Pat & Patachon
Pat & Patachon (original Fy og Bi ) was a Danish comedian duo of the silent movie era . It was embodied by Carl Schenstrøm (1881–1942) as Pat (original Fyrtaarnet: lighthouse) and Harald Madsen (1890–1949) as Patachon ( bivognen: trailer or sidecar). Between 1921 and 1940 both made about 55 films .
The proverbial expression like Pat and Patachon (also: like Pat and Patterchen ) jokingly describes the clumsy-looking juxtaposition of two people with very different physiques.
chronology
| Language area | Role names |
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Danish original |
Fyrtaarnet og Bivognen lighthouse and sidecar |
| Swedish | Fyrtornet och släpvagnen lighthouse and trailer |
| Norwegian | Telegrafstolpen og Tilhengeren telegraph pole and trailer |
| German | Pat & Patachon * |
| Italian | Il lungo e il corto The long and the short |
| Pat e Patachon | |
| Dutch | Watt en halfwatt |
| English ( Europe ) | Long & Short Long & Short |
| Pat and Patachon | |
| United States | Ole and Aksel |
| French | Doublepatte and Patachon * |
| Pat et Patachon | |
| Spanish | Doublepatte y Patachon * |
| Pat y Patachon | |
| Romanian | Pat și Patachon |
| Turkish | Düz Taban'la Bastı Bacak Flat feet and long legs |
| Hungarian | Zoro és Huru |
| Polish | Pat i Patachon * |
| Czech | Pat a Patachon * |
| Bulgarian | Крачун и Малчо |
| * In some languages, the term patache stands for a short vehicle for several people or a kind of dinghy. |
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Film, flirtation og forlovelse, the first film with Schenstrøm and Madsen in the roles of the tramp Fyrtaarnet (newer notation: Fyrtårnet) and Bivognen originated in 1921 as an idea of the Danish director senior Lau Lauritzen , under whose guidance the next, the 30 silent films rotated were. The vagabond adventures of the lanky Fyrtaarnet and his stocky, plump companion Bivognen mostly show their interference in the everyday life of bourgeois society , which they use grotesque methods to achieve new love happiness or domestic chaos, and were successful box office hits in Europe ; a few film festivals were even held.
Even before they separated from Lauritzen in 1932, Schenstrøm and Madsen also made some sound films with other directors (e.g. Alf's Carpet 1929, in the roles of Bill and Alf, which were also performed as Pat & Patachon in German ). Since then, Pat & Patachon have shot almost exclusively abroad, most recently in Germany. Pat & Patachon only made one film in Denmark, their last: I de gode gamle dage (From the good old days) , which premiered in Copenhagen in 1940 .
After Schenstrøm's death in 1948 Madsen tried to treat the subject again together with Carl Reinholdz as Calle og Palle .
Posthumous arrangements and publications
In the 1950s, sound-synchronized P&P films appeared in full-length films that had been cut from the old silent film material. Carl Nørrested, film historian and Schenstrøm's grandson , sharply criticized these revisions.
The ZDF took 33 films from the Danish production company palladium and sent it to 59 episodes distributed from 1968 to 1970. For the next broadcasting 1984, the ZDF had the silent films of Hanns Dieter Hüsch as narrative resynchronize .
In 2005, 55 episodes appeared on DVD (7 DVD boxes, from Kinowelt) in the ZDF version with a narrative commentary by Hanns Dieter Hüsch. A comprehensive edition (e.g. from Denmark) is still pending.
The Pat & Patachon short films are mostly cuts to the usual silent film length of 20 minutes (10 minutes per reel / roll), some of which are worthy of criticism. It should be noted, however, that Pat & Patachon often only had supporting roles / short appearances in 3–4-hour silent films - as a humorous element in (quite serious) emotional dramas. From such silent film operas, all of the Pat & Patachon material was then cut into a more or less meaningful plot. Presumably her art from these long films can only be saved for the present in this form. Of course, this does not apply to her later appearances as the main actor or to the usual feature length films.
Origin of name
The term pat and patching appeared in the work Hesperus or 45 Hundposttage by the German writer Jean Paul , published in 1795 .
