King Drosselbart (2008) – Wikipedia

King Drosselbart is a German fairy tale film by Sibylle Tafel from 2008, which is based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. The film was created as part of the fairytale film series Six in a prank that first broadcast the first German television in the 2008 Christmas program. It is a production of the children’s film production company.

Princess Isabella von Geranium swims happily in the “forbidden lake”, which is located on the border with the hostile neighboring country, while her maids desperately look for them. One of the girls comes up with the idea that the princess may be on the “forbidden lake”. They set out there. The princess, who is actually there, meets unexpected visit during her stay in the water. A young man approaches her, but after a short teasing dialogue disappears as quickly as he appeared under water, while Isabella briefly returns to him. When the princess got dressed and still lingered on the bank, the young man suddenly appears and is called “donkeys” by her and “Lord of the mosquitoes”. He gives her a water lily. In the meantime, the princess’s maids have reached the lake and lead them back to the castle. There the clothing maker is already waiting for the young woman to dress her for a bridal show, which was caused by her father, King August, against her will.

The man who surprised Princess Isabella am See is Prince Richard. He tells his sister Maximiliane about his encounter with the princess from the Kingdom of Geraniums. The sister points out that her fathers are hostile to each other. Prince Richard, however, raves about how “beautiful and lovingly” the princess is and wants to go to the bridal show. His sister thinks that she will accompany him to his protection.

In the Kingdom of Geraniums, the princess locks herself into her room after visiting the clothesmaker and lets her father and the kiln waiting in front of the door. She refuses to receive the noble people around her free. When her father lets the door open, the princess hangs on a braided, braided bed sheet after a failed escape attempt. The guards have to rush to help her.

When the princess’s freight imaginations imagine the king, one of the maids accidentally steps on their dress and it tears. The princess refers the maid from the castle. Now she has to go back to her room to change. Nobody has noticed anything from the invited company, but the princess is long in coming, which is angry with the king. When Isabella finally comes back to the royal hall, the idiosyncratic young woman is none of the precious men present, she mocks each of them. The stranger also came from the “forbidden lake”, to whom the princess immediately gives the name “King Drosselbart” because of his beard growth. However, since it turns out that he is the prince of Begonia, with whom she is hostile, she also rejects him. The king is angry with his daughter’s behavior and determines that the princess has to take the first beggar to become a man who appears in front of the castle. A short time later, the stranger is disguised as a “Spielmann” beer in front of the goal of the castle. The king gave his word and does not commemorate it. The opposing princess has no choice but to marry the playman. When she learns that the big forest, the green meadow and the beautiful city of “King” throttle beard belong, she regrets not taking him as a man.

From now on, the spoiled princess has to get used to life in a simple hut without a servant, and she also has to make a living with work. When her husband leaves the hut on weekdays, she goes to the market and then to an inn in which she wants to be pampered. Since she has no money, the landlords and the tailor in the house, in which she ordered a new dress made of the finest Chinese silk and new shoes from Italian veal leather, are more than upset. The princess does not know and flee. Prince Richard, who has followed the events, throws a bag of gold to the feelings.

For inexplicable reasons, the princess always runs in a circle when she retreated and finally plunges into a pit unconscious. Later she is found by her husband and cared for at home. The next morning the playman continues again and the princess asks him to bring sweet donuts with them because they would make them healthy. After talking to his sister about it, he points out that this is a trick and advises him to bring bitter medicine to him. In the evening he brings medicine, which, according to Isabella’s statement, would already work from a distance. Again healthy, the princess must also contribute her part to housework.

After unsuccessful attempts in basket braids and other things, the Spielmann tries to trade pots and jugs on the market. In the meantime, Richard intends to educate the princess and thus free from the poor situation when he also looks at how she deals with an older dealer, he rejects this again. The princess can achieve initial successes on the market. However, when she sat down against the advice of her fellow human beings and against her husband’s objection to the corner of the market the next day, in order to stand out from the other market people, a thoroughly thorough rider (which later turns out to be “king”) destroys her) Were. The princess kitchen maid becomes King Ottokar out of shame, not aware that she is in the castle of her “king” throttle beard. This organizes a festival at the castle and introduces the festival community to the kitchen girl of his castle as Princess Isabella of Geraniums and to the surprise of those present as his wife, with whom he had married some time ago against his father as well as the king of Geranium has been received. The puzzled princess looks after the prince’s deception and is now happy to confirm her yes by celebrating a lavish wedding party.

Braunfels Castle, in the film the castle of Prince Richard

Castle courtyard from Schloss Buedingen, the scene of the scene, in which Princess Isabella wants to let off on the braided bed sheet

The film was filmed in April and May 2008 in Braunfels Castle near Wetzlar, in Ronneburg near Hanau, in Büdingen Castle, Wilhelmshöhe Castle in Kassel and in Reinhardswald in northern Hesse. The first broadcast took place on December 25, 2008.

The original fairy tale was changed partly. From the infallible king’s son there became a prince that his sister, which was not in its original, advises.

Jan van Weyde, who has taken on a small role as a prince in this production, who has taken on Isabella, is married to the actress Jasmin Schwier, who plays the role of Isabella. Ken Duken, who plays King Drosselbart, is married to Marisa Leonie Bach, who plays one of the princess’s maids.

The first called up his viewers to vote on the six most popular films of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, which ran in series six on a prank from 2008 to 2011. Around 10,000 votes were received by October 28, 2012. King Drosselbart Rank 6th in this voting. The fairy tale of Cinderella landed in first place. ^[2]

In the lexicon of international film, it was read:

The television magazine Gong gave four out of six possible points, which the judgment „Gut“ corresponded and judged:

• Fairy tale box – six on a prank volume 1 with The valiant dressmaker , King Drosselbart and little brother and little sister

All titles are also available as a single copy (KNM Home Entertainment GmbH, November 2008).

1. ↑ Education certificate for King Drosselbart . Voluntary self -control of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK/maintenance/type set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
2. ↑ “Cinderella” wins the desired fairy tale voting ( Memento of December 27, 2012 in the web archive Archive.today ).
3. ↑ King Drosselbart. In: Lexicon of international film. Movie service, accessed on March 2, 2017 .
4. ↑ King Drosselbart . In: TVAGAZIN GONG No. 25 of June 14, 2013, p. 68, 75.