Tyrol in arms
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| Original title | Tyrol in arms |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1914 |
| length | 70 (1914) 40 (today's fragment) minutes |
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| Director | Carl Froelich |
| production |
Oskar Messter for Messter-Film GmbH, Berlin |
| camera | Carl Froelich |
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Tirol in Waffen is a German history silent film from 1913 by Carl Froelich about the Tyrolean freedom hero Andreas Hofer in the fight against the French occupiers at the time of Napoleon Bonaparte .
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Tyrol at the time of the Napoleonic rule. The freedom hero Hofer fought against the French occupying forces in 1808 and 1809.
The French occupiers have established themselves in Tyrol for years and are suppressing the people. The great politics between Austria and France meant that Vienna had to surrender Tyrol after the lost battle at Austerlitz . Now, however, the Tyroleans no longer want to watch the occupiers kill their land and people. The will to resist soon breaks out. In Sterzing there is a heavy battle consequently Schwaz plundered by the French and is burned. Hofer defeated the occupiers on the Isel and was appointed commander of the Tyrolean troops by the Austrian emperor in 1809.
When the Tyrolean farmers hilariously organize a village festival with a dance, Napoleonic soldiers join them. One of them picks out a peasant girl and tries to force her to dance with him. This led to a violent fight between the locals and the occupiers. Tyrolean citizens are arbitrarily led away by the French Soldateska, including a simple monk who tries to defend himself against the attack in the name of the crucifix. But the godless Napoleon French just laughingly push him to the ground. Another French soldier breaks into the parlor of a simple Tyrolean woman and tries to attack her. Only her husband, the freedom fighter Josef Speckbacher , who hurries to the scene , can prevent the worst.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Tyrolean estates try to negotiate with the French representatives of the occupying power. More and more Napoleonic soldiers poured into the country, while Hofer and Speckbacher draft plans on how to fight the hated occupying power. Armed only with flails, scythes and other agricultural implements, the Tyroleans flock, pursued by the French. Finally the French catch up with the Tyroleans, take Speckbacher prisoner and snatch his son from him, who wildly beats the soldier holding him. A little later Hofer learns of this severe defeat of his people and leaves. At a wayside cross he asks for God's blessing. Meanwhile, the French soldiers are marching through the Tyrolean houses, pillaging and robbing.
Hofer sets up his quarters in a log cabin high in the snow-covered Tyrolean mountains. His wife and son visit him there. One of his loyal colleagues also comes to the hut. Then one of his own, a certain Raffl, goes to the enemy, betrays Hofer for a Judas wage to the French commandant and leads his soldiers up into the snow to his hiding place. Hofer is arrested by the superior forces and dragged into the valley. Meanwhile, Napoleon signs his death warrant. Shortly before Hofer's execution, his followers say goodbye to him, including his inconsolable secretary Sweth. In a courtyard in Mantua he is fusilized by the occupation soldiers.
Production notes
Tirol in Waffen was created in autumn (October / November) 1913 in the south of Tyrol (today's South Tyrol ) around Merano and in the Messter-Film-Atelier in Berlin's Blücherstraße 32. The premiere took place on February 28, 1914 in the large concert hall of the Royal University for music in Berlin-Charlottenburg . The film then ran in the Kammerlichtspiele on Potsdamer Platz .
Of what was once around 70 minutes of original playing time on 1900 meters, only just under 40 minutes are left today.
Carl Froelich not only directed, but was also responsible for the camera work and the film construction. For producer Messter this was already his second Hofer film. In 1909 he produced the film Andreas Hofer with the actors of the Merano Festival on a much more modest scale .
Tirol in Waffen is a typical example of the patriotic choice of topics (with an anti-French touch) in numerous German films shortly before the outbreak of the First World War . A film about Theodor Körner with Friedrich Feher was made as early as 1912 , in 1912/13 a massive, three-part epic about Queen Luise was made under the title Der Film von der Königin Luise , in 1913 a song of praise to Major Schill under the title Das Blutgeld, directed by Fehers and in the same year a film by Franz Portens with the programmatic title Aus Deutschlands Ruhmestagen 1870/71 . The reason for this German-national upsurge at that time was the increasing number of anniversaries of the freedom struggle against Napoleon a hundred years earlier.
Reviews
The film received a lot of media coverage in numerous regional and national newspapers in Germany and Austria-Hungary and was in part enthusiastically received. Below is a small selection:
The Vossische Zeitung wrote: “In images of gripping liveliness, the film shows the great popular uprising of the Tyroleans against the Napoleonic yoke. The tough fight against the overwhelming power of the French is clad in such captivating scenes that one almost overlooks the scenic beauties of Tyrol that the film reproduces. "
The Berliner Morgenpost wrote : “With an extraordinary number of contributors, splendid folk and war scenes have been created, which seem all the more natural as the film was shot in Tyrol and real folk types take part in the crowd scenes. The staffage of the pictures is delightful and shows the magnificent village and mountain scenery of Tyrol. "
The Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung reported: “The gripping folk scenes that are real down to the last detail, then the battle pictures and the beautiful mountain landscapes are admirable. The skirmishes at Stertzing and at Berge Isel are masterpieces of modern film art, as is the parade of the aged defenders in the 'last contingent'. Hofer's capture high up in the mountains is full of dramatic life. "
The day was: "The film, which shows the historical events of the years 1808 and 1809 in Tyrol, contains a number of captivating and landscape-defining images."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review overview on filmportal.de (PDF; 2.4 MB)
Web links
- Tirol in arms in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tyrol in weapons at filmportal.de
- Tirol in Waffen at The German Early Cinema Database