The Heathens of Kummerow
1967 film
- 21 December 1967 (1967-12-21)
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West Germany
The Heathens of Kummerow (German: Die Heiden von Kummerow und ihre lustigen Streiche, lit. 'The Heathens of Kummerow and Their Funny Pranks') is a 1967 East German-West German family comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Paul Dahlke, Ralf Wolter and Fritz Tillmann. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Ehm Welk and published in 1937.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Senta Ochs and Alfred Tolle. Location shooting took place around Rügen.
Plot
It is the era before World War I and short before Easter in the village of Kummerow in Pomerania, and a group of boys revive a custom of "heathen baptism". It is said that the villagers had resisted Christianization by remaining in the water during the baptism, which lived on as a traditional contest where boys will stand in the cold water, and the one who endures the longest is crowned "heathen king". This practice is not appreciated by the local pastor, although when the pastor and the illegally employed cowherd Krischan get into trouble with the miller Düker, the boys' talent for playing pranks comes in handy.
Cast
- Paul Dahlke as Pastor Breithaupt
- Ralf Wolter as Krischan
- Fritz Tillmann as Müller Düker
- Rainer Penkert as Grambauer
- Theo Lingen as Sanftleben
- Günther Jerschke as Niemeier
- Wolfgang Jansen as Josef
- Jochen Sehrndt as Christian Wendland
- Hans Klering as Nachtwächter Bärensprung
- Horst Kube as Bauer Trebbin
- Irene Korb as Hermine Breithaupt
- Tatjana Iwanow as Frau Düker
- Angela Brunner as Luise Bärensprung
- Erika Müller-Fürstenau as Frau Grambauer
- Karin Heidemann as Ulrike Breithaupt
- Wolfgang Hinz as Hermann
- Jörg Resler as Martin Grambauer
- Gerald Schraml as Johannes
- Hans Bosenius as Kantor Kannegiesser
- Günter Drescher as Bauer Fiebelkorn
- Nico Turoff as Wirt Krüger
- Albert Zahn as Otto Kienbaum
Production
The film is based on the 1937 novel The Heathens of Kummerow by Ehm Welk. The book was the third best selling novel written in Nazi Germany, and along with other novels by the apolitical humourist Welk, it became a modern classic in East Germany.[1] The film adaptation was the first film co-produced by East and West Germany.[2]
References
External links
- The Heathens of Kummerow at IMDb
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Films directed by Werner Jacobs
- The Blue and White Lion (1952)
- Street Serenade (1953)
- Guitars of Love (1954)
- André and Ursula (1955)
- Santa Lucia (1956)
- San Salvatore (1956)
- The Beggar Student (1956)
- The Simple Girl (1957)
- The Count of Luxemburg (1957)
- Munchhausen in Africa (1958)
- The Star of Santa Clara (1958)
- Here I Am, Here I Stay (1959)
- A Summer You Will Never Forget (1959)
- Conny and Peter Make Music (1960)
- The White Horse Inn (1960)
- Mariandl (1961)
- Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol (1962)
- Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific (1962)
- Mariandl's Homecoming (1962)
- The Merry Widow (1962)
- The Model Boy (1963)
- Homesick for St. Pauli (1963)
- ...denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol (1963)
- Help, My Bride Steals (1964)
- In Bed by Eight (1965)
- Heidi (1965)
- Aunt Frieda (1965)
- The Sinful Village (1966)
- Onkel Filser (1966)
- Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967)
- When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres (1967)
- The Heathens of Kummerow (1967)
- Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968)
- Zum Teufel mit der Penne (1968)
- Charley's Uncle (1969)
- Heintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey (1969)
- Hurra, die Schule brennt! (1969)
- What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970)
- Heintje - Mein bester Freund (1970)
- Twenty Girls and the Teachers (1971)
- Morgen fällt die Schule aus (1971)
- Our Willi Is the Best (1971)
- Willi Manages the Whole Thing (1972)
- My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972)
- Old Barge, Young Love (1973)
- The Flying Classroom (1973)
- Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1974)
- Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler(1974)
- Zwei himmlische Dickschädel (1974)
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