Rheinsberg (film)

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Movie
Original title Rheinsberg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1967
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Kurt Hoffmann
script Herbert Reinecker
production CCC independent
film
music Hans-Martin Majewski
camera Richard fear
cut Gisela Haller
occupation

Rheinsberg ( Austria : Rheinsberg Castle ) is a German film adaptation by Kurt Hoffmann from 1967. It is based on the story Rheinsberg: A picture book for lovers by Kurt Tucholsky .

action

Claire and her friend Wolf, called by her "little wolf", went on vacation together shortly after the turn of the century. It goes to Rheinsberg . Claire wants to use the trip above all to clarify her future with Wolfchen. Is he the right one? In the guest house room, she thinks back to their past together:

The two young people get to know each other during a curious dialogue in the Berlin lido and soon meet in secret. Wolfchen, a journalist by profession, steals away from the editorial office while Claire waits for him in a café without her parents' knowledge. Soon they both show the typical symptoms of being in love: Claire and her housekeeper Anna are giggling around, much to the displeasure of their strict father, and Wolfchen dresses neatly and dances down the editorial corridors. Claire takes two risks: She spends a weekend with Wolfchen in the midst of Berlin society in the (heavily populated) lonely nature. She also introduces Wolfchen to her parents as a new Latin teacher who gives her tuition in her parents' apartment. Claire doesn't really know how the relationship should go on, because the constant hiding because of the good reputation cannot be the solution. Anna suggests a trip to Rheinsberg; Claire is enthusiastic and lets in a friend with whom she is now officially staying during her home absence. Then she travels to Rheinsberg with Wolfchen. In Löwenberg both change to the steam train.

In Rheinsberg, Claire and Wölfchen take a room as a married couple. The carefree days in Rheinsberg are full of fantasy, high spirits and lightness. Both visit the town and Rheinsberg Castle , row, dance, shop and go on a carriage ride. At the end of her stay, Wolfchen gives Claire a package that she is only allowed to open upon departure. The end of the vacation is approaching far too fast, but Claire is happy with everything she has experienced with Wolfchen. Only on the train does Claire remember that she forgot the package in the guest house room. Wolfchen swears never to let them know what was in it, because "without secrets, life is no good". Claire, however, is sure that he will tell her anyway: in one of the most beautiful weak moments a woman can give her husband.
The steam train disappears in the distance.

production

Rheinsberg was based on motifs from the novella of the same name by Kurt Tucholsky, which was published in 1912. Hoffmann had previously filmed a Tucholsky novella with Gripsholm Castle in 1963 .

The scenes in Claire and Wölfchen's Berlin apartments were created in the studio. The film was originally supposed to include a visit to the real Rheinsberg Castle, among other things . However, the DEFA (GDR) saw the building in a condition that was not “usable for filming” so that a film permit was refused and the scenes were now shot in Mölln , near Rastatt and at Panker Castle , owned by the Count of Hesse, in Ostholstein, near Lütjenburg. The “worth seeing” sundial and a white bridge (“Are there bears here?”) In the castle park are unchanged.

A significant part of the outdoor shots was taken in Bruchhausen-Vilsen , about 35 kilometers south of Bremen . The steam train in the opening and closing scenes belongs to the German Railway Association DEV, which has been operating the first German museum railway on the narrow-gauge line ( 1000 mm gauge ) from Bruchhausen-Vilsen - Asendorf since 1966 . You can also see the St. Cyriakus Church in Vilser and the streets Lindenberg and Assessorstraße in the immediate vicinity as well as the Vassmer clothing store on Brautstraße (when Claire asks about white linen buttons, Wolfchen is shamefully asked to leave the shop). The scene at the pond and photos of carriage rides were taken around the Wehlermühle on the market square, of which only the outbuildings exist in 2015. In the late summer of 1967 the Syker Kreiszeitung wrote about Cornelia Froboess and the swan from the mill pond: "Conny called and Tony came". Rheinsberg had its premiere on December 21, 1967 in the Gloria-Palast in Berlin .

Ehmi Bessel and Werner Hinz, who play Claire's parents in the film, were also married in real life; Bessel's daughter Dinah Hinz also participated.

criticism

The Lexicon of International Films called Rheinsberg a “nostalgic comedy based on the Tucholsky novella of the same name, staged by Kurt Hoffmann with a certain routine. Successful entertainment cinema, as good-hearted as it is conservative. ”The Protestant film observer judged:“ A costume film that lets the viewer associate commercials. What sets it apart from a postcard revue is the intelligent play of the leading actress and her Tucholsky way of speaking. Undemanding entertainment from 14. "

Award

Cornelia Froboess was awarded the Ernst Lubitsch Prize in 1968 for her portrayal of Claire .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Construction—: Films of the Week. Rheinsberg Castle . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 23, 1967, p. 9 , column 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ fh: Rheinsberg . In: Film-Echo , September 2, 1967.
  3. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 6. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 3112.
  4. ↑ Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Volume 20, Review No. 17/1968, p. 19