The story of Kalif Storch

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Scenes from the fairy tale (book illustration, ca.1850)

The story of Kalif Storch , also Kalif Storch , is an art fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff from the fairy tale almanac for the year 1826 : the magician Kaschnur transforms the caliph Chasid into a stork. In the end he regains his human form and power and takes revenge on the magician. It is the first fairy tale in the frame story “The Caravan”. The other contributions are The Tale of the Ghost Ship , The Tale of the Hand Chopped off , The Salvation of Fatme , The Tale of Little Muck and The Tale of the False Prince .

The tale

Summary

Reading of the fairy tale, LibriVox 2008

The Caliph Chasid of Baghdad and his Grand Vizier Mansor buy a powder from a shopkeeper with which they can transform themselves into animals and understand their voices. However, the two violate the requirement not to laugh. They have to stay storks because by laughing they have forgotten the magic spell that would have transformed them back into people: “mutabor” ( Latin “I will transform myself”). The caliph then notices that they have fallen for his old enemy, the magician Kaschnur, when his son takes over the rule of the caliph on the pretext that he has died. Then the two transformed go on a journey on which they get to know the owl Lusa and join forces with her. She reveals herself to be a princess who has also been enchanted by the magician and who can only be transformed back into her human form through a promise of marriage. Provided that one of the two - despite her shape as an ugly owl - has to ask for her hand, she shows them the secret meeting place of the wizard and his allies. There, those present report on their crimes, and the two storks can find out the magic word they need without being noticed. Finally back in human form, the caliph and his two companions return to Baghdad, where the illegitimate son of the magician, who reigns as caliph, is thrown from the throne and is in turn bewitched into a stork. The magician is hanged and Chasid is again the Caliph of Baghdad. Lusa, who turns out to be an extremely beautiful woman when she is transformed back, stays by his side.

interpretation

The transformation into animals only happens superficially, as the people retain their old consciousness: the caliph and vizier laugh at the "stupid animals" and the princess sheds tears over her owl figure. Unlike an enchanted person in a folk tale, the caliph first has to give up his arrogance with the marriage proposal to the owl.

Hauff borrowed the central transformation motif from the fairy tale The King Parrot from the fairy tale collection 1001 Nights , but has been cleared of the villainous vizier.

Classification in the framework narrative

It is the first fairy tale in the frame story Die Karawane in Hauff's fairy tale almanac for the year 1826 : A caravan of merchants moves through the desert, always in fear of the notorious robber chief Orbasan. A rider pretending to be Selim Baruch, nephew of the Grand Vizier of Baghdad, joins them. He recently escaped the violence of a band of robbers and asks to be allowed to join. He is gladly allowed to do this, all the more since he was able to prevent a band of robbers from attacking by a mysterious sign. He suggests telling stories to one another as a way to overcome the monotony. He himself begins with the story of Kalif Storch . After the end of the trip, the stranger speaks alone with the oldest merchant and explains the real reason for his travel: he had long ago given him the penalty for a serious crime and asked for forgiveness. He was the robber Orbasan.

Adaptations

Film adaptations

  • Kalif Storch , episode of the 1st season of the puppet series Fairy Tales of the World - Puppet Show on the Small Stage , 1979
  • Kalif Storch , episode of the 3rd season of the animated series SimsalaGrimm , 2010
  • Kalif Storch , Paul Stutenbäumer produced Kalif Storch as a children's cinema film in 3D in collaboration with the ensemble of the Bad Tölz Marionette Theater . The Tölzer Marionette Theater on Schlossplatz has existed since 1908, making it one of the most traditional puppet theaters in Germany. The nationwide theatrical release of Kalif Storch was on 28 February 2013. The team includes the Director Albert Maly-Motta and Paul Stutenbäumer, which includes the 3D camera led. Chris Rüther did the stereoscopy and was a gaffer . The 3D assembly and assistant director were in the hands of Jeannette-Maria Giza. Jörn Gross and Wayne Grajeda were responsible for the sound restoration and composition . The sound design and the mix was done by Benjamin Krbeschek, the 3D grading by Jan Hartmann . The film was shown at various festivals.

Novella

  • The Hungarian writer Mihály Babits adopted the motif and title from Hauff's fairy tales in his novella A gólyakalifa (The Caliph Stork, 1913). The story tells of a young person who lives two parallel lives in waking and sleeping: in one he is a sheltered son from a good family, in the other an abused, humiliated apprentice carpenter.

Play

Singspiel

  • Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839–1901) composed in 1888 a libretto with a free adaptation of the fairy tale by his wife Fanny von Hoffnaaß, a singspiel “for the youthful world” op. 153, which can be considered a miniature children's opera from the very beginning. With a total of 5 solo roles, some speaking roles, and a treble choir reaching up to three voices, he helps the fairy tale to become a musical theater stage. Arias, duets, trios and ensembles as well as a lush overture peppered with orientalisms and numerous instrumental interludes are played by a piano with four hands.
  • The conductor and concert teacher Thomas Honickel arranged the work for chamber orchestras in 2006 and has since performed several times with the Duisburg Philharmonic, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and other orchestras, most recently in 2015 with the KlangHeldenChor from the Oldenburg State Theater . With this, the CD was also recorded.

Radio plays

Speaker: Peter René Körner , Kurt Pit Müller , Hermann Pfeiffer , Wilhelm Wahl and Annelie Jansen .
Speakers among others: Heinz Schacht , Manfred Heidmann , Hans Müller-Westernhagen , Annette Schleiermacher and Bernd M. Bausch .
Speakers among others: Herbert Bötticher , Hans Baur , Bum Krüger , Irene Marhold and Norbert Kappen .
Speakers among others: Dieter Eppler , Hans Timerding , Alfred Querbach , Friedrich von Bülow and Carola Erdin .

Web links

Commons : The Story of Caliph Storch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: The Story of Caliph Storch  - Sources and full texts

Current issues

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Schmitz: "Mutabor". Alterity and change of life in the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff. , P. 81f. in: Wolfgang Bunzel (Ed.) et al .: Intersection of Romanticism: Text and source studies on 19th century literature. Festschrift for Sibylle von Steinsdorff ISBN 978-3484107533
  2. ^ Wührl, Paul-Wolfgang: Das deutsche Kunstmärchen history, message and narrative structures, Schneider Verlag, Hohengehren, 2012, p. 191
  3. ^ Wilhelm Hauff: Mährchen for sons and daughters of educated classes . Stuttgart: Rieger'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1869 pp. 11 to 14
  4. ^ Wilhelm Hauff: Mährchen for sons and daughters of educated classes . Stuttgart: Rieger'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1869 pp. 124 to 130
  5. ↑ Caliph Storch in 3D. Retrieved November 26, 2016 .
  6. ^ Kalif Storch at film festivals. Retrieved November 26, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Kalif Storch on klausuweludwig.de