Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a Bandit
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a Bandit |
| Original title | Phoolan Devi |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | Hindi , Assami and German |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Pepe Danquart , Mirjam Quinte |
| script | Mirjam Quinte |
| production | Mirjam Quinte, Bertram Rotermund |
| music | Michel Seigner |
| camera |
Sathees Narayan , Mirjam Quinte, Roger Heeremann |
| occupation | |
Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a Bandit is a documentary by the German filmmaker Mirjam Quinte from 1994. Quinte co-directed with Pepe Danquart .
Content (summary)
Phoolan Devi was forcibly married to 35-year-old Putti Lal at the age of eleven by her impoverished, low- caste parents in the north Indian city of Uttar Pradesh . The documentary tells the legends, fantasies and interpretations that surround Phoolan Devi's life story with the words of the people around Phoolan Devi. The conversations with her mother and her companions as former dacoits are supplemented with pictures from their home village. Above all, Phoolan Devi herself describes her childhood in rural Uttar Pradesh, her marriage as a girl of 11 years to a man 24 years older, the humiliations and her fate after she left her husband.
background
Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a Bandit celebrated its premiere as part of the Berlinale just as Phoolan Devi was pardoned for suffering from cancer after spending eleven years in Indian prisons without a trial.
Phoolan Devi earned herself the reputation of an avenger for the injustice suffered by members of the lower castes in India between 1980 and 1983 as the “bandit queen” . While the population gave her the attributes of the goddess Kali , the Indian government offered her impunity for fear of broader heroization . On February 12, 1983, Phoolan Devi and the surviving Dacoits of the Poolan Singh gang surrendered to the Prime Minister of Madhya Pradesh - previously announced publicly, on a stage in front of a portrait of Durga and a picture of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi after a contract had been negotiated who guaranteed her eight years in prison and land for her family.
After its surrender in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh , the government of the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh, under the leadership of high-class politicians , refused to dismiss the lawsuits against the alleged murderer of Behma . After her election to the Lok Sabha Samajwadi Party (1996-1999), Phoolan Devi probably fell victim to the blood revenge of the residents of Behmai on July 25, 2001 in New Delhi.
production
The documentation was produced on behalf of arte and the Second German Television (ZDF) ; Medienwerkstatt Freiburg , Quinte Film GmbH and Rotermund Productions were responsible for the production .
publication
The premiere was on February 11, 1994 as part of the 44th Berlinale . The film started with distribution by UNIDOC Film , and Quinte Film was responsible for world sales . The documentary was shown at various German-language festivals such as the Viennale and the Rostock Film Festival .
reception
The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the documentation the title “valuable”.
Web links
- Phoolan Devi - Rebellion a bandit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a bandit at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a Bandit: The Story of the Indian "Bandit Queen" Phoolan Devi. . danquart.de. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ↑ a b India's «bandit queen» Phoolan Devi killed . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 27, 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ↑ Hindi for armed robber by singing .
- ↑ Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a bandit at filmportal.de
- ↑ Phoolan Devi - Rebellion of a Bandit . fbw-filmb Bewertung.com. Retrieved April 12, 2014.