Laila - love under the midnight sun

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Movie
German title Laila - love under the midnight sun
Original title Laila
Country of production Sweden ,
Germany
original language Swedish
Publishing year 1958
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Rolf Husberg
script Rolf Husberg
Adolf Schütz
production Rune forest wreath
Georg M. Reuther
music Lars-Erik Larsson
camera Sven Nykvist
cut Lennart Wallén
occupation

Laila - Love under the midnight sun (original title: Laila ) is a Swedish-German feature film by Rolf Husberg from 1958. The screenplay was written by the director and Adolf Schütz . It is based on the novel "Laila" (original title Fra Finmarken. Skildringer ) by Jens Andreas Friis . The main roles are occupied by Erika Remberg , Joachim Hansen and Birger Malmsten . In Sweden the film was first seen on the screen on December 26, 1958, and in the Federal Republic of Germany on November 13, 1958.

The film was first staged in 1929 as a silent film by the Danish-German filmmaker George Schnéevoigt . The title role was occupied at the time with the Swedish actress Mona Mårtenson. In 1936/37 he staged the story again with the Swede Aino Taube in the role of Laila.

action

A heavy snowstorm is sweeping across northern Norway . The settler Nielsen is on his reindeer sleigh , accompanied by his wife and the only a few days old child on the run from a wolf pack. Suddenly the sledge crashes down an abyss. The married couple find death; but the baby is thrown out and lies in the snow. Soon the child is found by the rag Aslak and taken into his tent. Because he and his wife Elli have long wanted a child, they pass the girl off as their own and have her baptized “Laila”. Without knowing about her origins, Laila grows up under the rags and with her culture. She learns to catch and tame the wild reindeer. She is particularly fond of her own reindeer, which is called "Stormwind".

Laila is maturing into a beautiful young woman. With “Stormwind” she takes part in the annual reindeer race and, although Mellet was a clear favorite, wins the man she is supposed to marry. She has no objections to this either - yet. But that suddenly changed when she met Anders Lind at the market from Kautokeino , a Norwegian merchant with a modern outlook on life. She soon feels magically attracted to him, and Anders also reciprocates her love.

However, Laila's foster father is a thorn in Anders. He promised his daughter Mellet and he will not let that be shaken. After all, it is a tradition that a rag girl can only marry one rag. To see the man she loves again, Laila secretly takes a canoe down the dangerously swollen river to Kautokeino. The boat capsizes in the rapids. Laila is washed up on the bank, unconscious. Although the young woman almost lost her life in her adventure, the proud Aslak cannot be changed. He continues to insist that Laila Mellet must marry. The girl agrees only reluctantly.

Laila wants to meet Anders one last time, but he does not show up for the appointment. She cannot know that Anders was caught by the jealous Mellet on the way to her and pushed into an abyss. He gets away with life, but it takes time to recover.

The day of the marriage has come. When the wedding party has gathered, the proud groom and his future father- in-law await the festively decorated Laila. Suddenly an uninvited guest breaks into the wedding party - Anders Lind! A violent clash between the two rivals ensues. Otherwise wins the upper hand. Then he succeeds in cornering Aslak and making it clear to him that the right to love is stronger. With a heavy heart Aslak confesses how he and his wife got to their "daughter" and that he therefore has no right to force Laila to marry against her will. Laila is free - free for Anders.

Production notes, publication

The exterior shots were taken in Lapland , Norway and Sweden , the interior shots in the Stockholm studios . Harald Garmland created the costumes.

The film was first seen on television on May 26, 1973. It was broadcast by ZDF . On April 21, 2017, Pidax Film- und Hörspielverlag (Alive AG) released the film as part of the “Film Klassiker” series on DVD.

criticism

The lexicon of international films came to a positive conclusion: "Straightforward, popular and folkloristically bridled love story with beautiful landscape shots of the Arctic Circle."

Cinema found that Ingmar Bergman's preferred cameraman Sven Nykvist had provided a “noble look”, which, however, “only compensated for too much lard” to a limited extent. Conclusion: "Warmth of the heart from the far north".

source

Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , Klemmer Verlag, Mannheim, No. 4158

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laila or Laila - The Daughter of the North see the film poster in the IMDb
  2. ↑ “Laila”, German title “Der dunkle Ruf”, Austrian title “Den Wölfen entrissen”, TV title “Where the reindeer move” see the film poster and various film images in the IMDb
  3. ^ Make Way for Lila (1962) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Laila - love under the midnight sun Fig. DVD case Pidax
  5. ↑ Laila - Love under the midnight sun . In: Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 from 1988, p. 2150
  6. ↑ Laila - Love under the midnight sun. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 20, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ Laila - Love under the midnight sun. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on November 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Laila - Love under the midnight sun Fig. Title page Das Neue Filmprogramm (in the picture Birger Malmsten, Erika Remberg)