Trauma
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Trauma |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Carl Froelich |
| script |
Robert A. Stemmle Erich Ebermayer |
| production | Carl Froelich for the Froelich film |
| music | Hansom Milde-Meissner |
| camera | Reimar Kuntze |
| cut | Gustav Lohse |
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Traumulus is a German feature film made in 1935 with Emil Jannings in the title role. Directed by Carl Froelich .
action
A small garrison town in northern Germany. Professor Niemeyer is the director of the Royal High School there and is nicknamed "Traumulus" by his students because of his traditional views and his unworldly habitus. His values are those of the last century, his ideas of decency, customs and morality at best cause head shakes and amazement among the young high school students. His favorite student is Kurt von Zedlitz, a descendant of an old, respected family. Once again the young man returned in the morning hours over the rope ladder to the high school dormitory in the school building. Kurt is teased by his classmates as to whether he might have a love affair in town and whether that is why he returned so late that way.
For the ceremony taking place the next morning on the occasion of the inauguration of a monument in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I , Prof. Niemeyer has prepared a festival. After going to church, Niemeyer meets his old adversary, the district administrator of Kannewurf. Kannewurf is delighted to finally be able to mend the school principal's witness, after all he has heard that Niemeyer's favorite student Zedlitz was seen in the company of a glamorous actress, a certain Lydia Link, in a somewhat disreputable restaurant called “Der Goldene Pfau”. In the hope of giving Niemeyer the shock of his life, the district administrator gleefully rubs this latest gossip under his nose.
Traumulus then sets up an investigation, and Kurt von Zedlitz admits this "wrongdoing", but without adding that he then followed this lady with the dubious reputation to her apartment. With this, Kurt follows the advice of Niemeyer's son from his first marriage, Fritz Niemeyer, who in turn leads an extremely relaxed way of life. Fritz Niemeyer's stepmother Jadwiga, Traumulus' second wife, regularly pays off his debts. Fritz's casual dealings with his father's much younger wife also give rise to some speculation.
While the rehearsals for the Wilhelm ceremony are taking place on the market square, the members of the forbidden association "Anti-Tyrannia" meet in the bakery of the master baker Schladebach, mostly students and alumni of the grammar school. After district administrator von Kannewurf got wind of it, he storms the conference venue and arrests the participants. Kurt von Zedlitz is also among those arrested, but only by chance: he had "lifted" the house arrest imposed by Traumulus on his own initiative and had come to the meeting to suggest that the anti-tyranny people dissolve their group. Prof. Niemeyer is shocked when he learns that his favorite student is among those arrested, as he believed he was under house arrest.
Niemeyer is deeply disappointed with Zedlitz, a world collapses for him. He showered the boy with accusations and expelled him from the house. Zedlitz himself is in shock, he utters not a single word in his own defense and storms out of the house, confused. From now on Kurt von Zedlitz remains as if swallowed by the earth, and gradually even District Administrator Kannewurf is worried. He clashes again at another meeting with Niemeyer. He seeks consolation from his wife Jadwiga, but she shows no interest in his problem.
Finally, the old professor learns of Kurt's honest intentions when he is arrested in the bakery. But it is too late. He doesn't know yet that Kurt took his own life. “That night it becomes clear to 'Traumulus' that the world of antiquity and humanism in which he lives is unreal. He recognizes the mistakes of his previous educational methods. If Zedlitz returns now, he will start a whole new life. But he doesn't get around to it anymore. On Zedlitz 'bier,' Traumulus' had to say to his Primus in the midst of the pupils what he should have said to the living. But from this dying the hope for a new youth and for a new time arises. "" Turning to the students, the professor quickly finds the strength for a future-oriented word: "This one was not a hero ..., therefore steel and harden yourselves and win over yourself. "
The apolitical model turned into a film broadcast by the National Socialists. Academic arrogance, pedagogical narrowness and petty-bourgeois stupidity belonged to the past. The "new era" begins with National Socialism. This knowledge had to be conveyed. In this sense, he was also commended by the censorship authority.
Production notes
The film was based on the naturalistic play of the same name (1904) by Arno Holz and Oskar Jerschke .
The premiere of Traumulus took place on January 23, 1936 in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo . The film was released for young people aged 14 and over and was given the title of particularly valuable in terms of state politics and art. It was also Traumulus awarded the National Film Award 1936th
Hannes Stelzer , who was given the central role of young Kurt von Zedlitz, made his film debut in Traumulus . His film partner Emil Jannings had already met him in 1934 while auditioning for a role in The Old and Young King and, after things hadn't worked out for this film, gave him the Zedlitz part in his function as a producer.
The buildings were designed by Franz Schroedter , while Hans Grimm was responsible for the sound.
As in most of his sound films, Carl Froelich gave his brother Hugo, who was ten years his junior, a small role here.
Traumulus was a copy in Adolf Hitler's private film archive on the Berghof .
In 1945 the showing of the film in occupied Germany was banned by order of the Allied military governments.
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films writes: "Although the carefully staged film still follows the (sometimes pathetic) style of the twenties in terms of milieu, character and problem treatment, it is particularly impressive in terms of its performance."
Kay Wenigers The film's large personal dictionary provides the context to Carl Froelich's other productions from the early days of the Third Reich: “When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the veteran Froelich quickly came to terms with the new regime. On the surface, he was shooting 'non-political' material. His films, however, subliminally conjured up the 'new spirit' in the upbringing of young people ("Mature Youth"), turned against 'un-German' tendencies (such as the smuggling of foreign currency in "Oberwachtmeister Schwenke") and confronted the 'old', 'traditional', in the form of the benevolent school director (Emil Jannings) called "Traumulus" in the film of the same name with the necessity of a new (= brown) movement demanding discipline, rigor and obedience. "
Reclam's film guide sums it up: “A careful staging in which the ambience and the drawing of the characters and problems are still clearly shaped by the style of the twenties. Jannings very impressively plays an idealistic stubborn head [...] who places moral principles higher than people and who finally realizes: 'I was right. Why was I so blind! ' The tragic dichotomy in this character is what makes the film so appealing. In the description of an ideal future youth, one could see a reference to National Socialism. "
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Original quote from the program for Traumulus, Illustrierter Film-Kurier No. 2422
- ^ Friedrich Koch : School in the cinema. Authority and education from the "Blue Angel" to the Feuerzangenbowle. Weinheim and Basel 1987, page 48 ff.
- ↑ See Bogusław Drewniak: Der deutsche Film 1938–1945, p. 632
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexikon des Internationale Films, Volume 8, S. 3886. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 124.
- ^ Reclam's film guide. By Dieter Krusche, collaboration: Jürgen Labenski. Stuttgart 1973. p. 562
Web links
- Traumulus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Traumulus in filmportal.de