Filmography
Premieres
| premiere | title | German title | German television premiere (original version) | Others |
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| German television premiere (Hanns Dieter Hüsch version) |
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| December 26, 1920 | Væddeløberen | The racer | ||
| unknown | Et summer event: de Keder sig paa Landet | A summer adventure or: boredom in the country Adventure in the country |
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| January 24, 1921 | Landsvägsriddare / Tyvepak | Thieves | Sweden
With Aage Benedixen as Patachon |
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| 10/17/1921 | Film, Flirt and Forlovelse | Film, flirtation and engagement |
ZDF , 6.2.1970 as a "betrayed woman's heart" |
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| ZDF, November 9, 1984 as Oskar the Schürzenjäger |
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| January 12, 1922 | Sol, summer and students | Summer, sun and students | ZDF, 09.21.1968 as a help, we must flee |
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| ZDF, June 29th, 1984 as a disturbed family happiness |
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| March 27, 1922 | Landligger Idyl Vandgang | Summer visitors, idyll in the water or: What the reeds say | ||
| 9/12/1922 | Han, Hun and Hamlet | He, she and Hamlet | ||
| October 24, 1922 | Mellem Muntre musician | The two musicians The lively musicians The bride from Australia |
ZDF, 3.1.1969 as everything for music and love |
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| ZDF, September 14, 1984 as The Little One in the Organ Organ |
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| December 18, 1922 | Blandt Byens Børn | Pat and Patachon in the 7th heaven | ||
| February 12, 1923 | Kan Kaerlighed Kureres | The lost daughter loiterer and burning love |
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| 9/10/1923 | Vore Venners Vinter | Pat and Patachon in the snow Love in the snow |
ZDF, December 28, 1968 as a rescuer in the snow |
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| ZDF, November 2nd, 1984 as a rescuer in the snow |
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| 9/24/1923 | Daarskab, Dyd and Driverter | Pat and Patachon as photographers Pat and Patachon as cannibals |
ZDF, November 16, 1968 as Burning Love |
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| ZDF, October 19, 1984 as The Virtue Victory |
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| 1.1.1924 | Lille Lise Letpaataa | Pat and Patachon and the little dancer | ZDF, October 13, 1968 as The Little Dancer |
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| ZDF, October 12, 1984 as The Little Dancer |
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| January 14, 1924 | Professor Petersen's Plejebørn | Professor Petersen's foster children The fight with the dragon |
ZDF, 9/12/1969 as Awakening Hearts - Part 1: The lovely Auguste ZDF, 9/26/1969 as Awakening Hearts - Part 2: A lovely foster child |
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| ZDF, April 13, 1984 as Awakening Hearts - Part 1: The lovely Auguste ' and' Awakening Hearts - Part 2: Love breaks out |
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| 10/6/1924 | Raske Riviera travelers | Smart Riviera travelers Pat and Patachon on the Mediterranean Pat and Patachon on a world tour |
ZDF, January 30, 1968 as The Secret of Two Jugs |
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| ZDF, July 6th, 1984 as Pat and Patachon's mysterious gold treasure |
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| October 24, 1924 | Ole Opfinder's Offer | The old mill Pat and Patachon as millers |
ZDF, November 2nd, 1968 | |
| ZDF, September 21, 1984 as The Old Mill |
