Captain Florian von der Mühle

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Movie
Original title Captain Florian von der Mühle
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1968
length 132 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Werner W. Wallroth
script Werner W. Wallroth
production DEFA , Artistic Working Group "Berlin"
music Karl-Ernst Sasse
camera Eberhard Borkmann ,
Hans-Jürgen Kruse
cut Helga Emmrich
occupation

Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle is a German historical comedy by DEFA by Werner W. Wallroth from 1968. The plot is loosely based on true events and is a film adaptation of the story Die Winterachtsablebnis by Joachim Kupsch .

action

Müller Florian fought Napoleon Bonaparte in the war and gave his money for the emperor. During the war his mill was destroyed and Florian, who now will even pay taxes on the ruins, went to Vienna to the Emperor Franz II. A recourse demand. On the way to Vienna he saves the life of Duchessa Josephine von Guastalla, whose identity he does not find out. Josephine travels anonymously to defend her property in Vienna, which Franz II wants to give to his daughter. She, in turn, is wooed by Napoleon, who is living in exile, and Josephine carries his love letter with her, which is supposed to bring her lover to him and thus save Josephine's property. Fearing robberies, Josephine's sister-in-law, Baroness von Colloredo, secretly sews the letter into Florian's uniform. The baroness also plays a double game for Prince Chancellor Metternich , as Josephine married her brother shortly before his death and thus robbed her of the chance of an inheritance. She secretly has Josephine's marriage certificate forged.

In Vienna Florian rushes off to make his claim for recourse, and the baroness fails in the attempt to poison Florian and to take the uniform jacket. Instead, Florian is mistaken for the emperor's new taster and brought to the castle. When he pronounces his recourse claim against Prince Chancellor Metternich, he is arrested, but released by his former army companion Amadeus. Disguised as a drummer in Amadeus' military band, Florian recognizes Josephine's identity and is amazed. He follows her with Amadeus into the castle for an audience with Metternich, but Josephine cannot enforce her demands to keep the property because the marriage certificate is forged. She meets with her friend Fanny, who is in the favor of Metternich and advises her on a severance payment. She thinks Josephine's marriage to Florian is advisable, as long as he can enforce his money claims.

Napoleon's letter is destroyed by an involuntary Bad Florian. When Metternich offers the destitute Josephine to go to the monastery as abbess, which he has already promised Fanny, she becomes active. She gets Metternich through that Florian's recourse is paid - in multiple amounts and as a severance payment for Josephine. Florian has meanwhile also resorted to more brutal methods and sent Amadeus to the castle with a letter: If he does not receive his money within a very short time, he will blow up the castle. Since the police director interprets Florian's signature as Napoleon's and a servant appears with the news that Napoleon has landed and is marching on Paris, he pays Florian a multiple of the desired sum from his private coffers - even if Florian's threatening cannon shots turn out to be fireworks . Josephine receives 20 times as much from Florian's recourse claims; now he is rich and returns to his mill with Josephine; accompanied by his friend Amadeus and Nanderl.

production

Captain Florian von der Mühle was shot in 1967 in Freyburg (Unstrut) , in the Großsedlitz Baroque Garden and in the courtyard on Jüdengasse in Naumburg , today's Hotel Toscana. It had its premiere on November 21, 1968 in the Berlin cosmos .

It was (after Werner Bergmann's experimental short DEFA 70 ) DEFA's first 70 mm feature film . In the film, which was a great success with the public, composer Karl-Ernst Sasse can be seen in a supporting role as a standing violinist .

criticism

Manfred Krug (left) and Rolf Herricht (right) during the shooting in 1967

Contemporary critics praised the film as “internationally competitive. The distant, ironic attitude, this not-taking-yourself-seriously [...] the flick has a really pleasant sense of humor. "

The Frankfurter Rundschau found that the film demonstrates how “world-class technology and Biedermeier can be combined”. New Germany saw the film more critically and wrote: “Before a technique is perfected, it tries out a cheerful variant […] Big screen, big ensemble, but fun with little deeper meaning. [...] As far as the technical possibilities and artistic use are concerned, we are still at the beginning. "

The film service described Captain Florian von der Mühle as a “broad-based, turbulent pseudo-historical comedy on the verge of clothes; undemanding entertainment with just a few exciting gags. "

Cinema called the film "only partially enjoyable" and "rarely weird clothes with cake fights."

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Sobe in: Berliner Zeitung , December 4, 1968.
  2. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau , December 7, 1968.
  3. ^ New Germany , December 10, 1968.
  4. ↑ Captain Florian von der Mühle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 21, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ See cinema.de , accessed on July 21, 2018.