Description
| Summary: | On the surface it is a comic version of the "Hauptmann von Köpenick" story in which it is not the petty thief Wilhelm Voigt who carries off the prank but a respected member of society, the clerk Wilhelm Fadenkreutz. He is not a factory owner like Diederich Heßling, but definitely has many of the characteristics of the hero of "Der Untertan". Boris Blacher and Heinz von Cramer Cramer quickly realised that such a devastating critique of Germany's past would not be easy to stage, and they toned down the satirical text before presenting it to the intendant of the Städtische Oper, Heinz Tietjen.
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2017).
Written in 1949. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (103 min.) |
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| Playing Time: | 01:42:53 |
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| Production Credits: | Set design, Ernst Wurzer ; costume design, Werner Juhrke ; film director, Joachim Kunzendorf, Winfried Bauernfeind. |
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| Participant or Performer: | Lisa Otto (Vater Fadenkreutz) ; Ivan Sardi (Mutter Fadenkreutz) ; Manfred Röhrl (Wilhelm) ; Gerti Zeumer (Auguste) ; Donald Grobe (Assessor Birkhahn) ; supporting vocal soloists ; Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Caspar Richter, conductor. |
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| Language: | Sung in German. |
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