When the sun shines again
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | When the sun shines again |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Boleslav Barlog |
| script |
Konrad Beste Philipp Lothar Mayring |
| production |
Alf pond Viktor von Struwe |
| music | Wolfgang Zeller |
| camera | Ewald Daub |
| cut | Ursula Schmidt |
| occupation | |
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When the sun shines again (alternative title: Der Flachsacker ) is a German-Belgian black and white film from 1943 by Boleslav Barlog . The main roles are cast with Paul Wegener , Paul Klinger , Bruni Löbel and Maria Koppenhöfer . The screenplay was written by Konrad Beste and Philipp Lothar Mayring . It is based on the novel “Der Flachsacker” by the Flemish writer Stijn Streuvels , who also plays a small role in the film.
The film premiered on June 4, 1943. The Berlin premiere took place on September 3, 1943 in the West Palast in Berlin.
action
The Termöhlen farmer unites long life experience and haughty stubbornness in equal measure in his angular skull. He is the absolute ruler of his flax farm, somewhere in the Flanders region in Belgium . The other farmers in the village listen to the recommendations of his son Ludwig, who has returned from agricultural school; Termöhlen himself feels any advice as an offense. He lets sow too late and on too wet soil. That he can count on a yield at all is only thanks to his boy, who had high-quality seeds from abroad.
Termöhlen does not tolerate the son's love affair with the maid Rieneke, known as "Schellebelle". But when, when the old man was absent, his son, for weather reasons, presumed the farmer's right, sacred by tradition, to determine the day of the flax harvest, Termöhlen was so beside himself after his return that he knocked Ludwig down with a club. The old man's anger is also based on the fact that his son did not follow his instructions to team up with the neighboring daughter Adriane and instead continues to be with Schellebelle. When he comes to his senses, it is too late, Ludwig hovers between life and death. Termöhlen remains silent for days at his son's sick bed. A time of anxiety begins, which wears down the old, high-handed peasant and makes him bitterly regret his deed.
As Ludwig's condition slowly improves, Termöhlen no longer has any objection to Schellebelle and also accepts that his son's decisions are good and correct.
Production notes
The production company was Terra Filmkunst GmbH (Berlin), Viktor von Struve's production group . The film was shot from July 13th to August 1942 during the occupation by the Germans in the area around Kortrijk ; it was also a hit in Belgium. Kurt Herlth , Karl Lipka and Robert Herlth (external structures) were responsible for the film structures. The first distribution took place through the Deutsche Filmvertriebs GmbH (DFV) Berlin.
The film was shown for the first time on television in the Bayern 3 program on May 8, 1983.
criticism
The Protestant film observer summarized his opinion 24 years after the creation of the work as follows: “Older film adaptation of a peasant novel [...]. A whole series of aspects, which are related to the creation of the work during the Nazi era, make the film worth seeing for those interested, apart from the fact that it is also purely artistically above most of what is offered in the cinema today. "
The Lexicon of International Films , on the other hand, does not have a very good opinion of the work . It came to the following conclusion: “A country film with important actors that accommodated the Nazi ideas about“ Blood and Soil ”. Cultivated directing. ”The conclusion of the online edition Zweiausendeins .de read as follows:“ An expressive film adaptation of the Flemish novel by Streuvels. Although the film cannot deny its closeness to the 'blood and soil' policy of the Third Reich, it never degenerates into propaganda ideologies. Thanks to the outstanding main actor - Paul Wegener was already 70 years old - and the careful staging, a remarkable melodramatic entertainment. "
The critic and author Karlheinz Wendtland found: “A splendid role for Wegener as an old builder who was initially quick-tempered, but later showing remorse.” He also contradicted the view of the lexicon of international films and wrote: “If this film is also set in the country, it is not 'Blood and Soil' theme. The Flemish Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969) […] prefers generation conflicts that are more tragic. Here two worlds, two opinions collide. "
See also
Web links
- When the sun shines again in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- When the sun shines again at filmportal.de
- When the sun shines again (Der Flachsacker) 1943 full film
- When the sun shines again Title page Illustrierter Film-Kurier No. 3334 (Fig. Paul Klinger, Bruni Löbel)
Individual evidence
- ↑ When the sun shines again Film within the series Re-discovered of the Zeughaus Kinos adS dhm.de
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↑ Source: When the Sun Shines Again , Critique No. 193/1967, pp. 263 to 264,
In: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München - ↑ Lexicon of International Films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 4252
- ↑ When the sun shines again. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 6, 2017 .
- ^ Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies born in 1943, 1944 and 1945, Verlag Medium Film Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, Film 34/1943, pp. 32, 33, ISBN 3-926945-05-2