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| February 16, 1925 | Clock, tone and thunder | Beat, Tones and Gates Circus Pat and Patachon |
ZDF, 9/28/1984 as a nobility from the ring |
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| 6.4.1925 | Polis Paulus' Paaskasmall | The fuel smugglers Pat and Patachon as police officers |
ZDF, December 5, 1969 as I, the Police President - Part 1: Always Active ZDF, December 19, 1969 as I, the Police President - Part 2: There must be a nest here |
Sweden
Directed by Gustaf Molander |
| ZDF, February 17, 1984 as I, the police chief - Part 1: Always under stress and I, the police chief - Part 2: The gangster fright |
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| September 14, 1925 | [???] | (Two) vagabonds in the Prater Pat and Patachon in the Prater |
Austria Directed by Hans Otto Löwenstein | |
| 11/23/1925 | Grønkøbings Glade Gavtyve | Pat and Patachon as millionaires The uncle from America |
ZDF, December 14, 1968 as an inheritance of millions |
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| ZDF, July 13th, 1984 as a blessing swindle |
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| December 26, 1925 | Ulvejågerne | Pat and Patachon on a wolf hunt The wolf hunters |
ZDF, May 9, 1969 as Die Wolfsjäger, part 1: The secret daughter ZDF, May 23, 1969 as "Die Wolfsjäger, part 2: Of women and wolves" |
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| ZDF, 9 March 1984 as Die Wolfsjäger, Part 1: The secret daughter as Die Wolfsjäger, Part 2: Of women and wolves |
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| 9.1.1926 | Dødsbokseren | Pat and Patachon on the high seas Pat and Patachon ahead with full steam |
ZDF, November 7th, 1969 as the waves of the sea and love, part 1: Rosamunde, the shy barmaid ZDF, November 21, 1969 as the waves of the sea and love, part 2: The raging killer |
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| ZDF, January 27, 1984 as ambitious sports fans, part 1: Love and blows as ambitious sports fans, part 2: A lion in the ring |
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| 4.6.1926 | Pat and Patachon as sons-in-law | The sons-in-law | Austria 1926 directed by Hans Steinhoff | |
| September 20, 1926 | Ebberöds Bank | Pat and Patachon banking house | Sweden Directed by Sigurd Wallén | |
| 11/26/1926 | Don Quixote | The knight of the sad figure | ZDF 22.5. + 29.5. + 5.6.1969 The knight of the sad figure 11.5.1984 Knights without fear and nobility Part 1 The adventurer first part, part 2: The adventurer second part | Spain Original: Miguel de Cervantes ' novel Don Quixote |
| 11/29/1926 | Lykkehjulet | The wheel of fortune / The funny vagabonds / The funny tramps | ZDF 02/13/1969 secret compartment 0017 / 10/26/1984 The missing will | Denmark Directed by Urban Gad |
| 9/8/1927 | Vester vov vov | Pat and Patachon on the North Sea beach / Pat and Patachon beach vacation | ZDF April 25, 1969 (1) Die Krabbenfischer (2) The foundling 6.4.1984 Eddy on the North Sea beach Part 1 Crab fisherman Part 2: A tactful mother's heart | |
| December 7, 1927 | Tordenstenene | Pat and Patachon on the powder keg | ZDF 02/14/1969 In the hands of Satan Part 1: Sailing party for Brigitte, Part 2: 02/28/1969 Dangerous inheritance, 03/14/1969 Part 3: Wonderful rescue, 8/8/1984 Satan's paradise Part 1: Brigitte's sailing party Part 2: 6/15. 1984 The Devil's Truth, Part 3: 6/22/1984 Wonderful salvation | |
| 2.2.1928 | Kongen af pelicans | Pat and Patachon in Pelicans / The King of Pelicans / The Queen of Pelicans / The Two Faithful / The Two Diplomats | ZDF 08/14/1969 Adventure in Pelicans Part 1 The coup part 2: 08/29/1969 To heart and crown Part 1 Putsch in Pelicans Part 2: King in Pelicans Part 2: King for one night | Denmark 1928 directed by Valdemar Anderson |
