Rapunzel (2009)
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| Original title | Rapunzel |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 58 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
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| Director | Bodo Fürneisen |
| script | Nicolas Jacob and Olaf Winkler |
| production | Alexander Gehrke for ANTAEUS Film and TV Produktion Filmproduktion GmbH |
| music | Rainer Oleak |
| camera | Sebastian Richter |
| cut |
Matthias Behrens Sonja Geilen (dialogue editing) Christoph Oertel (sound design) |
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The film Rapunzel is a German fairy tale film from 2009. It is based on the fairy tale Rapunzel and was created as part of the fairy tale film series Six in One Stroke , which Erste Deutsche Fernsehen first broadcast in the 2009 Christmas program. The film was produced on behalf of the RBB .
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A poor farmer and his wife are finally expecting a child. But after consuming Rapunzel , which she got from a sorceress, the mother develops an addiction to the Rapunzel, which the father can only get from the garden of the sorceress. She repeatedly gives him a full basket. He steals in his distress, because he fears it would be for the life of his wife and the unborn child, the Rapunzel, when the sorceress does not seem to be there. But she catches him doing it and only lets him take the lamb's lettuce with him when he promises her his child. However, he does not tell his wife about this. After the daughter is born, the sorceress fetches the child and names it Rapunzel .
She drives with "her" child through the country in a herb wagon that is pulled by a donkey. It is noticeable that even as Rapunzel gets older, she becomes younger and younger, which indicates the existential dependence of the sorceress on Rapunzel. One day, when the two are at the castle and Rapunzel is waiting alone in the car, the prince of the country falls into the car while climbing and they get to know each other. He takes her to the castle to show her his birds. When the sorceress found out about this, she banished Rapunzel - for fear of no longer having her to herself - in a remote tower. This can only be climbed via Rapunzel's hair. The sorceress calls: "Rapunzel, let your hair down!" The girl combs her hair with an enchanted comb and they then grow very long and pull the sorceress up. Years later, the now 18-year-old prince discovered the tower by chance, who - although forced to marry - has so far rejected all proposed brides. He lets himself be pulled up to the beautiful young woman and Rapunzel can remember the prince after he breaks the magic of oblivion that the sorceress put on Rapunzel. From now on they meet secretly, fall in love and the prince wants to marry Rapunzel - who is now also 18 years old. But the sorceress also learns that and lets the prince fall out of the tower. This in turn goes blind through a magic. Rapunzel is banished to a desert by the sorceress in order to bind her to herself forever and to keep her away from the supposedly evil people.
The blind prince is led to Rapunzel by the sorceress's donkey. When the sorceress sees him and fears for the success of her plan to keep Rapunzel with her, she tries to deceive him and lure him to the ravine with Rapunzel's voice. Only by asking Rapunzel to sing her song at the moment of the decision can he find her in the desert. He can orient himself to his beloved who weeps in his blind eyes. Then he gets his eyesight back and the two are reunited. The sorceress has to realize that Rapunzel has broken away from her and leaves the country with her car in deep anger - having become an old woman again.
The prince shows Rapunzel to his parents, who - both because of Rapunzel's beauty and out of relief that their son has finally found a wife - fulfill his wish to marry. Rapunzel's biological parents now work at the king's court, recognize their child and thus the family is reunited at the wedding.
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The fairy tale film was shot in Berlin at Schloss Friedrichsfelde and in Brandenburg at Schloss Boitzenburg / Uckermark and at the Askanier Tower in Schorfheide . The first broadcast took place on December 25, 2009.
In contrast to the literary model, the prince goes blind from a spell and not from thorny bushes. In addition, in the fairy tale, the mother gets cravings for Rapunzel because she sees the bed from the window. In the film she rides on the sorceress's car and discovers the Rapunzel there.
Reviews
“Largely true to the original, child-friendly (TV) film adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale, splendidly furnished and with some nice trick effects. The highlight of the film is the exquisitely and multi-faceted sorceress. "
Web links
- Rapunzel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rapunzel in the online film database
- Rapunzel at rbb-online.de
- Rapunzel at Maerchenfilm.info
