Two people (1952)
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| Original title | Two humans |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Paul May |
| script | Paul May |
| production | Curt Prickler for Minerva-Film, Munich |
| music | Wolfgang Zeller |
| camera | Franz Weihmayr |
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Zwei Menschen is a German black and white film from 1952 by Paul May , who also wrote the screenplay. This is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Voss from 1911, which at the time had become a bestseller with a circulation of 400,000 copies. The leading roles are occupied by Edith Mill and Helmuth Schneider . The film had its cinema premiere on November 13, 1952 in Stuttgart.
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The film is set in South Tyrol towards the end of the 19th century. The middle-class Judith Platter and the noble Rochus Graf Enna grew up together as neighbors and were very fond of each other. One day the two of them go on a boat trip on the Eisack . Suddenly a storm approaches; the boat capsizes. The couple only manages to save themselves on land with great difficulty. They spend the night together in an abandoned hut. When they finally arrive back in their hometown, it seems deserted. The whole village has gathered in the church to hold a supplication service for the young people who were believed to be lost. The Holy Mass is drawing to a close, as the two go hand in hand to the altar stride. The worshipers think this is a miracle and join in a song of thanks.
At a village festival, Countess Enna notices that the heraldic ring on her son's hand is missing and instead adorns the finger of his dancer Judith. In the evening the Countess thinks the time has come to demand the ring back. But Judith refuses to grant her wish.
Realizing that she cannot shape her son according to her will, the countess sets out on a pilgrimage to the Maria Blut chapel to ask the Blessed Mother to enlighten Rochus to become a priest . With this walk, however, the weak old woman has taken on too much. Rochus, informed by the servant Florian, chases after his mother on his horse, but only finds her dying. Because he feels complicit in her death, he makes a pilgrimage to Rome. Overwhelmed by the impressions of the "Eternal City", a change of heart takes place in him. He's studying theology .
After Rochus was ordained a priest , he was given home leave to present himself to his place of birth as a new servant of God. His first course takes him to the Platterhof. But Judith refuses to speak to him. The next day the whole community goes to Holy Mass; But Judith is missing. This fact earned her the hatred of the village community. During the subsequent Haberfeld rush , a fight develops between the boys. Fire breaks out due to a torch carelessly thrown away. The Platterhof is sinking into rubble and ashes. Judith withdraws to the solitude of a high alpine pasture . Rochus visits her there because he wants to bless her new home. Finally the young people are talking and trying to understand each other. Judith gives the ring back to the priest.
When Judith tries to rescue one of her escaped lambs during a thunderstorm, she falls into the depths. Only after many hours is the seriously injured person found by the mountain rescue service . Rochus gives the dying priestly blessing and puts the ring back on.
Production notes
The shooting took place in 1952 in the Bavaria Film studio in Geiselgasteig as well as on the Alpe di Siusi , the Sella Pass , the Val Gardena in the Dolomites , near the Isar falls and in Rome . The film constructions come from Arthur Compangini, Conrad Flockner was the production manager. Heinz Hölscher assisted chief cameraman Franz Weihmayr .
For Curt Prickler , who had just re-founded his pre-war company Minerva-Film, this was the only post-war film as an independent producer. He died in a car accident that same year.
source
Program for the film: The New Film Program , published by H. Klemmer Verlag of the same name, Frankfurt am Main, without a number
criticism
The lexicon of the international film describes the strip succinctly as a "smoothed homeland film" and as a "cautious celibate snitch".
Web links
- Two people in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Movie poster
- Two people at filmportal.de