Lützow's wild, daring hunt
Lützows wild swashbuckling hunting is a patriotic German silent film by Richard Oswald from 1927. In the title role is Arthur Wellin to see his loyal campaigners, the Swiss national hero Theodor Körner , embodies Ernst Rückert .
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The film set in 1813, inspired by Theodor Körner's patriotic poem of almost the same name, with six stanzas, Lützow's wild hunt (also 1813), deals with the struggle of the freedom heroes against the Napoleonic occupiers and occupiers under the military and intellectual leadership of Major Lützow and Körner. On the one hand, it tells of Körner's short but intense love for the Viennese actress Toni Adamberger , who is trying to succeed at the Burgtheater , and, as an episode, an encounter on the battlefield with the “heroine virgin” Eleanore Prochaska, a simple girl based on Jeanne d'Arc from the people. On the other hand, the story mainly focuses on the German people's struggle for freedom against Napoleon Bonaparte in the said year 1813.
At the center of the military events is Körner's participation in the Lützow Freikorps in that decisive year, which is also the year he died in 1813. The heroic aspect, his overriding commitment to the liberation of Germany from foreign rule, is emphasized. Intellectual and cultural greats of those years such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Ludwig van Beethoven , but also Napoleon's political opponents, the state leaders Emperor Franz I of Austria , Prince von Metternich and King Friedrich Wilhelm III , appear as marginal figures . Some space is given to the psychological penetration of the two main characters in this story.
Production notes
Lützow's wild, daring hunt was made in January and February 1927 in Berlin's Maxim-Film-Studios and was submitted to the censorship on February 21, 1927. Given the heavily patriotic content, Oswald's production had no problems with the release. The film premiered on the same day and was also released for young people.
Ernst Stern , chief set designer under Max Reinhardt , designed both the film structures and the extensive costumes.
criticism
"It was beneficial that Oswald wisely stayed away from one-sided hurray patriotism and placed the main emphasis on the emotional conflicts of the individual people."
Web links
- Lützows wild swashbuckling hunting in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lützow's wild, daring hunt at filmportal.de
- Lützow's wild, daring hunt on books.google.de