Uli the Servant (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Young years of love |
| Original title | Uli the servant |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Bern German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Schnyder |
| script |
Richard Schweizer Werner Düggelin Franz Schnyder |
| production |
Oscar Düby Max Dora |
| music | Robert Blum |
| camera | Emil Berna |
| cut |
Hans Heinrich Egger Hermann Haller |
| occupation | |
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Uli der Knecht (distribution title in Germany also Junge Jahre der Liebe ) is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jeremias Gotthelf by Franz Schnyder from 1954. It is one of the most famous Swiss films . The main roles are occupied by Hannes Schmidhauser in the title role, Liselotte Pulver as Vreneli maid and Heinrich Gretler as floor builder.
action
Uli is a farmhand at the soil farmer. He often drinks in restaurants with farmers' sons from the area and does his job in a sloppy to mediocre way. His master speaks to his conscience and Uli pulls himself together after an initial protest.
On the initiative of his master, he becomes a master servant on the large but run-down farm of the Glunggen farmer. There he encounters a largely hostile environment. The servants and maids are know-it-all and lazy, the master deceitful and false. Only the farmer's wife and Vreneli, an illegitimate maid, mean well with him. Over time, however, everyone noticed that Uli was a capable master servant, and the Glunggen farmer's daughter wanted to marry him. On the occasion of a spa stay in a spa, however, she met a supposedly rich cotton merchant and married him. Uli, on the other hand, is more interested in Vreneli.
After some hesitation and with the help of the farmer, Vreneli agrees to marry. Since the descendants of the Glunggen farmer cannot agree on a succession plan, Uli eventually becomes the tenant of the Glunggenhof.
production
Production notes, background
For the Gotthelf year of 1954, producer Oscar Düby acquired the film rights to Jeremias Gotthelf's novel How Uli the Servant Becomes Happy - A Gift for Servants and Masters for Gloriafilm . The budget was CHF 600,000. Initially, Leopold Lindtberg was intended to be the director. Since the financiers wanted a director from Bern, only Franz Schnyder came into question. Before filming began, the producer lost control to production manager Max Dora , who cut the script and brought the production to an end. Richard Schweizer and Christian Lerch wrote the Bern German dialogues.
Filming
The shooting of the film presented by Praesens-Film (Zurich) and produced by Gloriafilm Zurich lasted from April to June 1954. Max Röthlisberger set up the five sets of the interior scenes in the Rosenhof film studio in Zurich . The exterior shots were taken in Brechershäusern , Eggiwil , Heimischmatt, Würzbrunnen and Bern . Hermann Haller helped with the editing. The actor Hans Gaugler was an assistant director.
Publication, success
The film premiered on October 19, 1954 at the Scala cinema in Zurich. The rural film was also a success in the cities. There were no fewer than 1.6 million admissions in Switzerland, which means that the costs were already paid in at home. The sequel Uli the leaseholder came to the cinemas the following year.
The actors themselves spoke the German dubbed version for the Federal Republic. Swiss television first broadcast the film on December 25, 1971. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the director's death, the original film was restored and digitized.
criticism
«Film adaptation of the classic Swiss folk tale by Jeremias Gotthelf. An epically broad, contemplative and humorous at the same time conceived homeland story in a carefully internalized representation. "
literature
- Hervé Dumont : History of Swiss Film - Feature Films 1896–1965. Swiss Film Archive / Cinémathèque suisse, Lausanne 1987, ISBN 2-88267-001-X .
Web links
- Uli the farmhand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Uli der Knecht on Swiss television on srf.ch (including numerous film images)
- Uli der Knecht on cinematographicblog.wordpress.com (including film poster)
- Uli the servant on cyranos.ch (including numerous film images)
- Uli der Knecht - DVD review: No Emmental cheese on outnow.ch
- Uli the servant on molodezhnaja.ch (including picture, DVD case and film images)
- Uli der Knecht Fig. Title page Illustrierte Film-Bühne Nr. 2605 (in the picture: Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser)
- Uli the Servant full original film
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Schnyder and the Gotthelf films. Films shape the image of Gotthelf see page gotthelf.ch
- ↑ Sat., December 25, 1971 , see program Switzerland see page tvprogramme.shoutwiki.com
- ↑ Uli the servant. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 26, 2017 .