Transmigration of souls (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Transmigration of souls |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rainer Erler |
| script | Rainer Erler |
| production | Bavaria Atelier GmbH |
| music | Otto Erich Schilling |
| camera | Günther Senftleben |
| cut | Hannes Nikel |
| occupation | |
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Wandering of Souls is a German television film by German director Rainer Erler from 1962 based on the parable of the same name by Karl Wittlinger .
action
Germany in the post-war period. Bum, the poor man's friend, Axel, does not really find the connection to the economic boom in the new Federal Republic. “ The soul is to blame for everything, ” he complains to his friend in a drunken state. Axel makes him the suggestion to simply "think out" the soul in a shoebox. Bum then transfers the box to a pawnshop for five marks , and with this start-up capital, Bum begins a rapid, but completely soulless rise to become economic boss. He no longer thinks about his old friend Axel.
After his death, however, Bum is faced with a problem: he cannot go into the afterlife because his soul is missing. He looks for his old friend Axel as a ghost, who then lets himself be persuaded to go looking for the shoebox with the soul and then releases it.
criticism
“ An attempt at a cheerful and thoughtful examination of the light and dark sides of the German economic miracle, reminiscent of medieval mystery games in terms of layout and form ; largely successful and full of irony. "
Others
After its first broadcast on ARD on October 2, 1962, the third feature film by the former assistant director Rainer Erler was shown for nine weeks in the legendary "Munich Studio for Film Art" and then in other German art house cinemas for more than ten years.
Awards
- 1964: Dibelius Prize at the IFF , Berlin
- 1964: Ernst Lubitsch Prize
- 1964: Golden Nymph at the Monte Carlo Festival
- 1964: Prix Italia , Verona
literature
- Karl Wittlinger : transmigration of souls. A parable . Diogenes, Zurich 1963
Web links
- Souls in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wandering of souls at filmportal.de
- Migration of souls on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ transmigration of souls. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 4, 2017 .