Sternsteinhof
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Sternsteinhof |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| script |
Herman Weigel Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| production | Luggi Waldleitner for Roxy Film |
| music | Eugene Thomass |
| camera | Frank Bruhne |
| cut | Peter Przygodda |
| occupation | |
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Sternsteinhof is a German feature film from 1976 based on the novel of the same name by Ludwig Anzengruber . The director was Hans W. Geißendörfer . The film shows the social and economic conditions in a village community in Lower Bavaria in the years before the First World War . The performers speak the local dialect. Sternsteinhof received two awards at the German Film Prize in 1976 and was Geißendörfer's breakthrough as a cinema director.
action
The beautiful Leni, daughter of a day laborer, became a half-orphan at an early age and lives with her mother in poverty. She is wooed by the poor, lanky saint carver Muckerl. Self-confidently and with the aim of escaping her misery, Leni tries to attract the attention of fat Tonis. Toni is the son of the large farmer, whose Sternsteinhof, located on a hill, outshines the entire region in terms of wealth. Leni vows to be there one day instead of continuing to live in misery: "I want to go up there". In the service of the Sternsteinhof farmer and through his fault Leni's father once died in an accident at work. Toni was engaged to the daughter Sali of another large farmer, but still woos more attractive Leni. He gives her a written promise of marriage, impregnates her, but does not marry her. The Sternsteinhof farmer then called up his son for military service in order to prevent the mesalliance between Toni and Leni. Leni then marries Muckerl.
After Toni's return from military service (his wife Sali died in childbirth), Leni had the chance to marry Toni after all and thus become a large farmer on the Sternsteinhof. During Muckerl's pneumonia in winter, she opens the window and removes his protective blanket. Muckerl dies and Leni, who is now also widowed, can now marry Toni, to whom she has still fallen for. Toni falls in World War I and Leni now rules the Sternsteinhof alone as a large farmer. It remains recognized and popular throughout the area.
background
Hans W. Geissendörfer's film debut was filmed in Bad Griesbach im Rottal and in the FSM Studio (Munich-Unterföhring) from October 1975 . The production companies were Roxy Film and Bayerischer Rundfunk . The world premiere was on March 16, 1976, and it was released three days later by Constantin Film . In 1977 the film was shown at the International Film Festival in New Delhi and Moscow .
Reviews
"Technically clean adaptation of the novel, in which the socio-critical aspects of the original are the focus."
"In contrast to the" critical home films "of the time [...] Geißendörffer staged a rich peasant melodrama with a good cast."
Awards
- German Film Award 1976
- Film ribbon in silver in the category “Best full-length feature film (design)” to Hans W. Geißendörfer
- Gold film tape in the “Performing Achievements” category to Ulrike Luderer
- "Particularly valuable" rating
Web links
- Sternsteinhof in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sternsteinhof at filmportal.de
- Sternsteinhof at Geißendörfer film and television production
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sternsteinhof at filmportal.de
- ↑ Sternsteinhof at Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion , accessed on December 23, 2012
- ↑ Sternsteinhof. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 23, 2012 .
- ↑ The Sternsteinhof at Kino.de, accessed on December 23, 2012