Room devastation

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Movie
Original title Room devastation / The crooked picture
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1976
length 3 minutes
Rod
Director Loriot
script Loriot
occupation

Room devastation (also called Das Schiefe Bild ) is a two-person sketch by Loriot from the television series Loriot . It shows an unintentional, chain reaction, increasing demolition of the salon furnishings of a noble house. The statement “The picture hangs crooked” by the protagonist played by Loriot gained particular fame .

action

A maid - played by Evelyn Hamann - offers an officer who has come on a house visit with vague concerns - played by Loriot - a place in a finely furnished drawing room to let the gentlemen know. After a moment, the maid comes back briefly to tell him that he should be patient and turns on the radio for him. The Piccolo Bolero by Mantovani sounds, which musically underlines the following action with its slow increase in intensity.

The waiting person looks at the furnishings from his armchair for a while. He then notices that a small mural is hanging crooked. When he wants to straighten things out, this gives rise to further and greater clutter in the room, including the constant overturning of the tables and the complete emptying of the wall shelves. His relentless efforts to repair the mischief that had been caused fail, only cause further damage and ultimately result in the complete devastation of the salon. When the maid stands in the door again, he comments on the chaotic state with his only words: "The picture is crooked."

Charisma

Room devastation was first broadcast on October 18, 1976 in the second episode of Loriot's telescopic sketches of the six-part television series Loriot on ARD . The sketch is preceded by an announcement by Loriot: “The work of a state official in the field service requires, in addition to robust health, tact and instinct. In the event of a necessary home visit, the citizen should show courtesy and understanding. "

reception

The sketch has been brought to the stage in free form on various occasions.

Idol

Loriot's room devastation is modeled on a less increasing scene in the 1953 feature film The Holidays of Monsieur Hulot by Jacques Tati . Blake Edwards feature film Der Partyschreck (1968) with Peter Sellers also has many scenes in which the clumsiness of the Indian Hrundi V. Bakshi leads to a dynamic of the party in the actor and producer environment that develops into chaos (toilet flushing, lost shoe, falling from the roof into the pool, elephant washing, foam chaos, etc.).

Individual evidence

  1. Loriot II. Loriot's telescopic sketches . In: Vicco von Bülow in collaboration with Stefan Lukschy (ed.): The complete television edition . Warner Home Video 2007. Disc 3.
  2. Loriot's Great Library - Volume 1: Gentlemen in the Bathroom . Warner Home Video in 1984. (See video films. In: . Loriot.de Accessed on March 24, 2016 . )
  3. This does not result from the sketch itself, but from Loriot's previous announcement in the episode Loriot II - Loriot's telescopic sketches of the television series Loriot : “The work of a state official in the field service requires tact and sensitivity in addition to robust health. In the event of a necessary home visit, the citizen should show courtesy and understanding. "
  4. "The picture is crooked." ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ten.de. Retrieved July 27, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zehn.de
  5. television. In: loriot.de. Loriot Design GmbH, accessed on August 4, 2015 (catalog raisonné).
  6. ^ The signing of the contract ("The crooked picture" - freely based on Loriot) . With Wolfgang Böhm. On YouTube . Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  7. The picture is crooked! Theater group Wientalbühne; with Roland Mayer. On Youtube. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  8. ^ Jacques Tati: The Holidays of Monsieur Hulot (1953). On willizblog.de. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  9. ^ Peter Sellers - The Party - Bathroom Scene. Accessed December 23, 2019 (German).