Follow me, Canailles!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Follow me, Canailles! |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ralf Kirsten |
| script | Ralf Kirsten Manfred Krug Joachim Kupsch (scenario) Ulrich Plenzdorf (scenario) Werner Beck (dramaturgy) |
| production | DEFA , Artistic Working Group "60" |
| music | Andre Asriel |
| camera | Hans Heinrich |
| cut | Christel Röhl |
| occupation | |
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Follow me, Canailles! (Alternative title: Der Geächtete ) is a German coat-and-sword film by DEFA directed by Ralf Kirsten from 1964.
action
Prussia in 1730: On the orders of his king, the lieutenant von Übbenau rides into the Hanoverian region to “steal” soldiers there. He wants to make his first catch in the stately shepherd Alexander, but he turns the tables. Von Übbenau is captured by him and brought to justice. He can only avoid the death penalty because he agrees to accept Alexander as his son. The alleged mother of the invented father is found in a court rogue in a laundress who was friends with Alexander, and the next day Alexander goes to Übbenau's estate to inspect his potential inheritance. Here he not only meets a surprised stepmother and grandmother, but also his beautiful new sister Ulrike, whom he tells about the prank on her father for the sake of love. What was only meant to be a romp for one day, Alexander adds the night unplanned in the face of his "sister", whereupon he has to flee from the angry lieutenant von Übbenau who has returned the next day. Ulrike, in turn, is sent to the court of August the Strong in Dresden for her mistake to see Countess Denhoff .
Alexander unconsciously goes to Dresden as well, fleeing from the lieutenant's men. On the run, he stops at an estate and seduces a mistress of the king who is actually expecting the finance minister for the night. He appears with two masked journeymen and secretly diverted tax money . Alexander can take the accompanying document proving the robbery of the king's finances. Hidden in a chest, he finally arrives at the royal court in Dresden and presents King August with the secret document. He is awarded the highest order in the kingdom for his heroism. Surprisingly, Alexander meets Ulrike again. Both soon have to fight off unpopular admirers: Ulrike is being courted by the king, while his friend Countess Denhoff would like to know Alexander in her bedroom. After some turbulence, Alexander and Ulrike manage to escape from the courtyard. Both return to Alexander's village and start a family. Everyday life later looks different: Alexander rides with Ulrike and their four children into Prussian to visit his in-laws.
production
Follow me, Canailles! was based on motifs from the novel Eine Sommerabenddreistigkeit by Joachim Kupsch . The film was shot in Quedlinburg and in and around Kromsdorf , among others . It had its premiere on July 25, 1964 on the open-air stage "Regattastrecke Grünau" in Berlin and was shown in GDR cinemas on July 31, 1964.
Me to Canaillen! was the film debut of Ulrich Plenzdorf , who was involved in the script, among other things.
criticism
Renate Holland-Moritz wrote in 1964 that Manfred Krug and director Ralf Kirsten “a not too heavy-weight historical framework [seemed necessary], into which everything fits that young people are hungry for: flogging arias, love potions, rascals, wild horses, brisk speeches and a superhero named Krug. "
Frank-Burkhard Habel called the film a "coat-and-sword film par excellence, a great public success, lightweight in terms of content, but full of comedic highlights down to the smallest roles."
For the lexicon of international film was Follow me, Canaillen! "[A] turbulent fun, obviously influenced by the French cloak and sword comedy ' Fanfan, der Hussar '."
Cinema called the film a "slightly outdated adventure comedy".
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 407-408 .
Web links
- Follow me, Canailles! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Follow me, Canailles! at filmportal.de
- Follow me, Canailles! at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The surname is also given in the literature as "Lübbenau", although it is "Übbenau" in the film.
- ↑ Renate Holland-Moritz in: Weltbühne , No. 34, 1964.
- ↑ Habel, p. 408.
- ↑ Follow me, Canailles! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 28, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de