Roland (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Roland |
| Original title | La Chanson de Roland |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Cassenti |
| script |
Michèle-Anni Mercier Thierry Joly Frank Cassenti |
| production | Jean-Serge Breton |
| music | Antoine Duhamel |
| camera | Jean-Jacques Flori |
| cut | Annie-Michèle Mercier |
| occupation | |
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Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland , German subtitle: The Hordes of the Iron Knight ) is a French historical film that combines the content of the Roland song , which was set at the time of Charlemagne , with a plot from the later Middle Ages . In Germany, the film was only released as a video in 1982 and is attracting some attention , especially due to its leading actor Klaus Kinski .
action
In the 13th century, a motley group of pilgrims traveled through rural France with great difficulty on their way to Santiago de Compostela . The pilgrims earn their livelihood by performing the legend of the Roland song at various locations on their way. Instead of the performances, the film often fades into a parallel story with the same actors (and fades back again), in which the content of the Roland song is presented directly: Charlemagne is on a conquest in northern Spain and after a long struggle receives a peace offer from the Muslim ruler from Zaragoza , Marsile. However, the latter only offers it to appear in order to give itself a respite. After Karl agrees to it against the advice of his belligerent knight Roland, he moves north, with Roland bringing up the rear with a few knights . Marsile, who hates Roland, attacks the rearguard with a superior army and Roland falls after a heroic fight.
At the same time, the group of pilgrims moved on through the country and witnessed the massacres that the landed gentry wreaked havoc among rebellious farmers. The group takes some of the surviving peasants with them, then first the peasants, then the pilgrims themselves, are attacked and decimated by the nobility's hunters .
The film tells of the misery of the common people in the Middle Ages and of the fact that the unsuccessful resistance against a hostile superiority is not in vain.
Reviews
In this "French medieval drama, in which director Frank Cassenti [...] tells a story of heroism, faith and suffering, [...] the brilliantly performing Klaus Kinski is [the focus], in whose figure fiction and reality mix. The film was initially marketed in Germany under the sensational title 'Roland - The Hordes of the Iron Knight'. "
Web links
- La Chanson de Roland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review at kino.de, accessed on November 18, 2016.