From King Midas
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | From King Midas |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 52 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Günter Stahnke |
| script |
Günter Kunert Günter Stahnke |
| production | DEFA , KAG "Solidarity" |
| music | Kurt Schwaen |
| camera | Lothar Gerber |
| cut | Helga Emmrich |
| occupation | |
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Von König Midas is a German DEFA film directed by Günter Stahnke from 1963.
action
The first part of the film shows a group of young pioneers preparing for the performance of Kurt Schwaen's children's opera Vom König Midas at Quedlinburg Castle . That means, you can see them building the scenery, choosing the costumes and rehearsing. Then the performers marched through the city behind Stephan riding a donkey to take all the children to the castle for the performance. After almost everyone has arrived there on the open-air stage, the performance begins.
King Midas rules ancient Greece and is only interested in money and valuable treasures. On the way through, Bacchus (the god of wine comes ridden on a donkey) is welcomed as his guest. He wants to grant the king a wish for hospitality on departure. Midas wishes that everything he touches with his fingers turns to gold. Before Bacchus fulfills this request, he warns the king once again of the possible consequences. But his greed is greater and Midas gets his wish fulfilled. But after a while, he is no longer happy with the result. After crying even golden tears, he asks Bacchus to release him from the spell. But he cannot get away without punishment. From now on, he will have to live dog-eared for the rest of his life.
production
King Midas was shot on Agfa- Color by the artistic working group “Solidarity” and had its world premiere on May 17th, 1963.
The children's choir of the Deutschlandsender , today's Rundfunk-Kinderchor Berlin, sings under the direction of Manfred Roost . The exterior shots of the film were made in Quedlinburg .
criticism
About the fact that the film is unfortunately divided into two parts, wrote oe in the Neue Zeit :
“Why this film opera, whose idea is thoroughly praiseworthy, was torn out of the reality of the opening credits remains incomprehensible. What remains is a cliché of a filmed opera, and it is doubtful whether this is the right way to present children with fairy tales. This children's film opera would certainly have become more effective if the educationally valuable content of the legend had simply crystallized, so that the seven and eight-year-old viewers could transfer it to their little everyday life without explanation from adults. "
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 732 .
Web links
- From King Midas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- From King Midas at filmportal.de
- From King Midas at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Zeit of May 18, 1963; P. 4.