Ruby red (film)
Rubinrot is a German feature film from 2013 . The fantasy film is based on the novel of the same name by Kerstin Gier , the first part of the trilogy Love Goes Through All Times . The film saw two sequels with sapphire blue (2014) and emerald green (2016).
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One day before Gwendolyn "Gwen" Shepherd's 16th birthday, her cousin Charlotte of the same age is once again the focus, because her aristocratic London family has always viewed Charlotte as something very special, as she has inherited an extraordinary gene . Actually, Gwen is very glad that she has nothing to do with these top secret meetings and special instructions, but the celebration of this long-awaited day makes Charlotte even more arrogant than usual. When she suddenly suffers from dizzy spells, everyone is in an uproar, and her mother immediately leads her to the mysterious secret society. Only Great Aunt Maddy shares with Gwen her little knowledge of the Count of Saint Germain's Grand Master's Lodge and the inheritable ability to travel back in time, but her passion for the psychic and the occult does not make her a reliable source.
Shortly afterwards, Gwen also becomes dim before her eyes, she wants to get some fresh air and literally stumbles into the time of the last turn of the century. She only tells her best friend Leslie about this brief leap in time, who quickly realizes that Gwendolyn and not Charlotte must have inherited the “time travel gene”. Only after another uncontrolled leap in time does she turn to her mother Grace, who immediately takes her to the lodge's headquarters.
Once there, Gwen is met with only suspicion. Her aunt, Charlotte's mother, thinks this is a desperate attempt to get the center of attention, while the guards fear a conspiracy because sixteen years ago Grace helped the previous time travelers, Lucy and Paul, to escape. Above all, however, Gideon de Villiers, the male gene carrier of her generation, also known as Diamant , clearly shows his reluctance to work with Gwendolyn because, unlike Charlotte, she lacks education in history, foreign languages and etiquette and would therefore endanger the entire operation . Only Mr. George, a former close friend of her late grandfather, and Madame Rossini, who makes the authentic costumes for the planned time travel, meet her in a friendly and understanding manner.
When it has now been confirmed that Gwen is actually the last of all twelve time travelers, the so-called Ruby , contrary to all skepticism, she becomes familiar with the mission and function of the chronograph, with which one can travel into the past for a few hours at precisely defined times, familiarized. Due to the theft of the chronograph, blood samples of all previously used gene carriers have to be collected again for the second device. But Gideon's last encounter with an earlier time traveler from the turn of the last century was unsuccessful, as she only wants to cooperate in Gwendolyn's presence. When Gideon and Gwen visit Lady Tilney together in 1912, Lucy and Paul suddenly appear, allegedly trying to warn Gwendolyn about the fulfillment of the prophecy. Gideon, on the other hand, thinks this is an ambush, overpowers Paul and the butler and can finally flee with Gwen.
Back at the headquarters, only Gwendolyn believes in Lucy and Paul's sincerity, the guards, however, are convinced of a plot by the Florentine Alliance, which has been fighting the Count of Saint Germain for centuries. Falk de Villiers, the Grand Master of the Lodge, criticizes Gwen's lack of obedience and her great curiosity, but Gideon too begins to wonder what he should risk his life for.
The acquaintance with the Count of Saint Germain in 1782 cannot clarify Gwendolyn's open questions. Rather, the founder of the lodge tries to intimidate them through mind control and telekinesis . The return trip to the lodge is even more life-threatening as her carriage is robbed in Hyde Park. After the fight, Gideon has to acknowledge that they only survived through Gwen's own initiative, and ultimately decides to research with her for answers.
At night they sneak into the lodge's archives, but these days the secret documents are kept safe from break-ins, so they turn to Mr George, who used to be very close to Gwendolyn's grandfather, to travel to 1942 with his help. In fact, at that time, in the observatory, they can see a cipher about the raven, in which his death is predicted as a necessity for the fulfillment of the prophecy. Suddenly guards rush in, but they can only arrest Gideon, Gwendolyn falls from the open dome. After lying unconscious for some time in the snow-covered courtyard, the appearance of a little boy saves her from frostbite , because he reminds her of the key on her chain, a talisman from Lucy, with which she can get into the building.