| February 20, 1928 | Kraft and Skønhed | Pat and Patachon on the way to strength and beauty / Pat and Patachon in the beauty salon / Detours to strength and beauty | ZDF February 27, 1970 Grace and Beauty October 5, 1984 Strength through Beauty | |
| October 1, 1928 | Filmens Helte | Pat and Patachon, the movie heroes / Pat and Patachon in the Wild West | ZDF December 25, 1969 Pat and Patachon as film heroes / January 13, 1984 Born film stars Part 1 The great opportunity Part 2 An agonizing fever | |
| October 5, 1928 | Cocktails | The stowaways / Pat and Patachon and cocaine | ZDF 17. & 31.1.1969 fight against poison and gangsters 16.3.1984 narcotics part 1 Big trouble with the goods part 2 exposing the criminal | England 1928 directed by Monty Banks |
| February 22, 1929 | Kys, Klap and Kommers | Kisses, slaps and tricks / Pat and Patachon as detectives | ZDF 4.9.1969 Pat and Patachon as master detectives 2.3.1984 Refined master detectives Part 1 In the room of horror Part 2 The threatening wine tasting | |
| September 16, 1929 | Hello Africa Derude | Pat and Patachon as (among) cannibals | ZDF 6.6.1969 Deported to the South Seas Part 1 The Count's Daughters Part 2 20.6.1969 Friends of the Chief May 4, 1984 Dream Ship in the South Seas Part 1 The noise in the bar Part 2 The chief and his food | |
| November 9, 1929 | Alf's Carpet / The Rocket Bus | Pat and Patachon in the rocket bus / Pat and Patachon's air journey | ZDF October 3, 1970 Crimes in the Orient Part 1 The Secret of the Sole Tickler Part 2 April 10, 1970 The Insatiable Caliph 3.2.1984 The Flying Carpet Part 1 A bus from the backyard Part 2 Crimes in the Orient | England 1929 directed by WP Kelino |
| December 26, 1929 | Højt paa en Kvist | Pat and Patachon as fashion kings | ZDF March 28, 1969 Pension Fortuna part 1 Lovely neighborhood part 2 April 11, 1969 The miraculous oracle March 30, 1984 The unfriendly neighbor Part 1 The sweeties from over there Part 2 A helping of a beating | |
| September 6, 1930 | Mr. Tell and Søn | Pat and Patachon as art shooters | ZDF 10.10.1969 The cold-blooded archer Part 1 Every shot a hit Part 2 24.10.1969 Tell and Son 20.1.1984 The cold-blooded archer Part 1 Blue beans around the ears Part 2 Wilhelm Tell is beaten | |
| December 5, 1930 | A thousand words of German | Germany 1930 directed by Georg Jacoby | ||
| December 26, 1930 | Pas Paa Pigerne | Pat and Patachon on free feet / Pat and Patachon looking for a bride | ZDF 4.7.1969 engagement with cavaliers part 1 In a thousand troubles part 2 18.7.1969 gangster jewelry and blue beans 10.2.1984 promised brides part 1 the saving hut part 2 the attentive bodyguards | |
| September 14, 1931 | Krudt med Knald | Bang and fall / smokeless powder / full steam ahead | ZDF 23.1.1970 part 1 The uncanny invention 30.1.1970 part 2 the hunted 27.4.1984 smokeless powder part 1 inventor schnapps part 2 spies in the trap | |
| January 18, 1932 | I cantonment | Step and step / In the same step and step | ZDF 2.1.1970 08/15 Old Comrades Part 1 The draft part 2 16.1.1970 The maneuver ball 23.3.1984 Tight reservists part 1 The draft part 2 The fighters in action | |
| August 5, 1932 | (Viennese) rag cavaliers | Austria 1932 directed by Carl Boese | ||
| November 8, 1932 | Han, Hun and Hamlet | Pat and Patachon struggle through / Madame and Hamlet / Pat and Patachon in the girls' boarding school / Pat and Patachon as actors / On the high seas | ZDF 6.3.1970 Obsessed with the theater Part 1 The night performance Part 2 13.3.1970 On the way to fame Part 3 20.3.1970 The last performance 18.5.1984 Restless theater blood Part 1 The nightly rehearsal Part 2 25.5.1984 Ship trip to fame Part 3 1.6 1984 The theater scandal | |
| March 31, 1933 | Med full music | With timpani and trumpets | with Hans W. Petersen as Patachon | |
| 11/29/1935 | Saran circus | Knox and the Funny Vagabonds | Austria 1935 directed by EW Emo | |
| 3.4.1936 | (Pat and Patachon as) girl robbers !!! | Pat and Patachon & Cocaine | Germany 1936 directed by Fred Sauer | |
