Leibfiaker fried fish
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Leibfiaker fried fish |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1925 |
| length | approx. 88 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Otto Löwenstein |
| script | Walter Reisch |
| production | Ottol-Film (Vienna) |
| occupation | |
as well as Alexander Ehlfeld , Lia Franz , Rosa Vatter , Axel Plessen , Dora Kaiser | |
Leibfiaker Bratfisch , also sold in Germany under the titles The Secret of Mayerling and The Tragedy of a Prince , is an Austrian historical film drama from 1919 and 1924/25 based on actual events in 1889.
action
The bodyfiaker (coachman) Josef Bratfisch remembers his master, the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, Rudolf, and his fateful carriage ride to the hunting lodge Mayerling, in which the Crown Prince shot first his lover, 17-year-old Mary Vetsera, and then himself .
In the framework story, the old coachman himself is at the center of the action: After the death of his master, he retired into private life and from then on had to fend off all possible advances in journalistic inquiries to comment on Rudolf, Mary Vetsera and that fateful night in January 1889 . Fried fish is badly wounded in an attack by a thief. An American journalist then gave him a large amount of money that had been reserved for him anyway for the publication of Bratfisch's memoirs. With this small fortune, Bratfisch's daughter is finally able to marry her lover, the son of a manufacturer.
Production notes
Leibfiaker Bratfisch is largely based on scenes from a Mayerling film banned by the Austrian censorship in 1919. Later, other scenes (those of the framework), especially those around Josef Bratfisch, were re-shot and the entire material was put together for the present film. This film was premiered on March 20, 1925. The five-act film was about 2200 meters long and was banned from young people.
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in its March 24, 1925 edition: “Of course Mayerling's secret is not revealed in this film (…). In any case, it must be admitted that the film is made very skilfully and unfolds a captivating picture of the state of the Vienna of the eighties and in the second half of a Vienna that was 20 years younger, which of course also gives us today the impression of being noisy for a long time . Very good and lovingly viewed types populate this film, whose folk-like plot is effectively accompanied by a cleverly chosen accompanying music composed of the most famous old Viennese songs and dance styles. The presentation is quite excellent. Especially since Georg Kundert as fried fish is real down to the smallest nuance. Eugen Neufeld as Crown Prince Rudolf also plays splendidly and has put together a strikingly deceptive Rudolf mask. "
In Paimann's film lists it can be read: “As far as the qualitative side of the picture is concerned, the subject of the framework is very appealing, with undoubtedly successful attacks on the stirring glands and quite excitingly staged. The presentation is passable, the photos are good. The main objection to the scenes of the old film are errors in the masks and photographic imperfections, but since they are in the minority, this is less important. "
Web links
- Personal coachman Bratfisch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leibfiaker Bratfisch at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Leibfiaker Bratfisch". In: Neue Freie Presse , March 24, 1925, p. 13 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Leibfiaker Bratfisch in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
