Heimatmuseum (film)
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| Original title | Local museum |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 331 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Egon Günther |
| script | Egon Günther |
| production | UFA television production |
| camera | Gérard Vandenberg |
| cut | Klaus Zimmermann |
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Heimatmuseum is a three-part television series from 1988, which was produced by UFA Fernsehproduktion GmbH for ARD . The film is based on the novel of the same name by the German writer Siegfried Lenz from 1978. The world premiere took place in Warsaw , the German television premiere on March 27 and 30 and on April 1, 1988 in the first program .
action
The three parts "Beautiful Days in Masuria" , "Zygmunt and Edith" and "The Separation" describe the life of the protagonist Zygmunt Rogalla over a period of around 40 years. Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War , little Zygmunt grew up in the idyllic village of Lucknow in Masuria in East Prussia . His father, Jan, tries (unsuccessfully) as a mixture of faith healer and quack , which ultimately costs him his life. Grandfather Alfons is a tyrannical despot who runs a domain and is hated by the villagers, not least because he approaches young girls. He is therefore beaten to a cripple by Eugen Lawrenz, whose daughter the old man seduces.
Zygmunt's love has been blond Edith since childhood, but she ignored him for many years. Only after many years and many events do they come together, get married and have a child. The Second World War finally brought about a complete change in living conditions: Zygmunt returned from Russia as an invalid in 1943 . In 1945 the family had to leave their belongings behind and flee their homeland before the approaching Russians. On this dramatic escape, Zygmunt finally loses everyone who ever meant something to him: first his child, then his mother, his wife and Sonja Turk, the carpet weaver who taught him his trade and much more.
Zygmunt is stranded in a small town in Schleswig-Holstein and tries a new life. However, he cannot detach himself from his history and his homeland and tries - like his uncle Adam before him - to set up a local museum. Over the years he has been collecting everything that falls into his hands on the history of his village Lucknow and Masurens. One day representatives of expellees come to see him, they want to use the museum for revanchist purposes. Zygmunt is unable to dissuade her from her plan and is desperate about it. His last resort: He set fire to the museum and himself in it to save his homeland from the access of those who are indifferent to “ homeland ” because they only have their political and personal goals in mind.
Filming
Originally, Peter Beauvais been provided as director. In 1971 he had already filmed Lenz's novel Deutschstunde (see Deutschstunde (1971) ). However, Beauvais died at the end of 1986. He was replaced by the well-known DEFA director Egon Günther , who has been living in Germany since 1978 .
Due to the tense political situation in Poland since the beginning of the 1980s, with martial law and the associated considerable domestic political problems ( Solidarność etc.), the film was not shot in Masuria, but Günther opted for Bohemia ( ČSSR ).
criticism
Compared to the original novel, the film adaptation differs from Lenz's work in numerous points, for example the film plot is not retrospectively portrayed from Zygmunt's first-person perspective . The film adaptation was criticized above all for its conspicuous and frequent simplifications - compared to the novel - but especially for the conclusion that not only ends with Zygmunt Rogalla setting fire to the Masurian Museum of Local History he himself created (as described in the novel ), but voluntarily chooses to die by fire, which does not correspond to the original book.
documentation
Simultaneously with the filming of the novel, the broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB) directed the documentary Heimatmuseum - Ein Roman wird Film , directed by Carola Wedel .
literature
- Siegfried Lenz : Heimatmuseum , ISBN 3-423-13413-5 .
- Niko v. Festenberg: Trogschnauziger Posauk . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 1988, pp. 223-228 ( online ).
Web links
- Local museum in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Some pictures from the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Niko v. Festenberg: Trogschnauziger Posauk . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 1988, pp. 223-228 ( online ).
- ↑ "Heimatmuseum - Ein Roman wird Film" ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at filmportal.de
