Paths in the twilight
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Paths in the twilight |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav Fröhlich |
| script | Robert A. Stemmle |
| production | Young Film Union Rolf Meyer , Hamburg |
| music | Werner Eisbrenner |
| camera | Franz Weihmayr |
| cut | Walter Fredersdorf |
| occupation | |
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Paths in Twilight is a German feature film made in 1947 and released in 1948 by and with Gustav Fröhlich .
action
Northern Germany in the early post-war period. The need is all-encompassing, and many post-war citizens are confronted with seemingly insurmountable problems. Three of them, Stefan Kolb, Peter Wille and Sepp Lauterjung, all young people without a roof over their heads, are the focus of this story. They flee from the police from the war-torn Hanover to the rural seclusion of the Lüneburg Heath to hide there. They are accused of killing a black market smuggler. In a heath village they come across the local mayor Otto Lukas. He tries to help them as best he can, as he is firmly convinced of the innocence of the hunted. Lukas uses all his possibilities to help Stefan, Peter and Sepp get back on their feet. He overcomes all bureaucratic obstacles and gives the young people professional work prospects by letting them build a bridge that at the same time promotes the village's connection to the outside world. In the process, there are quite a few arguments between him, a presumed representative of bygone times, and the stormy youthful Stefan, who accuses the Lukas generation of failing all along the line.
The allegations against the Germans of Generation Lukas are only partially true. The mayor himself is one of those "who have seen the cart in the mud" as the angry Stefan puts it, but at the same time tries with unctuous goodness to assign things after 1945, especially since he himself also not without wounds from the devastating The Second World War emerged: Otto Lukas lost an eye in the turmoil of battle and hobbled on top of that due to a serious leg injury. When both Lukas and Kolb vie for the favor of one and the same woman, the young Edith Siems, the two of them also get crossed in private. This threatens to put additional strain on the relationship between the two different men. In his nobility, the older of the two renounces a love affair with the beloved and leaves. Ex-Mayor Lukas wipes his fingers over his empty desk in the official office and leaves the room and the village. It is his attempt to escape the path in the twilight and to find a way into a (better) future.
Production notes
Paths in Twilight was created between August and October 1947 in Lower Saxony: the Lüneburg Heath, in Hanover and around Celle. The premiere took place on April 9, 1948 in Hanover. The Berlin premiere was on August 27, 1948 (West) and May 9, 1949 (East).
Erich Grave created the film structures , Willi Wiesner was production manager. Heinz Pehlke assisted chief cameraman Franz Weihmayr .
Reviews
The film found no grace at the premiere in Hanover, especially among young moviegoers, for several reasons and was violently whistled, as Der Spiegel reported. In the assessment of the Hamburg news magazine, the same article went on to say: “It turned out, however, that the film has embellished its realistic theme with romanticizing flourishes. Something like a streamline emerges with graceful stucco arabesques. (...) It looks as if the film did not trust itself to work with the real and the truth alone. He adds all sorts of things that have been recommended as a popular extender in rotary cookbooks from ancient times. This time it also promoted the secretion of tears. "
For the lexicon of international films , this film was "a typical attempt at West German help in life with a down-to-earth mentality for the first post-war years."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Streamline with stucco in: Der Spiegel, issue 16/1948 of April 17, 1948
- ↑ Paths in the Twilight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 9, 2019 .
Web links
- Paths in the twilight in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paths in the twilight at filmportal.de