Home bells
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Home bells |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hermann Kugelstadt |
| script |
Johannes Kai Hermann Kugelstadt |
| production | König Film GmbH, Munich ( Richard König ) |
| music | Werner Bochmann |
| camera | Heinz Schnackertz |
| cut | Max Michel |
| occupation | |
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Heimatglocken is a German film by the director Hermann Kugelstadt from 1952 in black and white. The main roles are occupied by Hansi Knoteck , Armin Dahlen and Ernst Waldow . The script was written by Johannes Kai and the director. It is based on an idea by Hans H. König . In Germany, the film was released in cinemas for the first time on October 17, 1952.
action
The story takes place in the early 1950s in the small village of Oberschönau in the Bavarian Alps. The teacher's daughter Maria and the young farmer Mathias want to get married soon. But a severe blow of fate thwarted the couple's plans: The hunting assistant Franz was stabbed by a poacher, and the police found Mathias' knife at the scene of the crime. In order to avoid being arrested, the accused went abroad. That is why most of the villagers believe that Mathias is the murderer. But Mary firmly believes in his innocence.
Across the border, Mathias finds shelter with the mother of a deceased friend. He thinks he knows the real culprit, namely Leo Stanzer, the wood manager of the sawmill; but the latter can prove that he was with Zenzi's maid at the time in question. When the Meier couple from Germany spent their vacation with Mathias Zimmerwirtin, they took Mathias's side. Together they try to gather all the circumstances that could prove Mathias' innocence.
One day Maria visits her fiancé in his hiding place and asks him to return to his terminally ill mother. Mathias doesn't hesitate and rushes home. He is arrested on his mother's deathbed. Now resolute Maria takes the reins in her hand. At the risk of her life she manages to convict the real murderer. Nothing stands in the way of marrying Mathias.
Production notes
Home bells were produced in the Bavaria Film studio in Geiselgasteig . The outdoor shots were taken in Mittenwald and the surrounding area. The buildings were created by Max Seefelder , with Edgar Röll acting as production manager . The premiere was on October 17, 1952 in Munich .
criticism
The lexicon of international films judges that the love and poaching story from Bavaria is a comparatively sympathetic folk film with a simple but dramaturgically well-structured plot.
source
Program for the film: The New Film Program , published by H. Klemmer & Co., Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, without a number
Web links
- Heimatglocken in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Home bells at filmportal.de
- A few pictures from the film at Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 263
- ↑ Home bells. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 12, 2017 .