Back in the present, Gwen is led by Dr. White found who can bring Falk de Villiers. Falk, who is aware of the said prophecy, tries to prevent life-saving measures. But Gideon defies this instruction and carries Gwen into the doctor's room without authorization. When she has recovered, he promises to always take care of her.
On the evening of the big school ball to which Gwendolyn is accompanied by Gideon, she discovers that the little boy is her grandfather's younger brother, who died young, and concludes that her ability to see ghosts is the much-mentioned "magic of the raven" could be. At the school ball, Gideon and Gwendolyn kiss.
Production background
Emergence
The film rights were acquired by the production company “schlicht und grabbing GmbH” together with “mem-Film” (mind's eye media GmbH). Katharina Schöde wrote the script, and Felix Fuchssteiner was engaged as the director . The film was made in cooperation between Concorde Filmverleih GmbH and Tele München TV production company.
occupation
The main roles were chosen after a casting for the young actors Maria Ehrich as Gwendolyn , Jannis Niewöhner as Gideon and Laura Berlin as Charlotte. In addition, well-known actors such as Veronica Ferres , Axel Milberg , Katharina Thalbach , Kostja Ullmann and Josefine Preuß are involved.
Filming
The film was shot in 42 days from February 21 to April 26, 2012 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia , Eisenach , Weimar , Cologne , Aachen , Jülich , Coburg , Bayreuth and London . All recordings were made on location and no work was done in the film studio. On the one hand, the locations had to match the London architecture, and at the same time correspond to the respective era.
Ballroom of the Wartburg
Aachen Cathedral Courtyard
Paradise Fountain, Aachen Cathedral
Volkssternwarte Aachen
Citadel Jülich, casemate
The headquarters of the guards should resemble a medieval fortress. Film work for scenes in the "Dragon Hall" took place in the ballroom of the Wartburg near Eisenach. Some stairways and arcades also served as motifs, but the majority of the scenes in the “underground secret passages of the lodge” were shot in the casemates of the Jülich Citadel . The historic walls of the Mühlhausen town hall , including the large council chamber, the local imperial city archive and the porter's lodge, were also furnished as the premises of the lodge. The shooting of “Madame Rossini's tailor's atelier” was again carried out in Coburg Castle Callenberg , in the castle chapel there. The Volkssternwarte Aachen with its historical telescope served as a backdrop for the “Observatory of the Secret Order” , while the theft of the chronograph was filmed at the Paradiesbrunnen in the quadrum of Aachen Cathedral . The cathedral courtyard itself was transformed into the “outside area of the headquarters” with the help of different historical street lights, cars with British license plates or antique horse-drawn carriages in even three different eras.
The film sequence Christmas 1942, when Gwendolyn and Gideon sneak into the observatory of the secret box, is described by director Felix Fuchssteiner as follows: “Ultimately, Gwen and Gideon climb the stairs in the Wartburg, then they are in the observatory in Aachen, Gwen falls out of the observatory out to Coburg in the inner courtyard, go through the door and arrive in Jülich. "
Ketschendorf Castle, Coburg
Coburg Castle Square
Margravine Wilhelmine High School in Bayreuth
Ludwigstrasse in Bayreuth with film props
Marble Hall in Rosenau Castle, Coburg
Ketschendorf Castle in Coburg, built in neo-Gothic style, served as the main motif for the "Montrose House", the residence of Gwendolyn's family. Since the current youth hostel was empty, the production designers had a free hand in equipping the rooms for 1994 and 2010.
Most of the interior shots of the school scenes at “St. Lennox High ”took place in Bayreuth's Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium during the Easter break in 2012, only the“ Cherry Blossom Ball ”was filmed in the marble hall of Coburg Castle Rosenau . For the exterior shots of the college, Ehrenburg Palace with its neo-Gothic facade and the associated spacious palace square , which was converted into a “school parking lot” by installing British red telephone boxes and mailboxes , were chosen.
