Our quiet man
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Our quiet man |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bernhard Stephan |
| script |
Arne Leonhardt Manfred Friday Joachim Nestler |
| production | DEFA , KAG "Babelsberg" |
| music |
Gerhard Rosenfeld Reinhard Lakomy |
| camera | Hans-Jürgen Kruse |
| cut | Brigitte Krex |
| occupation | |
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Our silent man is a German DEFA film by Bernhard Stephan from 1976 based on the radio play of the same name by Arne Leonhardt from 1970.
action
The Trumpolt road construction brigade, which has just been honored for its good work, is getting a new employee. It is Wenzel Heiseke, who is preceded by the reputation of being a loudmouth. In his previous brigade, he has been praised for his critical words. Understandably, Wenzel Heiseke is deeply offended by this "transfer". His consequence: he won't speak a word in the new brigade. This causes some confusion, because one was prepared to tame a stubborn man. Brigadier Trumpolt soon has to realize that coolness and tricks will not hold together a socialist brigade in the long run. The other colleagues, provoked by the silent man, also begin to think about themselves and their lives, finally realizing that their methods are at the extreme edge of legality, out of place in a socialist collective. Wenzel, who has already packed his things to leave this construction site, is brought back by his colleagues.
production
Our silent man was filmed on ORWO color by the Babelsberg Artistic Working Group and had its premiere on August 12, 1976 in the Berlin Kino International .
criticism
Günter Sobe asks himself in the Berliner Zeitung whether Bernhard Stephan was actually clear about where he wanted to go with his silent husband? So it's not really clear. Somehow the story remains strangely in the balance, even if a certain socio-critical coloring cannot be completely overlooked. Since the silent, silent screen existence hardly gains any allegiance and he also has to mime the deaf and mute in scenes in which his silence does not achieve the desired effect. if he is the positive he is supposed to be, from time to time pitifully strange. The lexicon of international films describes the film as a thematically interesting contemporary piece that, despite some artistic deficiencies, treats problems in the world of work in a relaxed manner and with humor.
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 641-642 .
Web links
- Our quiet man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Our quiet man at filmportal.de
- Our quiet man at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of August 18, 1976, p. 6
- ↑ Our silent man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .