Autumn bells
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Autumn bells |
| Original title | Осенние колокола (Ossennije kolokola) |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 74 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Vladimir Gorikker |
| script | Alexander Volodin |
| production | Maxim Gorky Studio Moscow |
| camera | Lev Ragosin |
| occupation | |
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Autumn bells (alternative title: Of the beautiful Tsar's daughter and the seven warriors ; original title: russian Осенние колокола , Ossennije kolokola ) is a Soviet fairy tale film by Vladimir Gorikker from 1979 . The film is based on Alexander Pushkin's The Fairy Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Warriors , a version of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale Snow White .
action
A tsar is seized with the desire to travel and so he goes out into the world for a few months to see other kingdoms. Meanwhile, the tsarina gives him a daughter. When her husband returns home immediately afterwards, she is so delighted that she collapses and dies. A year later, the tsar married again. A beautiful, clever woman who, according to a magic mirror, is the most beautiful on earth.
The years go by and the Tsarevna grows up. One day Prince Jelissei asked for her hand, after which the wedding was decided. While getting dressed for the festivities, the tsarina looks in the mirror again. But he now tells her that the Tsarevna is the most beautiful in the world. Out of envy, the stepmother assigns a few soldiers to kidnap the carriage with the bride. Her loyal maid Chernawka, who enjoys the trust of the tsar's daughter, is then supposed to lead the bride into the thicket, where she is tied to a tree so that the wolf can eat her. Then, deep in the forest, Chernavka wants to implement the plan, but the Tsarevna finds out about her. The maid then hurries away because she is not in the mood to kill the Tsar's daughter. Uncuffed, she wanders through the forest and comes across an abandoned house in which she finds shelter for the night.
The next morning the residents of the cottage return home. She thinks she recognizes the soldiers who kidnapped her, but there are only seven friendly warriors. The Tsar's daughter comes to terms with the seven brothers and lives a peaceful existence on their estate . Meanwhile, Prince Jelissei is looking for his bride everywhere. He even asks the sun in space and the moon about their whereabouts, but they don't know the answer either. He should ask the wind. In the meantime, the tsarina has found out through her magic mirror that the beautiful is still alive. Chernavka gives her another chance. The tsarevna's maid is supposed to bring a poisonous apple. This does as she was told, is the cottage waits are out riding until the stretching and transfers disguised as babushka , the poisonous fruit. When the seven brothers return home, the Tsarevna is already lying down and so they carry the slumbering woman to her grave in a cave. Meanwhile, Jelissei has reached the wind that shows him the way to the coffin of his loved one. Arriving there, the beautiful threatens to wake up again, which the tsarina is informed immediately through her magic mirror. Immediately she sends her soldiers to finally get rid of the prince and the tsarevna. Fighting all alone against the attackers, the brave Jelissei is in dire straits, but then the seven warriors rush to his aid and decide the fight for themselves. Back at the tsar's court, the wedding takes place after all.
background
Autumn bells originated in 1978 and started in the Soviet Union in February 1979 . On August 12, 1979 the film was shown on DFF 2 on GDR television and on October 31, 1980 it was shown for the first time in GDR cinemas under the title Of the beautiful Tsar's daughter and the seven warriors .
synchronization
The director of the DEFA - synchronization took Margot Seltmann . The German speakers are Elke Wieditz , Peter Berg and Sylvia Kuziemski . The fairy tale will be presented by Walter Niklaus .
Web links
- Fall bells in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Autumn bells in the online film database
- Film lexicon - autumn bells on zweiausendeins.de
- Autumn bells on kino-teatr.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the year of origin on kino-teatr.ru
- ↑ Autumn bells. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .