Ramper, the beastman

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Movie
Original title Ramper, the beastman
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1927
length 60 (today's version) minutes
Rod
Director Max Reichmann
script Curt Johannes Braun
production Defu, Berlin
music Walter Ulfig
camera Friedrich Weinmann ,
Herbert Körner
occupation

Ramper, der Tiermensch is a German silent drama from 1927 directed by Max Reichmann with Paul Wegener in the title role. The story is based on the play "The Fighter" by Max Mohr, which he wrote especially for Wegener.

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The former airman Ramper, who was stranded in Greenland, was forgotten by civilization there. In around a decade and a half as a hermit in the polar ice, without the slightest contact with fellow human beings, Ramper has gradually become overgrown in terms of civilization and has become an “animal man”. His return to civilization is dramatic. Whaling hunters who have had an accident catch him and sell him off to a fairground, where one tries to market Ramper like a being from another planet, as a bizarre and circus sensation.

Marveled at and gazed at by the visitors, Ramper, this spirited primeval creature who can only be tamed a little by the loving treatment of the fairground stall owner's daughter, is ultimately robbed of the last remaining dignity, human dignity. His fate seems to be changing for the better when a scientist takes it on. The doctor tries to return Ramper to his original life in his sanatorium. But Ramper, the "animal man", can no longer find his way in this life, and so he returns, bent but not broken, on a whaling boat from the supposed civilization to his old living environment, the polar desert of Greenland, which was alien to civilization.

Production notes

Ramper, the animal man , was shot in Greenland (outdoor shots) and in the Staaken studios (August / September 1927), passed the film censorship on September 18 and was premiered in Berlin on October 31, 1927.

Eugen Kürschner was in charge of production. The buildings were designed by Leopold Blonder , and Eugen Thiele was in charge of the production .

Reviews

In the Film-Kurier at the beginning of November 1927 one could read: “This film is what is commonly referred to with the big catchphrase 'artistic film'. (...) Here the producer, director and author felt the great opportunity, kneeled into the material, robbed it of the stage, completely redesigned for the film ... The film is completely finished in terms of editing and speed. The purely external and craftsmanship is also carefully thought out down to the last detail. The greatest achievement of Max Reichmann's direction is leading the actors. (...) Wegener lets forget that this ramper is a disguised person. You actually think he's an animal. "

Paimann's film lists summed up: “An interesting and artistically valuable material, since it deviates from the usual template, to which Wegener lends his great ability, is optimally assisted by the rest of the ensemble. The director does something valuable in describing the milieu ... and is also skilled at leading the actors. (...) The photography is excellent. "

Individual proof

  1. Ramper, the animal man in Paimann's film lists

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