Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
Director: Celino Bleiweiß, 95 Min., Color, Feature Film
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, 1973
- Film/Video Format
- 35 mm
- Length in m
- 2617
- English Title
- Excerpts From The Live Of A Good - For - Nothing
- Premiere Date
- Release Date (for Cinema)
- Literary Source
- von Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr: "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts", Novelle
Short Summary (English)
The protagonist, a ne´er-do-well, is a romantic young bloke who leaves his father’s mill and sets out on his own to conquer the world. His pockets are empty, but he has a vivid imagination, a nice voice and a violin under his arm. Along the way, he meets two beautiful women, and they take him to their castle. Warbling his little songs, he works in the palace gardens, always cheerful, and everyone takes pleasure in seeing him.
He, however, doesn’t want to remain in the confined world of the castle’s inhabitants. He becomes a tax collector, but because of the monotonous nature of his work, his throat constricts and he losses his singing voice. He falls in love with a beauty, and because she appears to be unattainable, his desire and artistic sensibility is animated and he consequently learns how t sing again. Finally, our ne´er-do-well end up in Italy, and there he runs into Rinaldo Rinaldini’s band of robbers. And once again he meets "his” beauty, but this time he is finally able to win her heart, and together they set out to find a country that is congenially predisposed towards musicians and their songs.
Source: PROGRESS Film-Verleih
Film Crew
- Director
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- Celino Bleiweiß
- Script
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- Celino Bleiweiß
- Scenario
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- Wera Küchenmeister
- Claus Küchenmeister
- Camera
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- Günter Jaeuthe
- Film Editing
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- Monika Schindler (geb. Behrendt)
- Cast
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- Dean Reed (Taugenichts)
- Anna Dziadyk (Die Schöne)
- Hannelore Elsner (Gräfin)
- Monika Woytowicz (Kammerjungfer)
- Gerry Wolff (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
- Arno Wyzniewski (Maler)
- Christel Bodenstein (Guido - Flora)
- Peter Biele (Graf Leonhard)
- Walter Lendrich (Gärtner)
- Hannes Fischer (Portier)
- Ottofrizt Gaillard (Zierlicher Herr)
- Jochen Kretschmer (Zyniker)
- Gheorge Gima (Kleiner Mann)
- Roland Knappe (Herr Klarinett)
- Werner Schoch (Amtmann)
- Robert Trösch (Dünner Bauer)
- Manfred Otto (Leibjäger)
- Marieta Rares (Die Alte)
- Mircea Breazu (Student)
- Nicolae Secareanu (Der Alte)
- Aimée Iacobescu (Prinzessin)
- Paul Sbrentea (Einbeiniger)
- Carin Abicht (1. Dame)
- Angelika Adler (2. Dame)
- Walter Bechstein (Prinz della Rocella)
- Hans Koprasch (Müller)
- Hans-Georg Körbel (Stohblonder Bursche)
- Dinu Vasile (Postmeister)
- Ina Bleiweiß (Kleines Mädchen)
- Assistant Director
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- Michael Englberger (Assistenz-Regie)
- Production Design
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- Heike Bauersfeld
- Script Editing
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- Anne Pfeuffer
- Music
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- Reiner Hornig
- Sound
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- Günter Witt
- Gerhard Ribbeck
- Musical Performance
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- Dean Reed (Gesang)
- Costume Design
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- Lydia Fiege
- Make-Up
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- Willi Gesche
- Marianne Lange
- Waldemar Pokrywka
- Production Management
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- Martin Sonnabend
- Unit Production Management
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- Uwe Klimek
- Design
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- Gabriele Wunsch (Choreografie)
- Gerd Glanze (Choreografie)
- DEFA Photography
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- Wolfgang Ebert
- Alexander Kühn
- Dubbing (Dubbing Actor)
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- Peter Reusse (Taugenichts)
- Eva-Maria Hagen (Die Schöne)
- Gudrun Jochmann (Die Schöne)
- Monica Bielenstein (Die Schöne)
- Enrico Migliore (Kleiner Mann)
- Rosemarie Herzog (Die Alte)
- Lamberto Guerzani (Student)
- Ettore Gaipa (Der Alte)
- Ingrid Rentsch (Prinzessin)
- Nico Turoff (Einbeiniger)
- Walter Wickenhauser (Postmeister)
Short Summary (German)
Auf der Suche nach dem Glück durchstreift ein junger Mann die Lande - kein Geld in den Taschen, aber die Violine im Arm und den Kopf voller Lieder. Zwei schöne Frauen nehmen ihn mit aufs Schloss, wo er sich als Gärtner verdingt. Doch die Schlossgesellschaft behagt ihm nicht, und er zieht weiter. Die Tätigkeit als Zolleinnehmer, die er anschließend ausübt, lässt ihn trübsinnig werden. Von einer schönen Frau aus der Lethargie geweckt, zieht er abermals weiter. In Italien schließt er sich der Bande von Rinaldo Rinaldini an und will fortan nur noch für sie seine Lieder spielen. Da begegnet ihm wieder eine Schöne, und diesmal ist es die große Liebe - mit ihr will er das Land seiner Wünsche suchen.
(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)
Short Summary (Other Languages)
Alla ricerca di fortuna, un giovane si mette in viaggio. E' senza un soldo, ma con un violino e tante canzoni in testa. Due belle signore lo portano con sé al castello, dove lavora come giardiniere. Stanco della vita di corte, il ragazzo si rimette in cammino. Il nuovo impiego come esattore gli mette malinconia e così, attirato dalla bellezza di una donna, riprende a viaggiare. In Italia si aggrega alla banda di Rinaldo Rinaldini e giura di voler suonare solo per loro. Proprio in quel momento incontra l'amore della sua vita, con cui cercherà il Paese dei suoi sogni. (Italienisch)