Cosel on defa.de, accessed on May 26, 2013.
3. ↑ Countess Cosel on Amazone.de, accessed on May 26, 2013.