Homeland (1955)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Homeland |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Antel |
| script |
Josef Friedrich Perkonig , Hans Holt , Kurt Nachmann |
| production |
Sascha film ( Herbert Gruber ) |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera |
Hans Heinz Theyer , Ernst von Theumer senior (animal photos) |
| cut | Arnfried Heyne |
| occupation | |
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Heimatland is an Austrian literary film adaptation by Franz Antel from 1955. The main roles are starring Rudolf Prack , Adrian Hoven and Marianne Hold . The Heimatfilm is based on the novel Krambambuli by the writer Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , which appeared in 1883 and was filmed in 1940 in front of Heimatland .
content
Hans Bachinger saved a puppy from death. He traveled with him through the villages and soon after a glass of Krambambuli baptized him in the name of the brandy . The landlady, to whom he gave the puppies, gave them back to Hans the very next day, because Krambambuli caused damage to her house overnight. Hans and Krambambuli stay together and one year later they are a well-rehearsed team: Hans got a job in the amusement park from Ms. Korbinian, where he maintains and repairs the electrical systems. Ms. Korbinian, however, are a thorn in the side of the husband and dog, as Hans has a relationship with her niece Lisa. She releases him and he goes back to his home village of Grabeneck with Krambambuli.
The villagers are not thrilled to see him again, as he left after an argument two years ago. His father sits in the tavern every day, drinks and sends mail and the family-owned sawmill is idle. Since Bachinger has a quarrel with the forester Thomas Heimberg and no longer has a hunting permit, he poaches , which makes the village society unsympathetic to him. However, one thing has changed in particular since Hans' departure: old Sonnleitner has died and his tavern is now run by daughters Helga and Inge. Helga, who studied, also works as a village teacher and teaches the children folk tunes . Inge is especially adored by the head of the local costume association Schnabl and the pharmacist, while Thomas Heimberg loves the young Helga.
Hans quickly realizes that he is not welcome in the village and decides to leave the same day. By chance he saves Helga, who is passed out and alone in a carriage pulled by a galloping horse through an accident, and only recognizes her after he has secretly kissed the half unconscious. Helga and Hans meet at the weekend for a dance and become a village talk. Thomas also finds out about it and when the two men meet in the restaurant, there is a dispute. In his anger, Hans goes poaching the next day and shoots a pregnant goat in the closed season , which he hides with his father. At the same time, however, he wants to improve and start a new life with Helga. He gets the old sawmill up and running again. When Lisa and Mrs. Korbinian show up in the village to set up their amusement park in Grabeneck for the upcoming May Festival, Lisa pretends to be Hans' bride and has a letter delivered to him. Hans then breaks up with her.
Hans and Helga dance together at the May Festival, which the traditional costume association has long organized. Thomas, who now suspects that Hans was the poacher, challenges him to a shooting competition. At the same time he has Bachinger's hut searched, where the dead goat is found. In the shooting competition, Hans just wins. When the lumberjack Loisl then wants to publicly expose Hans as a poacher and threatens Krambambuli, Hans knocks him down. Loisl falls unhappy and dies - Hans is sentenced to three years in prison.
Thomas takes Krambambuli into his home and soon marries Helga. Krambambuli is getting used to his new master. After a while, Hans manages to escape from prison. He goes to Grabeneck and wants to flee to Italy from there . Krambambuli smells his trail in the mountains and brings Thomas to Hans. In self-defense , Thomas shoots Hans and Krambambuli watches Hans' grave from now on. After some time, Helga finds the now completely exhausted dog and brings him back to the forester's hut, where he finally decides in favor of Thomas as master.
Production, publication
Heimatland is "a version modernized in the style of the fifties", so in contrast to the novella in the film, the love story is emphasized. The changed title goes back to the song Heimatland by Nico Dostal , which is sung several times in the film with the text by Hermann Hermecke and can also be heard instrumentally in the film.
The film was shot in the studios of Wien-Film Sievering-Schönbrunn and in the Salzkammergut . A separate camera team led by cameraman Ernst von Theumer was commissioned to record animal scenes and nature shots in the Dachstein massif and around Bad Ischl parallel to the actual film shoot . The bitch Hatti von Fernstein, who portrayed Krambambuli in the film, became so popular with the audience that she was also seen at Rudolf Prack's side in the German homeland film Im Wald und auf der Heide , which was released in 1956 . The puppy that portrayed the young Krambambuli was given to Franz Antel's wife Hannelore Bollmann for her birthday, was given the name Krampi and remained Antel's loyal companion for sixteen years.
Heimatland premiered on August 24, 1955 in Vienna and had its German-language premiere in the FRG on August 26, 1955 at the Union in Kassel . In the GDR, the first performance took place on October 6, 1955 in East Berlin. The film was released in the United States under the title Homeland in 1957. The film was so successful that Franz Antel received a contract for three films per year from Ilse Kubaschewski's distribution company Gloria.
criticism
The lexicon of international films described Heimatland as "Heimatfilmkitsch with a sentimental dog story in a beautifully photographed Austrian mountain landscape, loosely based on the novella 'Krambambuli' by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach."
Gertraud Steiner rated Heimatland under the aspect of the genre typical. The film differentiates between the good and the bad man according to the values of the time. Rudolf Pracks figure, whose name means "Heimberg" (home, mountains) acts already inspire confidence, to the ideal of a husband: Heimberg is "a serious, somewhat Act more excellent man who can take care of a family, a noble, regular life without extravagances leads . “Hans, however, lives extravagantly and recklessly. His death at the end is “characteristic of the Heimat film, which denies all outsiders the right to exist. Just adapting to the current norm can bring happiness and satisfaction. A chilling example for people who wanted to defy conventions! "
Web links
- Homeland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Home country at filmportal.de
- Heimatland film poster at filmundo.de
- Home country at rarefilmsandmore.com with illus. Illustrated Film-Kurier
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gertraud Steiner: Die Heimat-Macher. Cinema in Austria 1946–1966 . Publishing house for social criticism, Vienna 1987, p. 180.
- ^ Franz Antel: Twisted, in love, my life , Munich, Vienna 2001, p. 109
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films. Volume 3. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1536.
- ↑ Gertraud Steiner: Die Heimat-Macher. Cinema in Austria 1946–1966. Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, Vienna 1987, p. 181.