Weißer Bim Schwarzohr (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | White Bim Black Ear |
| Original title | Белый Бим - Чёрное ухо |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 172 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK DVD: FSK 6; GDR cinema: P6 / 12 (approved from 12 years, approved for children accompanied by adults from 6 years) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stanislav Rostotski |
| script | Stanislaw Rostozki Gawriil Trojepolski |
| production | Gorky Film Studio, Moscow |
| music | Andrei Petrov |
| camera | Vyacheslav Shumsky |
| cut | Valentina Mironova |
| occupation | |
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Weißer Bim, Schwarzohr is a Soviet film adaptation in two parts by Stanislaw Rostozki from 1977. It is based on the short novel of the same name by Gawriil Trojepolski and was also known in Germany as Weißer Bim, black ear .
action
Part 1: In early spring, writer Ivan Ivanovich is looking for a Gordon Setter at a breeder . He finally takes the only puppy in the litter that has been beaten out of the species and that the breeder actually wanted to kill: the young Bim is white instead of black, but has a black ear. The months go by. Ivan and Bim are familiar, the dog knows the owner's daily routine, awaits him in front of the editorial office, in front of the hairdresser and both go hunting together, even if Ivan has to bribe a bus driver to transport the dog. Two things disturb the idyll: Because of its false color, Bim is not recognized as a hunting dog by the official associations and does not receive any official documents as a hunting dog. In addition, one of Ivan's neighbors faces the dog with hatred, reports it to the caretaker as being biting and reports everywhere that it is dangerous.
When the next winter comes, Ivan is bad. A splinter near his heart - a war wound - affects him so badly that he has to be hospitalized. There he is flown straight to Moscow, where he will be operated on. Bim remains in the care of the neighbor Stepanovna, who lives with her granddaughter. Since Bim has been walking alone on a regular basis since Ivan's bad health, the old woman lets the dog roam free now too. But Bim runs away and looks for his master. He runs to the nearest hospital, returns to the empty apartment at night and starts the search again the next day. Since he no longer eats, he becomes emaciated and is soon seen as a stray in the city center. The student Dasha finds him when Bim is being described as rabid and vicious by the quarrelsome neighbor. Ivan can be found as the owner of the dog and Dasha brings Bim back to Stepanovna. Dasha has an identification tag made for the dog, which summarizes the most important things about the dog and its owner. So Bim meets the boy Tolik, who feeds him and takes him into his heart. Soon, however, Bim is kidnapped by a seedy man who is after the dog tag and shortly thereafter puts the dog on the street again. Bim wanders through the streets and recognizes Dasha at the train station. She sees him from the train and calls to him to go home. Bim, however, runs after the train. When he lost his strength after several kilometers, he lay exhausted on the rails.
Part 2: It is found by station employees who take care of it and let it run again a short time later. Dasha has meanwhile got off at the next train station and boarded a train going in the opposite direction. She returns to Ivan's apartment, but only learns that Bim has been missing for several days. When the switch suddenly changes, he gets caught in his paw, is discovered and freed by train drivers, and returns to his apartment bleeding. He is being looked after by Dasha and will remain in Stepanovna's care for the next few days. Soon, however, Bim will be allowed outside again. He walks through the various places where he used to pass with Ivan and also comes to the bus parking lot, where he is recognized by the driver who was once bribed by Ivan. The driver takes Bim with him and sells him to a hunter. He takes him to his family, where Bim becomes friends with his son Aljoscha, among others, under the name Schwarzohr . The man lends his friend Klim the dog for the hunt, but Bim breaks free. The snow tears his paws open, but he drags himself to Tolik's apartment.
The boy is thrilled to meet Bim again, but his parents aren't happy. During the night, Tolik's father dragged the dog into the forest and left him there on a leash. However, his conscience plagues him and so he returns to the forest the next morning, but Bim has already torn himself away. Bim goes back to his apartment, but the quarrelsome neighbor does not let him into the building. The dog catchers take Bim with them because the neighbor was again able to make it credible that Bim is rabid and vicious. The weakened Bim is kept in quarantine - on the back of a car in the middle of winter. Meanwhile, Tolik's father put an advertisement for Bim in the newspaper. Iwan reads them when he is released from the hospital. He immediately rushes to the shelter, where he is allowed to look into the quarantine vehicle after some difficulties. Bim, however, has already died on the wagon. Tolik and Aljoscha, who also arrived at the home looking for Bim, he says that Bim was not there. The next day, Ivan returns to the home. Bim is given his final honor as a hunting dog with three shots. Ivan takes a second stray dog that the men wanted to let go of.
The spring comes. Ivan and Tolik are walking in the woods. Tolik has a dog with him that he calls Bim. He is similar to Bim, only one ear and one half of the face of this young white Gordon Setter are black.
production
Weißer Bim Schwarzohr was filmed in Kaluga , among other places . The film was shown in theaters in the Soviet Union in 1977. A total of 20 million viewers in the Soviet Union saw the film, which was voted film of the year in 1977. In the GDR, the film was shown for the first time on December 11 (part 1) and December 18, 1977 (part 2) on DFF 2 in the Russian original language under the heading "For friends of the Russian language" and ran from February 16 1979 in German synchronization also in the cinemas of the GDR. In the FRG it was shown for the first time on April 19, 1981 (part 1) and on April 20, 1981 (part 2) on ZDF. The German-language first broadcast of both parts on GDR television was on December 31, 1981. In May / June 1987, the two-part movie was cut into a 7-part series by GDR television. Each part was 25 minutes long. For this the film had to be shortened by a total of 15 minutes. After that, the film was only shown in the shortened series version. Only since the DVD release by Icestorm in 2009 has the film been shown again in full.
criticism
For film-dienst , Weißer Bim Schwarzohr was "a poetic and exciting animal film, characterized by melancholy and, given the ruthlessness of the people, also by a certain resignation."
Awards
White Bim Black Ear 1978 received at the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary , along with Shadows of a Hot Summer of Frantisek Vláčil the grand prize (Crystal Globe).
The film was nominated in 1979 for an Oscar in the category of best foreign language film , but could not prevail against the French competition entry Wife to give away by Bertrand Blier .
Web links
- White Bim Black Ear in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Фильм "Белый Бим Чёрное ухо" не утратил актуальности , October 2, 2007 ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Weißer Bim Schwarzohr. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
