Figure 1.--This image comes from an old movie playbill so the quality of the colours are different than images from the actual film. The boy with the dog is Peter Fischer. Of course a boy and his dog is a popular addition to a Heimat film.
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Figure 1.--This image comes from an old movie playbill so the quality of the colours are different than images from the actual film. The boy with the dog is Peter Fischer. Of course a boy and his dog is a popular addition to a Heimat film. |
A HBC reader has mentioned "Wo die alten Wälder rauschen" to us. I'm not sure about the translation, something like "Where old wood rush". This is a German "Heimatfim". These often nostalgic films are most popular in rural areas, mainly in Germany or Austria. There is nearly always something endangering the idyll. And there is a love story in it as well. In this particular film, a building inspector doesn't have time to look after his small son, instead he works long hours at his site. He flirts with the nanny of the child, but she loves another
engineer, who is blamed for an accident at work for which he was not responsible. Finally the boy runs away (possibly with a friend he has made) and has to be saved by the
mountain guard. The two boys in the film wear jackets and short and knicker-length lederhosen with ankle socks. The weather appears a bit chilly. One boy wears a red checkered shirt. The younger boy wears gloves.
A HBC reader has mentioned "Wo die alten Walder rauschen" to us. This is a classic example of a German "Heimatfim".
("Heimat" is a classic TV mini-series about the life of a German village over time.) These Heimat films are sentimental and often described A sentimental native country idyll. These often nostalgic films are most popular in rural areas, mainly in Germany or Austria.
I'm not sure about the translation, something like "Where old wood rush". A reader suggests, "Where the leaves on the old trees (in a wood) rush".
Nils, the son of a building contractor (engineer in Your version), is played by Peter Finkbeiner (two years before famous of being Emil Tischbein In "Emil and the Detectives") and his younger friend Loisl (form of Aloysius) is played by Peter Fischer.
There is nearly always something endangering the idyll Alpine life in these Heimat films. And there is a love story in it as well. In this particular film, a building contractor who is very busy. He has several different people to supervise. He doesn't have time to look after his small son, instead he works long hours at his building site. He flirts with the nanny of the child, but she loves another
engineer, who is blamed for an accident at work for which he was not responsible. Finally the boy runs away (possibly with a friend he has made) and has to be saved by the
mountain guard.
The two boys in the film wear jackets and short and knicker-length lederhosen with ankle socks. The weather appears a bit chilly. One boy wears a red checkered shirt. The younger boy wears gloves.
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