Lord Butterfly Shirt (puppet show)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lord Butterflies |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 1979 |
| Production company |
Hessischer Rundfunk , Augsburger Puppenkiste |
| length | 28 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 in 1 season |
| genre | Children's series , puppet show |
| Director | Manfred Jenning |
| script | Max Kruse (template), Manfred Jenning (adaptation) |
| music | Hermann Kropatschek |
| camera | Horst Thürling , Werner Löwer |
| cut | Margot Schellemann |
| First broadcast | December 2nd 1979 on Hessischer Rundfunk |
Lord Butterfly Shirt is a four-part puppet show from the Augsburger Puppenkiste from 1978. The puppet show is based on the adventures of Lord Butterfly Shirt in the books of the same name, written by Max Kruse .
action
The plot is divided into four different paragraphs according to the four episodes:
Visit from beyond
Bloodywood Castle has stood in gloomy Scotland for centuries , inhabited by Lord Shnatterman and his servant and friend Cookie Pott. Shnatterman, a passionate photographer, decides to travel to the wild west to photograph Indians. In order to finance the project, he is already considering selling the already dilapidated castle. At midnight of the same day, a Saint Bernard , a turkey and a hare appear, all of which can speak. They introduce themselves as his deceased relatives who were born again in the form of animals. They urge him not to sell the castle under any circumstances.
First broadcast: December 2, 1979.
The great coyote
The next day, Shnatterman visits Samuel Pinch, a friendly old antique dealer, to buy boat tickets for the crossing. He noticed a large, stuffed coyote . Samuel Pinch also gives Shnatterman a treasure map and a photograph for the new world that shows his missing granddaughter, whom Pinch has been looking for for a long time. Shnatterman promises to find her. When the lord leaves the shop, the coyote is gone. The lord also visits the businessman Coolwater, but can no longer afford a boat for the trip. His three relatives, Uncle Bernie, Uncle Rabbit and Aunt Turkey, suggest that he exchange the castle for Coolwater. On condition that Coolwater and his wife, who also has a passion for castles, spend a night at the castle, they are allowed to keep it. But that night Bernie, Rabbit and Turkey drive them away by haunted them. A howling coyote finishes them off. The next day Shnatterman gets the ship from Coolwater and sets off for the wild west with Bernie, Rabbit, Turkey and Cookie.
First broadcast: December 9, 1979
The deadly Colt
When she arrived in America , she was attacked by a cruel cowboy who calls himself the deadly Colt and stolen the treasure map. Lord Shnatterman, who now calls himself Lord Butterfly Shirt, and his friends get to know Circus Joe and Little Bird, who run a circus, in the country. You were also ambushed by the deadly Colt. Uncle Bernie, Uncle Rabbit and Aunt Turkey can use a trick to steal the treasure map from the deadly Colt. He in turn catches Uncle Rabbit and locks him up. Uncle Rabbit can save himself, but the deadly Colt steals the treasure map a second time.
First broadcast: December 16, 1979.
The spirit of the great buffalo
The deadly Colt and a coyote are pursued by Lord Buttershirt and his friends in the direction of the Indian territory. The deadly Colt stirs up the calfskin Indians' hatred of Lord Butterflies, so that he is captured shortly afterwards. Chief Swift Bison befriends Lord Butterflies and invokes the spirit of the great buffalo . The big buffalo tells him to kill the beeping mouse , the daughter of the chief of the calfskin Indians . The calfskin Indians arrest Chief Schneller Bison and have him tied to the torture stake. But the great spirit demands that Little Bird balance on a rope across a ravine. Little Bird manages to get to the other side of the gorge. The great ghost releases Fast Bison and Beeping Mouse. Lord Butterfly Shirt and his friends are released and Butterfly Shirt can finally take pictures of Indians. The deadly Colt is captured and brought to the next sheriff . Bernie, Rabbit and Turkey enlighten Butterfly Shirt about the coyote: The coyote is the ghost of an ancestor of the businessman Coolwater. The treasure belongs to the Indians. The riddle about Little Bird is also solved, she is the granddaughter of Samuel Pinch. Little Bird wants to stay in America and start a career in the circus. Buttershirt ancestors from the afterlife disappear again, since their mission has been carried out.
First broadcast: December 23, 1979.
background
- Manfred Jenning adapted the model based on the first two books by Max Kruse and a radio play version with the same voice actors.
- The narrator (Manfred Jenning) speaks the following sentences in the opening credits:
- In the last century there was a castle in the far north of Scotland ... a castle ... called Bloodywood Castle. There was no longer a train, which is not surprising, empty, yes empty, the gloomy place stood empty. It was uncomfortable in the old walls, only the lord and his servant lived there. And at midnight at noon, when the wolves were howling outside, the Lord was sitting by the fireplace, drinking his port and having a whimsy ...
- This was one of the last productions by Manfred Jennings, who worked for years as a house writer and director for the Augsburger Puppenkiste. He died of cancer in December 1979.
synchronization
| role | speaker |
|---|---|
| Lord Shnatterman | Gerhard Jentsch |
| Cookie pot | Arno Bergler |
| Uncle Bernie | Sepp laundry |
| Uncle rabbit | Hanns-Joachim Marshal |
| Aunt Turkey | Margot Schellemann |
| Mr. Coolwater | Frank Burghardt |
| Mary Coolwater | Gunda Maria Jentsch |
| Samuel Pinch | Gotthard Ebert |
| Circus joe | Herbert Meyer |
| Little Bird | Christl Peschke |
| The deadly Colt | Manfred Jenning |
| coyote | Hanns-Joachim Marshal |
| Chief Fast Bison | Winfried Küppers |
| Chief Little Bull | Peter Hackenberger |
| Chief of the Drowned | Hanns-Joachim Marshal |
| Beeping mouse | Klaus Martin Heim |
| Medicine man | Manfred Jenning |
| The big buffalo | Franz Burghardt |
| teller | Manfred Jenning |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The magical worlds of the Augsburger Puppenkiste: Lord Butter Shirt (1978). Production notes with synchronization. Retrieved November 10, 2010 (expired)