Karujaht Parnumaal
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bear hunt in the Pernauer Land |
| Original title | Karujaht Parnumaal |
| Country of production | Russia |
| original language | Estonian |
| Publishing year | 1914 |
| length | 11 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK - |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tõnis Nõmmits |
| script | Karl August Hindrey |
| production | Aleksander Tippo |
| camera | Johannes Pääsuke |
| cut | Johannes Pääsuke |
Karujaht Pärnumaal ("Bear Hunt in the Pernauer Land ") is a 1914 Estonian film.
Emergence
The 11-minute silent film comedy in black and white with Estonian subtitles was valid until fragments of the film Laenatud naene from 1912/13? as the first Estonian feature film. The cameraman was the film and photography pioneer Johannes Pääsuke (1892–1918). The film was shot in 1913 in the Estonian capital Tallinn and in the Vasula Forest .
The premiere took place on January 18th . / January 31, 1914 greg. in the Tartuer Kino Ideal and in February 1914 in the Tallinn cinema The Royal Bio .
An original copy of the film is kept in the Estonian Film Archive ( Eesti filmiarhiiv ). In 2004 the film was extensively restored and digitized in Finland .
action
In the western Estonian city of Pärnu (German: Pernau ) panic breaks out when a well-off man named “Frackmann” reads in the newspaper that a dangerous bear is up to mischief in the vicinity of Vändra ( Fennern ). The wild animal put the Baltic German residents in fear and terror. Immediately he lets the hunting horns blow. The mayor of the city calls on the city officials, police officers and residents to impromptu bear hunting.
In the forest, the ragged troop finally reached the bear's dwelling and fired wild volleys. However, the hunters turn out to be a foolish bunch and miss their target. They meet fellow soldiers in a wild shootout, while the bear remains unharmed. In the end the bear leads them by the nose and plays badly with the hunting party.
background
The film makes an ironic reference to the mayoral and city council elections in Pärnu on December 18, 1913. The cinematic allegory of Pääsuke deals with the background of the political conflict between Estonians and Baltic Germans . In particular, the mayor of Pärnu, Oskar Brackmann, and the editor of the Pärnu Postimees newspaper , Jaan Karu ( karu is the Estonian word for “bear”), fought a vigorous exchange of blows on local politics at the time. In his film, the director Johannes Pääsuke takes sides with Karu - and satirically targeting the Baltic German mayor Brackmann and his supporters.
Web links
- Movie
- Entry in Eesti filmi andmebaas
- Historical background of the feature film (Estonian)
- Karujaht Pärnumaal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 21, 2004 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.
