Gustav Adolfs Page (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Gustav Adolf's Page |
| Country of production |
Germany Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rolf Hansen |
| script |
Juliane Kay Tibor Yost Peter Goldbaum |
| production | Peter Goldbaum Viennese Mundus film |
| music | Anton Profes |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut | Anna Höllering |
| occupation | |
| |
Gustav Adolfs Page is a German-Austrian literary film adaptation by Rolf Hansen from 1960. It is based on the novel of the same name by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer .
action
Swedish King Gustav Adolf came to Nuremberg in 1631 during the Thirty Years War to recruit troops for his fight against Wallenstein . He is given a feast in the town hall , which Gustl Leubelfing, an ardent admirer of the king, chases from the oven chamber. She has lived with her uncle, the mayor, since her father's death. She notices that the city ministers are reluctant to follow the king and shouts "Blood and life for the king!" When the mayor claims in an emergency that his son Anton has called, the king quickly appoints Anton as his new page . However, Anton has no plans to serve the king. The boyish Gustl quickly puts on men's clothes and is led to the army camp by soldiers of the Swedish king.
Gustl is a loyal and devoted servant to the king and he soon sees her as the son he has never had. When the king is on a long scouting tour, women are smuggled into the camp and Gustl is paired up with the classy Korinna. She quickly notices that the defending Gustl is a woman. However, she does not want to betray Gustl as long as she is okay. The Duke of Lauenburg, who intrigues against the king but is obliged to him, takes Korinna into his home. She makes herself unpopular with Queen Maria Eleonora, because she is furnished with rich clothes by the Duke and is thus more splendidly dressed than the Queen. Maria Eleonora instructs the king to remove Korinna from the camp, and Gustl makes sure once again with Korinna that she will not betray her. The Duke of Lauenburg believes that Korinna is still having a relationship with Gustl and wants to throw her out of the camp. In her need, Korinna reveals that Gustl is a woman. The Duke of Lauenburg first passed this information on to the other generals who disliked Gustav Adolf, and later to Wallenstein. However, the message is accepted by his deputy Octavio Piccolomini , as Wallenstein has left.
Wallenstein and Gustav Adolf are in contact through Captain Roland, who as a merchant would like to prevent the war between the two men. He captivates the astrologer Wallenstein, who now explains that the fate of both generals depends on each other. If one loses, the other loses too. Wallenstein now meets with Gustav Adolf and both negotiate a peace. At that moment, the troops sent by Piccolomini to arrest Gustl appear. Gustav Adolf learned of the rumor for the first time through the order. Back at the camp, he confronts Gustl, who admits she is a woman. Gustav Adolf is furious, but first quotes the Duke of Lauenburg and the other allies in his tent. When the executioner von Lauenburg is supposed to put his hand on his shoulder, he draws his sword. Gustl's quick intervention also gave Gustav Adolf a sword and killed the duke in a duel. Gustl, in turn, flees in horror and the king lets a search for her in vain.
A little later Gustav Adolf is on the battlefield near Lützen . The fight with Wallenstein is imminent. Suddenly Gustl is presented to the king by soldiers as a possible spy , because they have been following him for days. Both speak out. Gustav Adolf wants to send her home because her only fame would be to lie dead like a dog at the feet of his coffin. Gustl, however, would like this to be his favorite idea. Suddenly a gunshot hits a powder car parked nearby. Due to the explosion, Gustav Adolf and Gustl die at the same time. At the end both of them are laid out - she as a page at his feet.
production
The shooting of Gustav Adolfs Page took place in Rothenburg ob der Tauber . The film was released on December 23, 1960. On December 16, 1987 Gustav Adolfs Page ran on DFF 2 for the first time on GDR television.
It was Rolf Hansen's last film direction. The film structures were designed by Arno Richter , Robert Herlth and Leo Metzenbauer , the extensive, historical costumes are by Charlotte Flemming . The production line had Heinz Pollak .
During the filming, Liselotte Pulver met her future husband Helmut Schmid. Because of her contract for Gustav Adolfs Page , powder had to cancel the takeover of the female lead in El Cid .
criticism
Der Spiegel called Gustav Adolf's page a “dusty, comfortably arranged sheet of pictures from the Thirty Years War”, in which Curd Jürgens as the King of Sweden “blue-eyed and Germanic [flashes]” and Liselotte Pulver had the opportunity to “offer her tried and tested drolerie”.
The film-dienst described Gustav Adolfs Page as a film “that ironically weakens and modernizes the heroic pathos of the original. Upscale film entertainment. "
Historical background
According to a grave slab in the Naumburg town church of St. Wenceslas, Gustav Adolf actually served a page named Augustus v. Leubelfing , who was fatally wounded in the Battle of Lützen . Rescued from the battlefield, despite medical help, he died a few days later.
The fact that the page lies like a loyal dog at the feet of the fallen King of Sweden in death may also allude to the small dog (or Bracken ) that the Lower Bavarian noble family Leublfing had in their coat of arms until it died out in 1985.
Web links
- Gustav Adolfs Page in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gustav Adolfs Page at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liselotte Pulver: What passes is not lost. Hamburg 2019. p. 27.
- ↑ Liselotte Pulver: What passes is not lost. Hamburg 2019. p. 78f.
- ^ New in Germany: Gustav Adolfs Page . In: Der Spiegel , No. 2, 1961, p. 59.
- ^ Gustav Adolfs Page. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Tomb slab for the page of King Gustav Adolf of Sweden, August von Leubelfing Image Index of Art and Architecture, accessed on March 9, 2018.
- ^ Johann Eduard Hess: Gottfried Heinrich, Count of Pappenheim . Leipzig 1855, p. 280