Meshka's grandson

Movie
Original title	Meshka's grandson
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Publishing year	1981
length	78 minutes
Rod
Director	Klaus Gendries
production	Fritz Delp
music	Hartmut Behrsing
camera	Adam Pöpperl
cut	Silvia Lever
occupation
Erwin Geschonneck : Martin Meschka Götz Gendries : Christian, his grandson Elsa Grube-Deister : Magdalena Valter Taub : Magician Monika Lennartz : Elsbeth, Meschka's daughter Wolfgang Ostberg : Ulli, her husband Hildegard Walter : Girls Dieter Bellmann : Weißpflog Wolfram Handel : Traveler Erich Mirek : Railway workers Kate Koch : Woman on the bus Manfred Richter : Young man Ingeborg Dirgardt : Railway woman

Meschkas Enkel is a film of the television of the GDR from 1981, which was based on the story of the same name by Helmut H. Schulz and directed by Klaus Gendries . The first broadcast was on December 24, 1981 on GDR 1 . It has a running time of 78 minutes in the picture format 1.33: 1 / PAL / color.

action

Eight-year-old Christian has lived with his grandparents since his mother died. When grandma falls ill, grandfather Meschka is of the opinion that he can no longer adequately care for the boy. In order to solve the problem, Meschka and his grandson set out on a winter morning from their local Erzgebirge village to the Baltic Sea , where Christian's aunt lives. Meshka thinks that the boy is better off with her. But the grandson does not share this opinion at all and reacts accordingly reluctantly. In the course of the journey and triggered by encounters with a wide variety of people, grandfather and grandchildren develop a new relationship with one another, which also calls into question the decision about the boy's future.

Remarks

The film was a plea for love for children and concern for their security. It was broadcast three days before Erwin Geschonneck's 75th birthday.

Filming locations were Zeulenroda (town hall with market square and Karpfenpfeifer fountain), Altenburg ( train station with MITROPA train station restaurant and forecourt), Leipzig (entrance Westhalle Hauptbahnhof with MITROPA train station restaurant and forecourt, winter garden high- rise , consumer department store at Brühl , Interhotel 'Am Ring', bookstore ' Wort und Werk 'at the Thomaskirche , Restaurant Auerbachs Keller ) and Rostock (new building area Rostock Schmarl with high-rise staircase on Columbusring).

The following vehicles were used in the film:

• Car LADA 2102 station wagon
• IFA Z11 or Ikarus 211 bus
• three-part branch line of the DR series 172 or DR series VT 2.09
• four-part diesel-hydraulic express multiple unit of the DR series 175 or DR series VT 18.16

Web links

• Meschkas grandson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Meschka's grandson on Filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FF magazine including No. 52/1981 with the GDR TV program from December 21 to 27, 1981
2. ↑ Meshka's grandson. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ^ Television of the GDR