My friend Knerten
| Movie | |
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| German title | My friend Knerten |
| Original title | Wrinkled |
| Country of production | Norway |
| original language | Norwegian |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 74 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Åsleik Engmark |
| script | Birgitte Bratseth |
| production |
Finn Gjerdrum Stein B. Kvae |
| music | Jon Rørmark |
| camera | Ari Willey |
| cut | Vidar Flataukan |
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My friend Knerten is a Norwegian children's film from 2009 and Åsleik Engmark's directorial debut. The screenwriter Birgitte Bratseth used the story Lillebror og Knerten by the Norwegian children's author Anne-Catharina Vestly as a template. In the following two years, 2010 and 2011, another Knerten film was released. In the trilogy, the experiences of a six-year-old with his talking wooden doll are told. The action takes place in the 1960s.
action
Six-year-old Eric moves to the country with his parents and older brother. There are no playmates anywhere. Then he meets the talking wooden figure Knerten, actually a branch that has fallen from a tree. This is the beginning of a unique and unusual friendship. Father's business is bad and the recently acquired house is in dire need of repair. So mother has to work in the grocer's to supplement the household budget. Since there is no local kindergarten, Eric is allowed to accompany his mother to work, which promises exciting adventures. He plays in front of the door or roams the area for returnable bottles - Knerten always with him. He developed an enormous protective instinct for Knerten, because two contemporaries are after his wooden friend. He spares no effort to free Knerten from the clutches of the nasty robbers. Less virtuous, however, is his development into a pawn robber, ie not only discarded bottles end up in his backpack.
His family is getting tired of Eric's childish imagination. A talking branch, a dragon in the forest, a princess on a horse - nobody really wants to believe him. Only the village carpenter understands and even helps him build a bed for Knerten. During Eric's feverish cold, Aunt Malhiermalda, the good soul of the village, looks after the boy during the day and occasionally brings one of her other charges with her. On such days, Eric barricades himself in his room. He fears that one of the village children might target his wooden figure Knerten again. But with a careful look out of his window he recognizes the princess from the forest. Delighted, he dismantles his barricade and carefully approaches the girl. In the following years he and Vesla have a lot of fun together.
Background information
The film premiered in Norway on October 16, 2009. In the Norwegian original, the director, who mainly works as an actor, lends his voice to the wooden figure Knerten. The German theatrical release was on June 30, 2011. Even if there is no age limit for the film, it is only recommended for children aged 6 and over.
Sequels:
- 2010: Knerten dares ( Knerten gifter seg )
- 2011: Knerten in the clamp ( Knerten i knipe )
In the children's books that were made for the German market, the title hero was given the name Knorzel .
criticism
“A lovable and charming children's film that shows with disarming sincerity how liberating it can be to face the world in an open and open-minded manner. Topics such as friendship and acceptance, family solidarity and affection are unobtrusively integrated into the happy plot. "
Heiko Thiele from Filmreporter.de complains that the nightmare scenes are too scary for small children. Cultural journalist and film critic Michael Kohler even draws parallels to Stanley Kubrick's Shining . Bianka Piringer from cinefacts.de also notices pedagogically incorrect scenes, for example the nurse's hip flask at Christmas, but again praises the fact that these “give the story an even more realistic note ”.
Martin Gobbin from the Internet portal critic.de and Christian Horn from Filmstarts.de can spot slapstick-like humor in the plot.
Awards
The family film won the 2010 Amanda Award for best children's film as well as for best visual effects and best production design . It was awarded the title “Particularly valuable” by the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW).
Web links
- Knerten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- My friend Knerten in the online film database
- My friend Knerten in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/4063/mein-freund-knerten.html
- ↑ My friend Knerten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ a b http://www.filmreporter.de/kino/43027-Mein-Freund-Knerten
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ My friend Knerten in the online film database
- ↑ http://www.kn-news.de/index.php?article=2849 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ My friend Knerten. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ www.kinofenster.de
- ↑ http://www.cinefacts.de/Filme/Mein-Freund-Knerten,58791#Kritik
- ↑ http://www.critic.de/film/mein-freund-knerten-2701/
- ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/179693/kritik.html
- ↑ IMDb Awards
- ↑ http://www.tv-kult.com/kritiken/2711-mein-freund-knerten.html
