Winnetou's last fight
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| Title: | Winnetou's last fight |
| Genus: | Outdoor play |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Pierre Brice |
| Literary source: | Motifs from Winnetou III by Karl May |
| Publishing year: | 1990 |
| Premiere: | July 7, 1990 |
| Place of premiere: | Kalkberg Stadium , Bad Segeberg |
| Director of the premiere | Sergiu Nicolaescu |
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Winnetou's last fight is an open-air play that Pierre Brice wrote in 1990 as a collage of Karl May motifs for the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg .
content
According to the premiere critics, a "word and deed-precise combination of various existing plays / films / books".
prolog
“The red race is dying. From Tierra del Fuego to far beyond the North American lakes , the red people lie stretched out, struck down, thrown down by an inexorable fate that knows no mercy. It has fought against it with all its might, but in vain: its strength has waned more and more and heralds the nearness of death ... "
Tried and tested
Much of the new piece looked very familiar to Karl May and Pierre Brice fans. Brice had compiled some of his time in Elspe , the Wiener Stadthalle and the Karl May films , but without turning Karl May's book into a play. Mays Winnetou III could have been an ideal open-air piece.
In the original, Winnetou dies in a fight after abseiling down from Hancock Mountain with his companions. How effective would it have been to achieve this with the imposing backdrop of the Kalkberg . Climbing was planned on the mountain, but not approved.
Manfred Reddemann, also the villain on duty as Winnetou's killer Fred Morgan in 1990, on this:
- “The restrictions imposed by nature conservationists are very regrettable. I should ride down the mountain and swing down from the platform at the top, that was not allowed. Of course, a blade of grass is torn out, but there is little that can be done to the rock. It used to be the most famous scenes between Shatterhand and Winnetou, up there in the little meadow. The rock is simply part of it. "
Hi-Lah-Dih
The Segeberger Zeitung wrote in December 1989 about the result of a survey: "Karl May would rather have an eagle and more women". Therefore, a female role in "Winnetou's last fight" could not be missing.
- “Pierre Brice wrote a Ribanna cut into his piece. Winnetou is almost allowed to fall in love with the Komantschin Hi-Lah-Dih. But he can no longer save her from the deadly flames. Hi-Lah-Dih dies at the end of the first part, Winnetou at the end of the second. Hella Brice, née Krekel, realized her dream of being able to stand next to her husband on stage with this role - even if she wasn't an actress. "
epilogue
“ Winnetou is dead - my friend and brother Winnetou. The last great chief of the Apaches left this earth. His memory is only the shadow of a cloud over the prairie . He loved this earth and all of its beings as the newborn loved its mother's heartbeat. Winnetou's death, the fall of the red race, will be followed by the fall of nature, and the fall of nature will be ours. All things are interrelated, but for those who love peace and brotherhood, the spirit of Winnetou will live on: in these forests, on these banks and in our hearts. Winnetou - the chief of all Apaches. "
Press coverage
“The unbroken fascination of Winnetou - agitated and breathless, the audience fixes their eyes on the stretcher. Six Apatschen carry the motionless body, which is hidden under a red cloth, out of the arena through the rows of spectators. Children run after them, storm towards them. As the melody finally sounds, the tense atmosphere dissolves. While extra Antonia Haaks does not dare to move on the stretcher, Winnetou actor Pierre Brice appears on his horse Iltschi with a greeting in the rocky backdrop. The roles were swapped skilfully and unnoticed during the death scene, which 'Winnetou's last fight' ended dramatically after a spectacular and entertaining journey through the Wild West of Bad Segeberg. (...)
The greedy Fred Morgan and the contentious Comaniac chief To-Kei-Chum - played by Manfred Reddemann and Thomas Westphal - excelled as opponents of Winnetou, who in turn found support from Old Shatterhand. He - not Winnetou - takes on spectacular battle scenes, which make the piece worth seeing alongside the tricks of the six international cascadeurs, a huge explosion, a fantastic selection of music and groom's highly applauded comedian role as the negro Massa Bob. Mostly on his horse, Brice gives deep insights into Indian traditions in hanging speech passages. Unfortunately, with long dialogues - at least until the break - this results in too many words. "
“The spaceships land at Winnetou - there was hardly any action, Winnetou hardly moved at all, and yet it should be noted that the piece is better than last year's 'Treasure in Silver Lake'. (...)
The choice of music can be called sad at best. Music by Vangelis is played, probably to bring a more modern sound . This music is good, but it doesn't go with the piece at all. It is inconceivable that other viewers would not have spaceship associations with the ' Blade Runner ' piece. (...)
A novelty in the play and on the stage is a small hill that lies in the middle of the action, almost like a stage on the stage. "
“Winnetou with depth - the excellent script by the author Pierre Brice contains both and proves how well they get along: the lyrical appeal of the Indian to his god and the awkward monologues of the doll-loving Massa Bob. (...)
And it is Winnetou too, to whom we have to say thanks for a successful evening with a script that fell out of the ordinary. Depth, lyric poetry, drama apart from sentimental Indian romanticism - contrary to expectations, they were very well received, as subsequent surveys showed. The overwhelming applause was well deserved ... "
"Winnetou's long dying - even at the risk of being pushed from Kalkberg or scalped by Winnetou fans, I confess: This Karl May blend is not my thing: the plot is too coarse, with the exception of Massa Bob hardly any individual characters , too many gags and effects known from previous productions, too long-winded the dialogues and monologues. I will use the rich Segeberger (culture) summer differently than for another visit. "
“In the overall successful production, the handwriting of co-author Pierre Brice was particularly evident, who - wrapped in somewhat lengthy monologues and dialogues - complained about the situation of the Indians in North America. With the exception of the final scene, however, the productions did not offer any big surprises: With the eagle Gari, the fall from the rock and the fireworks, borrowings were made from previous successful performances. The allusions to the spaghetti westerns are interesting : director Sergiu Nicolaescu allowed the villains to ' play me the song of death ' in long coats. "
source
- Entry in the Karl May Wiki
literature
- Regina Arentz: The spaceships land at Winnetou. July 6th: Premiere of "Winnetou's last fight" in Bad Segeberg . In: Karl May circular no. 37/1990.
- Beate Jörger, Regina Arentz: Bad Segeberg 1990: "Winnetou's last fight". The music selection . In: Karl-May-Rundbrief No. 43/1991.
- Reinhard Marheinecke , Nicolas Finke, Torsten Greis, Regina Arentz: Karl May am Kalkberg. History and stories of the Karl May games Bad Segeberg since 1952 , Bamberg / Radebeul: Karl May Verlag 1999, p. 306 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arentz: The spaceships land at Winnetou . In: Karl May circular from August 16, 1990, p. 6.
- ↑ Reinhard Marheinecke u. a .: Karl May am Kalkberg ... , 1999, p. 306.
- ↑ Reinhard Marheinecke u. a .: Karl May am Kalkberg ... , 1999, p. 307.
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Hella_Brice
- ↑ Reinhard Marheinecke u. a .: Karl May am Kalkberg ... , 1999, p. 311.
- ↑ Reinhard Marheinecke u. a .: Karl May am Kalkberg ... , 1999, p. 310.
- ↑ a b c d e Reinhard Marheinecke u. a .: Karl May am Kalkberg ... , 1999, p. 314 f.