For Gwendolyn's first leap in time, Bayreuth Ludwigsstrasse was transformed into Victorian London for a week in mid-April 2012 . For this purpose, traffic signs were removed, additional bars were attached to the windows facing the street, historical lanterns and lamps were set up, contemporary English street and advertising signs were attached and the street was livened up with many costumed extras, horse-drawn carriages and vintage cars.
The motive for visiting Lady Tilney in 1912 was a luxurious villa in Eisenach on Reuterweg. The robbery in the coach in 1787, on the other hand, was staged at the Decksteiner Weiher in Cologne, alias “Hyde Park”, while Kerstin Gier received a cameo as a “walker” who was shocked by the time traveler suddenly appearing in the present. In the action scenes, Jannis Niewöhner did most of the stunts himself ; He was prepared for this through intensive fencing and hand-to-hand combat training that he had completed in advance in Hungary.
Millennium Bridge, London
Camden Town underground station, London
During the four-day filming at the original locations in London at the end of April 2012 , the only actors were Maria Ehrich, Jannis Niewöhner and Laura Berlin. Scenes such as Gwendolyn's phone call on Millennium Bridge , Gwen's school walk along Camden High Street , Gwen's nightly bike ride, and Gwen and Gideon's meeting at Tower Bridge , were recorded without barriers during regular operations. The aerial photographs were taken on site from a helicopter.
music
On March 8, 2013, the soundtrack for the film was released by Sony Classical. This includes both the title song Faster by Sofi de la Torre and the songs The Perfect Fall , Recognise Me and Wings by the same artist.
The classic score, recorded by the Staatskapelle Weimar , was recorded in the Volkshaus Jena and was written by the film composer Philipp F. Kölmel .
publication
The film had its world premiere in Munich on March 5, 2013. The regular cinema release in Germany was on March 14, 2013. The DVD and Blu-ray were released on September 30, 2013.
Differences between film and book
- In the film, Gwen only learns that the gene in her family is a time traveler's gene when it turns out she has it. In the book, however, she has had this suspicion since the beginning of her dizzy spells (for time travelers, these start around their sixteenth birthday).
- In the film, Gwen meets Gideon at her cousin Charlotte's birthday party. In the book, on the one hand, the birthdays of Charlotte and Gwen are not celebrated and, on the other hand, Gwen only meets Gideon in Temple when her mother takes her there to have them read into the chronograph.
- Each member of the inner circle has the ring of 12 stars (a twelve-pointed star can be seen on the ring). Gideon has one too. In the book, Gwen doesn't get a ring of her own. In the film she gets her own ring in Temple from Falk de Villiers.
- Gwen's nine-year-old sister Caroline does not appear in the film.
- Gwen meets her grandfather Lucas at the second uncontrolled time jump, but in the Edelstein trilogy she only meets him in the second volume, Saphirblau .
- In the book there is an excerpt from the writings of the Guardians in which it is mentioned that traveling to one's own lifetime is not possible due to the continuum. However, during Gwendolyn's second jump, the film mentions that Lucy and Paul have just traveled back in time with the chronograph, which could only have happened after Gwen was born.
- Gwen can only see ghosts in the film from her 16th birthday, but in the book from an early age.
- The little boy Robert is the late brother of Lucas Montrose in the film, not the drowned son of Dr. White, because Gwen met him as a ghost back in 1942.
- The order of Gwendolyn and Gideon's time travel together was reversed. In the book, the two are first with the Count in 1782, in the film, however, they first visit Lady Tilney in 1912.
- The scenes at the Indian, the cherry blossom ball, the ceremonial admission in the box, “rummaging” and sleeping in the archive and Gwen's fall from the roof do not appear in the book. Gwen also tells Mr. George and Gideon about the scene at the ball in the movie.
- When Count Gwendolyn strangles with the help of telekinesis, Gideon notices the threat and can later recognize the strangulation marks on his neck, but in the book she doesn't even tell him about it.
- At the end of the film, Gwendolyn and Gideon decide to explore the secrets of the lodge together, but in the trilogy this only happens in the last volume, Emerald Green .
- In the film, almost nobody knows the prophecy, in the book, however, almost everyone knows.
- In the film Gwendolyn wants to see the Count, but in the book there is the rule that all time travelers have to visit the Count after the initiation leap.
