Turi, the hiking lobe
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| Original title | Turi, the hiking lobe |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1913 |
| length | 42 minutes |
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| Director | Alfred Lind |
| production | German Bioscop, Berlin |
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Turi, der Wanderlappe is a German silent film from 1913.
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The story takes place in northern Scandinavia, in Lapland . There their natives roam around with their reindeer herds , always looking for snow-free pastures. In order to spare his daughter this tedious nomadic life, the Lappe Turi decides to place his daughter Maja in the care of Pastor Holm, who he takes care of her. Holm promises to treat Maja like a child of her own, and so Turi can calmly set off with his reindeer through the snow-covered tundra. Pastor Holm teaches Maja the basic forms of civilized life, and the girl finds her own personal happiness in playing the violin. Still, she feels lonely and, in the face of other Rag girls with whom she compares herself, withdrawn and unloved.
One day the doctor visits Dr. Engström the rectory. Holm asks him if he has any remedy for Maja's homesickness and unhappiness. The doctor only recommends fresh air and exercise. Soon the doctor, who is also a friend of music, and Maja get closer to each other. When Maja secretly goes to the icy waterfall again to indulge in the sadness born in her loneliness, Dr. Engström secretly. When he hugs and kisses her there, the young girl knows that she too will be loved and happy. Eventually they both get married and Maja has a daughter. One day, Dr. Engström travel to the next town three days away to replenish his medicine supply. During this time of loneliness Maja finds time and leisure to think about her father.
Turi now has to do with stray wolves. This drove the reindeer herd apart and probably also tore individual animals. It is a tradition among the rags not to simply kill the wolf with a gun; first of all it has to be caught with a lasso . This lavish hunt makes it impossible for Turi to visit his daughter, although he longs for Maja. So it takes over a year before Turi can go back to Pastor Holm, where he believes his daughter is in good hands. Even Maja can no longer stand it because of the longing for her father and the love of nomadic life, which despite the attempts at civilization she has made, is still deep inside her, and follows Turi back into the wilderness. Since Engström, who has returned home, cannot find his wife and their child and only discovers Maja's cloth lying at the waterfall, he assumes that the two of them had an accident and drowned at this point.
Although the nomadic life is what Maja has chosen for herself and her child, she also misses civilization a little, but above all Engström's prelude on the violin. Turi is deeply displeased with Maja's civilizational trait, which he believes has alienated him and her. In a fit of jealousy, he burns the violin she was carrying - a symbol of this assumed civilizational alienation. Maja, terrified and shocked by Turi's outbreak of violence, then secretly leaves with her child and wants to return to her husband. While fleeing through the wilderness, she comes across the wandering wolves, from which she feels threatened, defenseless as she is. Then you also lose the reindeer you brought with you.
At the last moment she can find refuge in a narrow rock cave. When the wolves track them down, Maja lights a brush fire, initially keeping the predators at a distance. Turi, however, who correctly suspects that his daughter and grandchild wanted to return to her husband's home, is looking for Dr. Engström, who finds out along the way that his wife and daughter are still alive. Both now go in search of Maja with child. The last of the wood is burned and soon there is no more fire to separate the wolves between them and the two people. When the first animals attempt to attack, shots crack out. Maja and her daughter are saved and return home with Engström. Turi now knows that his daughter is in good hands and returns to his homeland, the wilderness with her reindeer.
Production notes
Turi, der Wanderlappe was probably made at the beginning of 1913, as the outdoor snow scenes in the film show. The film passed censorship on May 16, 1913 and is believed to have premiered shortly afterwards. The 1124 meter long four-stroke engine can be traced in Leipzig from June 1913. In Austria-Hungary, Turi, the Wanderlappe started on September 5, 1913, in Denmark on April 24, 1914.
For the Dane Alfred Lind, who had signed a directing contract with Deutsche Bioscop on December 14, 1912, Turi, der Wanderlappe was his first film for this production company.