When the wolves howl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | When the wolves howl |
| Original title | Never cry wolf |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carroll Ballard |
| script |
Curtis Hanson Sam Hamm Richard Kletter |
| production |
Lewis M. Allen Jack Couffer Joseph Strick |
| music | Mark Isham |
| camera | Hiro Narita |
| cut |
Peter Parasheles Michael Chandler |
| occupation | |
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When the wolves howl (original title: Never Cry Wolf ) is a combination of nature film and feature film from the Walt Disney Studios from 1983. The film is based on the autobiographical novel Ein Sommer mit Wolfen ( Never Cry Wolf , 1963) by the Canadian biologist and Writer Farley Mowat . Former documentary filmmaker Carroll Ballard directed . Curtis Hanson ( LA Confidential ) was involved in the script .
action
The biologist Tyler (the alter ego of Farley Mowat) is on behalf of the government to find out why there is such an extreme decline in the caribou . The main suspects are wolves . Even at the beginning of his journey, Tyler is confronted with horror stories about wolves, which even haunt him into his nightmares. Badly equipped, Tyler is now on the arctic tundra. Here he meets an old Eskimo who helps him. After breaking into the ice sheet on a frozen lake and struggling to free himself, he gradually learns to find his way around the Arctic better.
Tyler can finally start his work. He finds neither caribou nor wolves that have killed one. To his astonishment, however, he discovers a wolf pack with the alpha couple George and Angeline and notices that the wolves are also watching and accompanying him with curiosity. He also learns more about the wolves from the Eskimos and how they worship him as a good spirit. He also gets to know wolf hunters among the Eskimos, who get $ 350 for a wolf's skin and have to feed their families with it. One day Tyler stands naked on the tundra and watches a pack of wolves hunt down a caribou. After examining the bones, Tyler finds out that it was a sick animal. Shortly afterwards, he hears gunfire and meets a group of hunters, including the pilot who flew Tyler to the Arctic. He gradually realizes that it is not the wolves who are behind the caribou decline, but these hunters. When one of the hunters tries to land his plane in the wolves' area, Tyler drives him away with a shot against the cockpit. In the end, Tyler discovers three wolf pups whose parents George and Angeline were apparently killed by the hunters, but also a wolf pack that takes in the pups.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films describes when the wolves howl as an “artfully designed nature film” that is “haunting and poetic”. "In addition to its high entertainment value, it encourages reflection on civilization and the role of humans in the natural cycle." Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz said: "The precisely registering and poetically exaggerating film depicts the dialogue between humans and creatures in beautiful images." They gave the rating 2 stars (= average). The Frankfurter Rundschau ruled: "Director Carroll Ballard [...] masterfully manages the balance between cultural film and the portrait of a young man who is turning from a fearful scientist into a powerful outdoorsman."
Awards
The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound . The sound editing received the Golden Reel Award. Cinematographer Hiro Narita was recognized for his work with the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards and the National Society of Film Critics Award .
media
- DVD release
- When the wolves howl. Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003.
- Soundtrack
- Mark Isham : Never Cry Wolf. Soundtrack. in other words: Film Music. Windham Hill Records, Stanford o. J., sound carrier no. WD-1041.
literature
- Farley Mowat : A Summer with Wolves. (Original title: Never Cry Wolf ). German by Hans-Georg Noack . Engelbert Verlag Balve 1971, 160 pp.
Web links
- Never Cry Wolf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ When the wolves howl. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition) . Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 915.
- ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau in: The great TV feature film film lexicon. Digital library special volume (CD-ROM edition). Directmedia, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-036-1 , p. 13890.