Viola and Sebastian
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| Original title | Viola and Sebastian |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Ottokar Runze |
| script | Ottokar Runze |
| production | Ottokar Runze Wilmar R. Guertler |
| music | Frank Duval |
| camera | Horst Schier |
| cut | Alfred Srp |
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Viola and Sebastian is a 1971 feature film by Ottokar Runze , which made its feature film debut here. Karin Hübner and Frank Glaubrecht play the two title roles . The story is based on William Shakespeare's What You Will .
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Runze has moved the plot from What you want to the modern age and to the north German lowlands: Viola survived a shipwreck off the coast in which her twin brother Sebastian seems to have died. Viola decides, disguised as a boy, to enter Orsino's service. Orsino is madly in love with Olivia, who tries to cover up her face for seven years out of mourning for her deceased brother and to avoid male company. Viola, disguised as a man, wins Orsino's favor and is commissioned by him to convey his messages of love to Olivia. However, Olivia falls in love with the alleged man Viola, while she turns to Orsino. Andreas Bleichenwang would also like to marry Olivia and with this wish he finds support from Olivia's uncle Tobias Rülp, who is after his niece's money to finance his carpentry. The nightly debauchery of the two, however, is disturbed again and again by the manager Malvolio.
In order to take revenge on the adversary, Rülp and Bleichenwang decide to play a prank together with Maria, a maid, and a fool Malvolio: Maria forges a letter from Olivia to the administrator, which is supposed to make him believe that Olivia is interested in him. Malvolio falls for this ruse and acts according to the instructions of the letter set out in the letter. Because of this strange behavior, Tobias and Maria declare Malvolio crazy and lock him in a dark room. Events come thick and fast when Sebastian, who survived the shipwreck, shows up and is mistaken for Viola dressed as a boy. Olivia meets Sebastian, confuses him with Orsino's messenger and falls head over heels in love with him. Orsino now threatens to kill the allegedly unfaithful servant, but Viola's appearance prevents this. The happy ending follows immediately: Sebastian stays with Olivia, the twins recognize each other, Orsino promises to marry Viola, Bleichenwang leaves without having achieved anything, Tobias Rülp marries Maria, and Malvolio is released from prison.
Production notes
Viola und Sebastian was created in September / October 1971 in Schleswig-Holstein (outdoor shots) and was shown in the cinemas on December 28, 1972 with a long delay. The German television broadcast took place on October 13, 1991 on 3sat .
Dieter Schönemann took over the production management. Michael Girschek took care of the equipment, Elke Irmler provided the costumes. Günter Hoffmann set the tone. Eugen Cicero can be heard at the piano .
For viola actress Karin Huebner this was her last film. Her partner Frank Glaubrecht is primarily known as a voice actor.
Awards
The Bonn Ministry of the Interior awarded the production a feature film award
In 1971 the film evaluation agency awarded the title valuable.
Reviews
Der Spiegel wrote in its April 2, 1973 edition: "[The] director and screenwriter Ottokar Runze [has] dared the most daring attempt in years to relocate a piece of world literature to today's Schleswig-Holstein and drown it in barley juice and doornkaat:" What you want". He deserves praise for the basic idea: completely different than usual, the scattered twins of the original, Viola (Karin Hübner) and Sebastian (Frank Glaubrecht), appear with their entourage as swallowers and gamblers who give the original text without pathos and grossian theater estimate. But, unfortunately, Runze doesn't hold out. Weak beat in the soundtrack kills the effect of the landscape. Dilettante-led actors, camera pop and dull hits ... degrade Katenschinken Shakespeare to the cinema dozen ".
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Shakespeare's" What you want ", forcibly transferred to the present and to North German conditions. Ottokar Runze's film debut fails when the attempt is made to adapt an old material from world literature with silly gags and corny pop music to modern taste. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Spiegel , Issue No. 14/1973
- ↑ Viola and Sebastian. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 24, 2018 .
Web links
- Viola and Sebastian in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Viola and Sebastian at filmportal.de