Heroes (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Heroes |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Franz Peter Wirth |
| script |
Johanna Sibelius , Eberhard Keindorff |
| production |
Harry R. Sokal , Peter Goldbaum |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Klaus von Rautenfeld |
| cut | Claus from Boro |
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The film Heroes was shot in 1958 by Franz Peter Wirth . It is based on the play Helden (English original title: Arms and the Man ) by George Bernard Shaw .
action
The film takes place during the Bulgarian-Serbian War in 1885. When the cannon of the Swiss captain Bluntschli ( OW Fischer ), who is in Serbian mercenary service, suddenly gives up his service because he had received the wrong ammunition, the latter fled to the “death of honor” Battlefield ” . He ends up in the house of the fiancée Raina ( Liselotte Pulver ) of his war opponent Sergius ( Jan Hendriks ), whose father ( Kurt Kasznar ) is also a "high animal" of the enemy. Raina and her mother ( Ljuba Welitsch ), who came later, hide him. So that he can flee on, Raina gives him a house jacket, which Captain Bluntschli brings back after the peace agreement. The fiancé, who is increasingly interested in the classy maid Louka ( Ellen Schwiers ), and the father have already returned. When Sergius learns that Bluntschli is his rival, and he also watches him leave Raina's bedroom via the balcony, he challenges Bluntschli to a duel. This turns out to be a masterful fencer (which he learned at the St. Gallen gymnastics club ) and also a rich, future husband who is now befitting his class . Sergius consoles himself with the maid, and everything ends in pleasure.
background
The screenplay for the film, produced shortly after the rearmament of Germany, followed the play Arms and the Man by Shaw. The first performance took place on December 16, 1958 in the UFA-Palast, Hamburg. The film was a huge success with over 3.6 million viewers.
In supporting roles also include Horst Tappert and Hans Clarin to see.
Reviews
"With no artistic ambitions in the picture entirely dedicated to the entertaining, thoroughly witty dialogue of the chamber play."
Awards (selection)
The film received the German Film Prize 1959 for best German feature film and the Golden Bowl challenge . The actor OW Fischer received the Gold Film Band , the German Film Critics' Prize and the Bambi for best leading actor .
In 1959, Helden was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film .
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Web links
- Heroes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Heroes at Filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heroes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 3, 2017 .