Trini (film)

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Movie
Original title Trini
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1977
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Walter Beck
script Walter Beck
Margot Beichler
production DEFA , Artistic Working Group "Johannisthal"
music Günther Fischer
camera Horst Hardt
cut Helga Emmrich
occupation

Trini is a DEFA youth film against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution , which Walter Beck made based on the youth novel of the same name by Ludwig Renn . The German video version was entitled Die for Zapata . Another alternative title is Die Rache .

content

Mexico at the time of the revolution : Trini is the son of a Mexican farmer in San Bartoldo. His uncle Geronimo, an Indian , is tortured by the sons of the landowner Torres. Geronimo's wife is shot dead during a protest against Torres. From now on Trini takes part as a scout in the struggles of the peons against the oppressors and first of all in the revenge action of the farmers who destroy the house of Torres. He finds refuge in the neighboring village.

The army is alerted and an alliance is formed in the neighboring village to protect the wealthy landowner until the army arrives. The natives flee to the mountains. In their struggle they receive support from Zapata , the leader of the Mexican revolution. Together with his peasant army, he defeated Torres, who had to distribute his land to the small farmers. Trini, who is sent away on an assignment, learns of a plot against Zapata on the way and does everything possible to warn him. But he's too late - Zapata has already been murdered.

production

Trini was shot mainly in Bulgaria . The film premiered on April 17, 1977 in Berlin's “Kosmos”. On July 24, 1977 the film was shown in GDR cinemas. The title song will be interpreted by Gisela May .

Some actors have been dubbed:

criticism

"Low-tension and artistically mediocre film that does not understand the literary original adequately."

- Lexicon of international film

“Quite general, undifferentiated and also amateurish, a picture sheet of an uninteresting history lesson rolls off. This impression is supported by the wooden dialogues, which even high-profile actors (even as voice actors) can hardly breathe life into. Though sparingly, but immensely meaningful, their banality is revealed and they seem embarrassing. One would have wished for a better film for Ludwig Renn's successful children's book. ”Karla Anders in: Filmspiegel: 12.1977

"Even the didactic chanson commentaries, sung by Gisela May , do not help to tap into this piece of Mexican revolutionary history". Manfred Haedler in: Tomorrow, April 24, 1977

“The basic evil of these wasted opportunities is that they did not consistently tell from the Trini perspective. His view of the world, albeit a limited one, would have been the first to highlight opportunities for identification. [...] Trying to convey too much knowledge ultimately harbors the risk of losing everything. ”Margit Voss in: Berliner Rundfunk, April 24, 1977

“The supposedly important message that Trini has to bring through the enemy lines is really only an address of greeting and devotion from the peasant revolutionary to the great Lenin. The vital motives of the outbreak of the desperate Indians degenerate into ideological platitudes that make history increasingly implausible. ”Between Marx and Muck, 1996

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trini. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used