Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof is a 1955 Austrian Heimatfilm based on a Ludwig Anzengruber's play Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld and directed by Alfred Lehner.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Alfred Lehner |
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| Based on | Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld by Ludwig Anzengruber. |
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| Music by | J. Felsner-Bode |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
The film lacks the more controversial themes of the play, such as criticism of celibacy[3] and of the attitude of the Church to suicide and divorce;[4] instead, it takes a more positive outlook,[5] which is characteristic of the Heimatfilme of the period.
A rival West German film version of Anzengruber's play was released two months before Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof.
Synopsis edit
The beautiful, recently orphaned Annerl comes to stay with the young parish priest, Hell, and his housekeeper, Brigitte. Soon, Annerl and the priest find themselves becoming the target of rumors, fuelled by a local named Sepp who is bitter at the Church; this places the priest in a difficult position, and makes Annerl's suitor Michel jealous.
Cast edit
- Waltraut Haas as Annerl
- Erich Auer as Fr. Hell
- Franziska Kinz as Brigitte
- Attila Hörbiger as Herr von Finsterberg
- Helene Thimig as Gerberleni, Sepp's mother
- Walter Ladengast as Sepp
- Karl Ehmann as the other priest
- Albert Rueprecht as Michel Berndorfer
References edit
- ^ Von Moltke, Johannes (2005). No place like home: locations of Heimat in German cinema. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 30.
- ^ Medieninformation (Germany), Katholisches Institut für (1999). Religion im Film: Lexikon mit Kurzkritiken und Stichworten zu 2400 Kinofilmen (in German). KIM, Katholisches Institut für Medie[n]information. ISBN 978-3-9806195-8-5.
- ^ Steiner, Gertraud (1987). Die Heimat-Macher: Kino in Österreich 1946–1966 (in German). Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik. ISBN 978-3-900351-60-1.
- ^ Horwith, Gordon (January 1995). "Adi Wimmer, ed. Die Heimat wurde ihnen fremd, die Fremde nicht zur Heimat. Erinnerungen österreichischer Juden aus·dem Exil. Vienna: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, 1993. Pp. 236". Austrian History Yearbook. 26: 308–310. doi:10.1017/s0067237800004781. ISSN 0067-2378.
- ^ Fritsche, Maria (2013-05-01). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-946-6.
Further reading edit
- Steiner, Gertraud (1987). Die Heimat-Macher. Kino in Österreich 1946–1966. Vienna: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik. pp. 195–198. ISBN 978-3-900351-60-1.
- Eppenberger, Benedikt; Stapfer, Daniel (2006). Mädchen, Machos und Moneten – Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Schweizer Kinounternehmers Erwin C. Dietrich. Zürich: Verlag Scharfe Stiefel. ISBN 978-3-033-00960-8.