- In the film, Leslie has black hair and is dark skinned, but in the book she is blonde and has freckles.
- In the book, Madame Rossini is described as plump and short, but in the film she is tall and slim.
- In the film, for her birthday, Gwendolyn receives a necklace with a key from her "mother", who kept it from her cousin Lucy to pass on to Gwendolyn's 16th birthday. In the book, Gwendolyn brings this key with her on her fourth uncontrolled journey through time within the box of her friend Leslie.
reception
"The time travel scenes whet the appetite for more, but the love story is not (yet) really sparkling: Felix Fuchssteiner's adaptation of the bestseller for young people is a decent film, but above all the promise of an even better sequel."
“'Ruby Red' is best suited for a female youth audience or for fans of the book series. But adults and non-experts alike can be entertained by the interesting story and the detailed description in beautiful pictures. "
“Where effects are used in 'Ruby Red', they work very well. Nevertheless, the whole thing seems a bit too forced 'international' in some places. When German performers say 'Mum' and 'Dad', you just don't really believe them. The fact that the characters surfed on English websites and texted in English was supposed to cover it up, but only confused. The film doesn't need that at all. "
"The convincing leading actress in particular covers up some dramaturgical bumps."
Audience numbers and box office earnings
The film reached a good 480,000 viewers and grossed EUR 3.4 million. The worldwide box office is given at 5.5 million US dollars.
Awards
In 2013 the film music by Philipp F. Kölmel was nominated for the International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) in the category “Best film music for an action / adventure film / thriller”. Leading actor Jannis Niewöhner received a year later a nomination for the New Faces Award for "Best Young Actor".
continuation
In September 2013 the production of the second part sapphire blue was announced. The film was released in theaters on August 14, 2014.
Web links
- Ruby red in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rubinrot at filmportal.de (with trailer and photo gallery)
- Official site for Ruby Red
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
Individual evidence
- ↑ Approval certificate for ruby red . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2013 (PDF; test number: 135 698 K).
- ↑ Age rating for ruby red . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ The bestseller RUBY RED is being filmed
- ↑ Casting the leading roles. rubinrot-der-film.de, accessed on December 10, 2011 .
- ↑ Cast & Crew. kino.de, accessed on November 10, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Rubinrot - The preparations and the making of the novel adaptation. (No longer available online.) FilmInsider, March 8, 2013, archived from the original on November 29, 2015 ; accessed on March 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Birgit Schellbach: Filming is taking place on the Wartburg. Thüringer Allgemeine, March 1, 2012, accessed on March 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Big cinema in Jülich: filming on the citadel. Aachener Zeitung, March 16, 2012, accessed on March 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Town hall in Mühlhausen becomes a film set. Thüringer Allgemeine, February 22, 2012, accessed on March 15, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Bold jump from the Weimar Sternbrücke. Thüringer Allgemeine, March 7, 2012, accessed on March 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Aachen is London for Ferres. Aachener Zeitung, March 8, 2012, accessed on March 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Coburg - the perfect backdrop for the film. City of Coburg, accessed on March 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Joachim Dankbar: Firmly in British hands. Frankenpost, April 13, 2012, accessed on March 14, 2013 .
- ↑ The shooting of the film "Rubinrot" attracts many viewers. April 13, 2012, accessed March 14, 2013 .
- ^ "Rubinrot" shoot in the Cologne city forest. Blickpunkt: Film, March 8, 2012, accessed March 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Hans Gerhold: Interview with Katharina Schöde and Felix Fuchssteiner. (No longer available online.) Kino.de, March 13, 2013, archived from the original on March 15, 2013 ; accessed on March 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Critique of Rubinrot at filmstarts.de
- ↑ Critique of Rubinrot at movieworlds.com
- ↑ Critique of Rubinrot at www.freistunde-magazin.de
- ↑ Ruby red. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Rubinrot on mediabiz.de, accessed on December 29, 2019
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2418558/
- ↑ Daniel Schlereth: "Saphirblau" film adaptation: Well then! ( Memento of December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved October 19, 2016.
