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Die Abenteuer des Till Ulenspiegel

Frankreich DDR 1956/1957 Spielfilm

Bold Adventure

The Netherlands in the 16th century. Spanish troops under Philip II. march through Flanders, burning down houses and murdering people. Till Ulenspiegel's father is burned at the stake in Damme because of his resistance against the Spaniards. The buffoon Till becomes a courageous and cunning fighter against the foreign occupation. He manages to sneak into the court of the governor Duke Alba as court jester, where he can prevent the assassination of the Prince of Orange. He calls on the Dutch to fight against the Spanish. After a successful uprising, Till Ulenspiegel can finally be happy with his fiancée Nele in Damme.

Credits

Director

  • Gérard Philipe
  • Joris Ivens (Mitarbeit)

Screenplay

  • René Barjavel
  • Joris Ivens
  • René Wheeler

Director of photography

  • Christian Matras
  • Alain Douarinou

Editing

  • Claude Nicole

Music

  • Georges Auric

Cast

  • Gérard Philipe
    Till
  • Jean Vilar
    Alba
  • Fernand Ledoux
    Claes
  • Nicole Berger
    Nele
  • Jean Carmet
    Lamme
  • Erwin Geschonneck
    Stahlarm
  • Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
    Oranien
  • Robert Porte
    Juan
  • Françoise Fabian
    Esperenza
  • Raymond Souplex
    Grippesous

Production company

  • Les Films Ariane S.A. (Paris)
  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Producer

  • Alexandre Mnouchkine
  • Francis Cosne

Alle Credits

Director

  • Gérard Philipe
  • Joris Ivens (Mitarbeit)

Assistant director

  • Serge Vallin

Screenplay

  • René Barjavel
  • Joris Ivens
  • René Wheeler

based on

  • Charles De Coster (Roman "Les aventures de Till")

Script editor

  • Rudolf Böhm

Director of photography

  • Christian Matras
  • Alain Douarinou

Assistant camera

  • Ernest Bourreaud

Optical effects

  • Ernst Kunstmann

Still photography

  • André Manion
  • Waltraut Pathenheimer

Production design

  • Léon Barsacq
  • Alfred Tolle

Set construction

  • André Bakst
  • Hans-Jörg Mirr

Make-up artist

  • René Daudin
  • Franz Richter
  • Bernhard Kalisch

Costume design

  • Rosine Delamare
  • Ingeborg Wilfert

Editing

  • Claude Nicole

Sound

  • William Sivel
  • Karl Tramburg

Music

  • Georges Auric

Cast

  • Gérard Philipe
    Till
  • Jean Vilar
    Alba
  • Fernand Ledoux
    Claes
  • Nicole Berger
    Nele
  • Jean Carmet
    Lamme
  • Erwin Geschonneck
    Stahlarm
  • Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
    Oranien
  • Robert Porte
    Juan
  • Françoise Fabian
    Esperenza
  • Raymond Souplex
    Grippesous
  • Elfriede Florin
    Soetkin
  • Jean Debucourt
    Cardinal
  • Georges Chamarat
    Simon Praet
  • Marga Legal
    Katheline

Dubbing

  • Dietrich Haugk
    Gérard Philipe
  • Adolf Peter Hoffmann
    Jean Vilar
  • Paul R. Henker
    Fernand Ledoux

Production company

  • Les Films Ariane S.A. (Paris)
  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Producer

  • Alexandre Mnouchkine
  • Francis Cosne

Unit production manager

  • Georges Dancigers
  • Richard Brandt

Location manager

  • Pierre Mayrat
  • Erich Kühne

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)
Duration:
2396 m, 85 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Agfa Wolfen, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 04.01.1957, Berlin, Babylon;
Aufführung (DE): Oktober 2009, Leipzig, IFF - Retrospektive Joris Ivens

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DD) Die Abenteuer des Till Ulenspiegel
  • Weiterer Titel (FR) Les aventures de Till l'Espiègle
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Ulenspiegel
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Till Eulenspiegel, der lachende Rebell
  • Weiterer Titel (US) Bold Adventure

Versions

Original

Duration:
2396 m, 85 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Agfa Wolfen, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 04.01.1957, Berlin, Babylon;
Aufführung (DE): Oktober 2009, Leipzig, IFF - Retrospektive Joris Ivens

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-abenteuer-des-till-ulenspiegel_ea43d4a6dcc75006e03053d50b37753d