Little Man - Really Big (1957)

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Movie
Original title Little man - really big
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1957
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Hans Grimm
script Ilse Lotz-Dupont ,
Franz Seitz junior
production Franz Seitz junior
for Franz Seitz film production
music Lothar Bruhne
camera Heinz Schnackertz
cut Herbert Taschner
occupation

Little Man - Very Big is a German feature film by Hans Grimm from 1957. It should not be confused with the film Little Man, Very Big from 1938.

action

Little Robby Brauns lives with his almost adult sister Meike with his grandfather, who is the guardian of both children. The parents died in a traffic accident. For his birthday, the horse-crazy Robby receives a special present: The grandfather promises him the foal with which his best broodmare is pregnant.

On the way to school, Robby and Meike meet the architect Thomas, whom Robby enthusiastically tells about his new horse. Thomas promises to have a look at the horse one day. The foal is born and is called "little brother" by Robby. A short time later, the grandfather dies and the only relative of Robby and Meike is assigned guardianship - however, Professor Schröder never had children and is also not interested in being a guardian. He decides to sell all of the horses to finance Robby's upbringing. It is difficult for him to be convinced that Robby should not go to boarding school , but can stay with Meike. Since Robby claims that "little brother" has already been sold, his horse escapes the sale. Robby secretly brings it to a neighboring village at night and from now on pays farmer Moser and his wife a storage fee of one mark every day. Ms. Moser, however, speculates that Robby will not be able to raise the money in the long run to ultimately be able to sell the horse dearly.

Meike and Thomas meet again after two years and over time Thomas becomes Meike's friend and thus part of the family. Neither of them see each other that often, however, as Meike also works in addition to her book sales job to be able to pay the rent for the horse stable. After a motorcycle accident , Meike has a broken arm and can no longer go to work. Instead, Robby goes to work after school, cleaning car windows and walking dogs in order to be able to pay the monthly rent of DM 30 for the stables. Guardian Schröder will soon find out. Because Robby does not want to tell him where the horse is housed, he is sent to boarding school. Robby therefore falls behind with the payments and the sale of "Little Brother" threatens. The boy breaks away from the boarding school and goes to the church of St. Leonhard , where he prays to save his horse. He promptly found a full wallet in the churchyard, from which he took the previously missing 60 DM for renting the stable. Meike gets him to hand the wallet over to the police. It belongs to the wealthy brewery owner Wendland from Mexico , who gives Robby a finder's fee and only then hears about the missing money and lets the story of “little brother” be told. Together with Robby he draws up a contract: Wendland takes over the costs of training the thoroughbred to become a racehorse on loan . Robby can repay him if “Little Brother” has won the Baden Grand Prix .

Wendland travels on through Europe and finally learns by post that guardian Schröder has sold “little brother” to racehorse owner Petersen without Robby's consent. He returns to Germany and goes to the Baden Grand Prix with Robby, Meike and Thomas. This is where “little brother” should start. Wendland buys the horse from Petersen shortly before the start in Robby's name. He doesn't know anything about it, but convinces the jockey not to use his riding crop when running . "Little brother" wins and Robby is proclaimed owner of the horse. He is overjoyed and gives Meike a wish. She “wishes” Thomas; Robby also names Wendland as his new grandfather. He finally sends his real grandfather a letter on a balloon in the sky, saying that everything is fine with him.

production

Little man - really big was based on the novel Robby makes the race , which was published in the magazine ABZ .

The film was shot in Baden-Baden and Upper Bavaria; the interior shots were taken at Günther Stapenhorst's Carlton studio on Tulbeckstrasse in Munich . On some of his trips to the country, we find Robby at a small, lonely church. This is the small branch church of Sankt Andreas, above Etting , near Eberfing .

Sankt Andrä in 2010.

The film premiered on February 12, 1957 at the same time in the Bielefeld Capitol and in the Essen Lichtburg .

Maria Mucke sings in the film The stars dance in the night . Oliver Grimm is trapping with Trapp to hear my horse . The songs of the film were written by Lothar Brühne and Frank Eden .

criticism

For the lexicon of international films , Little Man - Very Big 1990 was a "typical German child star film of the fifties: out of touch, 'hearty' and lacquered." In the new edition of the lexicon from 2001, the film was described as a "German children's star film Embossing, whose cuteness that attracts the public aims at a multitude of touching effects; simple-minded and unreal entertainment. "

Cinema stated: "An actor's wisdom is: 'Besides children and animals, you can only lose.' Karin Dor and Joachim Fuchsberger had probably forgotten that when they took on supporting roles in Schmalz. [...] Conclusion: ' Blacky ' meets ' Black Beauty '. Howh! "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolf & Kurowski: The Munich film and cinema book. Ed. Eberhard Hauff, Edition Achteinhalb, Ebersberg 1988 (p. 193 section / year 1956.)
  2. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 4. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 2047.
  3. ↑ Little man - really big. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ See cinema.de