Schinderhannes (1928)
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| Original title | Schinderhannes |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | 120 minutes |
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| Director | Kurt Bernhardt |
| script | Kurt Bernhardt Carl Zuckmayer |
| production | Willi Munzenberg |
| music | Pasquale Perris |
| camera | Günther Krampf |
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Schinderhannes is a German silent film from 1928 about the legendary robber captain from the Hunsrück . Under the direction of Kurt Bernhardt , Hans Stüwe plays the title hero, at his side Lissy Arna and Albert Steinrück in one of his last film roles. Carl Zuckmayer , who had premiered the literary model, his Schinderhannes play , shortly before (1927) , was also involved in the script for this film.
action
The film is set in the Hunsrück from 1796 to 1803. Johann “Hannes” Bückler, known only as “Schinderhannes” by the population and his supporters, wages a fight against several opponents: as a kind of Robin Hood, he robs the rich on the left bank of the Rhine Welfare of the poor, to whom he distributes his booty. He is also in opposition to the French occupation soldiers Napoleon Bonaparte , who feel that their rule is severely disturbed by the activities of the robber captain who once joined old Leyendecker's gang. In Mainz, Schinderhannes sells the stolen goods to a friend of his.
One day Hannes meets a pretty girl named Julchen Blasius in the tavern. They both fall in love, and Julchen soon has to choose a life of illegality. Both visit old Bückler, the father of the robber captain. There they almost fall into the hands of gendarmes who exercise police power for the French. One day the daring of the Schinderhannes is severely punished. A particularly daring action is betrayed to the French by one of his own. Schinderhannes, from whom Julchen is already expecting a child, is ambushed by the Napoleonic camarilla and is executed by her in an act of general deterrence.
Production notes
Schinderhannes was created in the Jofa studios from November 1927 to January 1928. The film passed the censorship on January 30, 1928, received the rating “artistic” and was premiered on February 1, 1928 in Berlin's Tauentzienpalast . The film had six acts, spread over 2,703 meters, and was banned from young people.
Heinrich C. Richter designed the film structures, Fritz Brunn and Conny Carstennsen were the production managers.
useful information
The film, conceived by the communist producer Willi Munzenberg as an accusation critical of capitalism, was banned in the then French-occupied Rhineland because of its anti-Napoleonic (= anti-French) note. "It caused diplomatic resentment between Paris and Berlin and was only allowed to be shown after changes."
Criticism and socio-political classification
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The subject has a series of strong and moving moments and gripping crowd scenes. (...) Stüwes Schinderhannes is genuine and impressive, as is Richard in the role of his mother, and the rest of the ensemble is characteristic. The direction is meticulous, but also brings moods a few repetitions, the photography is often a bit gray, but otherwise good. "
“Not least, the medium of film contributed to the dissemination of robber myths to a large extent, which can be demonstrated in the implementation of the Schinderhannes material: In the first film adaptation, which was directed by Kurt Bernhardt in 1928, Schinderhannes was particularly in With regard to the economic crises and the phenomenon of mass poverty in the Weimar Republic, presented as a 'rebel from the Rhine', as a proletarian fighter against capitalist class society. "
Web links
- Schinderhannes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Schinderhannes at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schinderhannes on this-semmer-de.
- ↑ Schinderhannes in Paimann's film lists
