How the steel was hardened (movie)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | How the steel was hardened |
| Original title | Павел Корчагин |
| Country of production | USSR |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Alexander Alow Vladimir Naumov |
| script | Konstantin Issayev |
| production | Feature film studio Kiev |
| music | Yuri Shchurovsky |
| camera |
Ilya Minkovetsky Sura Shachbasyan |
| occupation | |
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How the steel was hardened (original title: Russian Павел Корчагин Pawel Korchagin ) is a Soviet fictional film that was shot in the Kiev film studios under the direction of Alexander Alows and Vladimir Naumov based on the novel of the same name by Nikolai Ostrovsky from 1932 and completed in 1957.
action
The first view of the film is on the bed of Pavel Andrewitsch Korchagin, born in 1902 and entered the Komsomol in 1919 . In 1928 he went blind as a result of his wounds from the civil war . He writes down his life story, but the only manuscript is lost in the mail. Pavel's mother wants to encourage him and says that it will be found again. But she also complains because he has not eaten or drunk anything for two days. He sends his mother out of the room and remembers.
Pavel's first teacher is the sailor Shuchrai, who teaches him boxing and introduces him to the basics of politics. When the sailor is arrested one day, Pawel can try out his learned fighting techniques and thus free Schuchrai. For this he is arrested himself, but released from prison again by a trick. So he can already take part in the first struggles that are supposed to bring power to the communists . During the establishment of a Komsomol cell in his city, he saw the meeting leader Rita Ustinowitsch for the first time. But the meeting is interrupted because the civil war begins and the communists are supposed to take part in the smashing of the white troops . After Pawel drove through the area on a train with the armed fighters for two weeks without a plan and without success, he reported to the 1st Cavalry Army . One day he is badly wounded and goes home to his mother to recover. But immediately after his recovery he is back on the road. At the station he meets Rita again and he finds a seat for both of them on the overcrowded train to Kiev , where they get a little closer. But both are of the opinion that the time for love is not yet ripe.
A commission is now meeting in Kiev to determine how the city can get firewood for the winter. The wood was felled, but seven kilometers from a train station and horse-drawn carriage is not possible. The chairman of this commission is Pavel's old friend Chuchrai, whom he is about to visit. Tschuchrai suggests that the Komsomol build a narrow-gauge railway to the next station. The idea is accepted and Pawel is one of the supporters. That's why he wants to say goodbye to Rita and finds a man at her home who introduces himself with Ustinovich. This is her brother, but since Pawel thinks that it is her husband, he disappears immediately.
The conditions in Boyarka, as the construction site is called, are catastrophic. The paths are almost impassable due to the mud and the accommodation consists of a large hall with no windows or doors. But the deployment should only last 14 days and then a replacement can be expected. The work is hard, you sink into the ground, it rains all the time and things don't get dry anymore. But the replacement does not come because all available forces are needed to defend against the counter-revolution . Therefore, the communists and Komsomol in Boyarka are obliged to stay on the construction site. Since many are almost at the end of their tether, even one of the Komsomol members burns his membership book just to be able to go home. For the others, the torture continues. It's getting colder and colder as winter falls. There are also attacks by the White Gangs who want to prevent the route from being completed. Illnesses are rampant and Pavel Korchagin gets typhoid . The inauguration of the narrow-gauge railway must take place without him. Rita Ustinowitsch will hold the ceremonial address, and in the middle of it will receive news of Pavel's death.
But Korchagin lives and is looked after by his mother. When he feels better, he immediately takes part in an important congress. Rita, who is also attending, is surprised to hear his name during the attendance check. In a conversation during the break, she confesses to him that she is now married, but that she loved him very much before. Because of his health, Pavel has to continue to spend his time in a sanatorium. There he learns that his poor eyesight will lead to blindness. On the drive home, he wants to kill himself with his pistol. However, at that moment a baby begins to cry and he reconsiders.
This look back at his life makes him call for his mother and he asks her to bring him something to eat. He tells her that she doesn't have to worry anymore and starts to rewrite the manuscript.
production
The film, shot in color, premiered on January 29, 1957 under the title Павел Корчагин in the Soviet Union and over 25 million viewers there.
The GDR premiere took place on September 20, 1957 in the Babylon cinema in Berlin . On November 1, 1957, the film was shown for the first time in the DFF .
criticism
Hans Ulrich Eylau said in the Berliner Zeitung that the film was unusual and above the average for similar works, because here the revolution lived in every scene and every picture. This is also due to the self-sacrificing heroism of their innumerable nameless fighters, with the storms of their passion and the boundlessness of their will to win.
For Horst Knietzsch from New Germany , the secret of the strong emotional impact lay in the fact that nothing was glossed over or varnished in this film and that is precisely why it was so effective.
The lexicon of international films described the film as an impressive adaptation of a novel that dispenses with false pathos and cheap optimism. The weaknesses in the dramaturgy would be compensated by the excellent photography.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Pavel Korchagin | Vasily Lanovoi | Kurt Ulrich |
| Rita Ustinovich | Elsa Leschdei | Annemarie Hummel |
| Tonja Tumanowa | Tamara Stradina | Petra Zander |
| Ivan Sharki | Vladimir Marenkov | Albert Hetterle |
| Shuchrai | Pavel Ussownichenko | Gerd Ehlers |
| Tokarev | Dmitri Milyutenko | Fred Mahr |
| Korchagin's mother | Lidija Piktorskaya | Grete Böhme |
| Alena Ivanovna | Elizaveta Yevstratova | Ilse Voigt |
| Franz Klawitschek | Lev Perfilov | Ulrich Thein |
Web links
- As the steel was hardened in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pawel Korchagin at kino-teatr.ru
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of September 24, 1957, p. 3.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, September 24, 1957, p. 4.
- ↑ How the steel was hardened. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 16, 2017 .