| August 21, 1936 | (Pat and Patachon as) stowaways | Germany 1936 directed by Fred Sauer | ||
| February 22, 1937 | Bleka Greven | Pat and Patachon as detectives | Sweden 1937 directed by Gösta Rodin | |
| 10/22/1937 | Pat and Patachon in paradise | Austria 1937 directed by Carl Lamac | ||
| August 9, 1940 | I de gode gamle Dage | From the good old days | ZDF 4/24/1970 Hatred and love for the princes Part 1 The fatal insult Part 2 8/5/1970 Spies in the castle Part 3 5/15/1970 The last battle 8/24/1984 Pat and Patachon Part 1 two beautiful princely children Part 2 8/31/1984 The coughing horse Part 3 9/7 .1984 The fight before the wedding | Denmark 1940 directed by Johan Jacobsen |
| February 26, 1948 | Hjältar mot sin vilja / Calle og Palle | Circus friendship / artist friendship / Pat and Patachon in the circus / gangsters, love and artists | ZDF Pat and Patachon in the circus | Sweden, Denmark 1948 Directed by Rolf Husberg with Calle Reinholdz as Pat |
| July 11, 1952 | Her he Vi igen | Pat and Patachon we're back again, a dubbed compilation of Hallo, Afrika forude 1929 and I Cantonnement 1931 with a short framework story | Denmark 1952 directed by Ib Schønberg | |
| 29.3.1954 | Glade Dage | dubbed compilation from Ulvejægerne 1926 and Tordenstenene 1927 | Denmark 1954 Directed by Knud Kristensen and Edit Schlüssel | |
| July 11, 1955 | Fy og bi paa Eventyr | Pat and Patachon on adventure, post-dubbed compilation of Vore venners vinter 1923 Grønkøbings glade gavtyve 1925 and Mr. Tell and søn 1930 | Denmark 1955 Director Sven Methling jun. | |
| June 20, 1956 | Flud af Fiduser | Dubbed compilation of Kys, klap og kommers 1929 and Kraft og skønhed 1928 | Denmark 1956 directed by Peer Gulbrandsen | |
| June 29, 1957 | Lutter Løjer | Heroes of the Air, dubbed compilation of Lykkehjulet 1926 and The Rocket Bus 1929 | ||
| 1961 | Pat and Patachon hunt ghosts with Dick and Doof | Cut from Bleka greven 1937 and the US film The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case 1930 | ||
| August 27, 1979 | Filmens Helte | Pat and Patachon The Kings of Comics post-dubbed compilation of new silent films, especially from films helte 1928 | Denmark 1979 directed by John Hilbard |
Unless otherwise stated: Director Lau Lauritzen senior in Denmark ; Carl Schenstrøm as Pat and Harald Madsen as Patachon
Broadcast dates on German television
- 01/30/1968 - 05/15/1970 on ZDF
- January 13, 1984 - November 9, 1984 on ZDF
- March 20, 1989 - July 25, 1989 in Sat.1
- May 31, 2000 - July 24, 2000 on Pay TV (premiere)
- 05/17/2001 - 06/30/2001 on Pay TV (premiere)
literature
Despite the great popularity of the duo in German-speaking countries, there is hardly any German literature about Pat and Patachon. One exception is the documentation published by Hauke Lange-Fuchs in 1980, in which, among other things, many sources from Denmark and Sweden were translated into German.
- Hauke Lange-Fuchs : Pat and Patachon: a documentation. Schondorf / Ammersee 1980
- Hauke Lange-Fuchs, Marguerite Engberg, Kai Wickbom: Pat and Patachon. 1985, ISBN 3-88144-210-3
- Bernd Poch: The people raged with pleasure. Pat and Patachon - the Danish comedian duo . In: Doris Weiler-Streichsbier (Ed.): “It's nothing, just paper, and yet it's the whole world.” ( Peter Høeg ) Paper theater from the Schenstrøm Collection. Catalog for the exhibition in the Landesmuseum Oldenburg from September 6, 1998 to February 28, 1999 . Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-930537-07-9 , pp. 169–186.
- Supplement to the DVD box from Kinowelt from 2005 Order no .: 501148 Imprint Texts: Katja Schimborski, Haucke Lange-Fuchs Layout: Maria Glukhova
Web links
- Carl Schenstrøm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Harald Madsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Exhibition in Oldenburg 1998
- Detailed information in Danish and English