Grün ist die Heide (1951) User Reviews

A Heimatfilm of great historical interest

[Levana · 4/10 · 5 February 1999]

This is one of the most typical examples of the genre known as "Heimatfilme" (homeland films), and immensely popular in its day. It is characterized by an intense nostalgia and an almost complete denial of the realities of life after the war, although it is mentioned that some of the main characters are refugees from eastern German lands (as were a significant portion of the film's appreciative audience) and there is some joking about servants who don't stay in their place! The plot is a collation of almost all the cliches of the genre, from the comic romances to the villainous thief who must be brought to justice by the hero (in such stories, for some reason, it is almost always a poacher captured by a forester). The setting is a sunny countryside where a couple of lovable vagabonds provide musical interludes, singing the title song "Grun ist die Heide" while strumming the musical instruments that they carry around from village to village, sleeping in the fields like true sons of nature (no mention of what they do in the wintertime). In short, this movie is extremely interesting as a glimpse of the mentality of its times, but for no other reason.

In glorious Geva color

[cynthiahost · 10/10 · 19 May 2014]

This is another form of a.g.f.a color.or is it really Eastman color? This is the second Heimat film re teaming post was Rudolph Prack and the newer ,actress Sonja Zeaman,Who started after the war.Other post war charterers actors Otto Gebuhr, of Frederich the Great series and Immensee,Joseph Sieber.To character actor of Germany Oscar Sima as well as Ernst Waldow.You have the first introduction of the three mistral men play by excellent sing Kurt Riemann and Hans Ritcher,who was a child actor before and under the third Reich, and Ludwig Schmitz.These character are probably based on ex soldiers of the military ,who couldn't find jobs and did street singing ,Now this is a may be.The colors of this beautiful print are great,Since the focus is green ,has the tendency to spill into the other colors, showing reflections of magenta a little bit.The plot,Soja uncle and aunt ,Margrete Hagen, as the aunt with Otto as the uncle,Run a country inn. Hans Stuw,who in real life was a schizophrenic, plays Sonja's father and i think owns the estate, breaks the conservation laws and occasionally shoots dears,behind the back at night , of Forest Ranger Rudolph Prack ,who avoided playing bad guys out of ear he offend the women audience ,probably . Sonja later discover it and tries to get Hans to stop this.Eventually Maria Holst ,of Vienna's blood, 1940,show up re teamed with stalwart actor,Willy Fritsh , aka Villy Frrritsh , of an over expose, popular 1928 silent film Spione by Fritz Lang and the mainstream classic film fans only under stand him on that. There are plenty of German folk song sang by sing Kurt Rieman.The three minstrel men would show up in a few more Heimat fantasy's .Will Fritsh sing to Maria Holst a song," Rosemarie,nope that Rosemarie,I love You, another song with the same name .With the Heimat film there is always celebration,the circus come to the country hick town.Oscar Sima is the ring master .Obviously That the reason why Mara is visiting her best friend Zonja ,cause she a hose ride in the circus. Holst,,You also have a fair and German folk dancing contest and some old ex Nazi officer who, who was let go in the Nuremberg trial,talking about the good old days,when Hitler was their Furor ,Ha!Ha!Ha! Just kidding .I'm referring to the scene in which Hans Stuw is being toasted by other friend at the table, at the fair .Well a murder happens in Heimatville.Some one has killed one of the citizens at night .One would suspect Hans Stuw.When he walking in the woods and find out the lion Tamer ,played by Karl Finkenzeller has killed dear meat for the lions. Hans Stu tries to stop him ,but Karl kills him.I still did not understand who killed the Heimat citizen and why the filmmaker only showed his feet and not the face .Still it's a good Heimat classic for those who include German Austrian film history. 05/19/14 Corrections 05/20/14 It was one of the policemen who got shot.It was the lion Tamer who shot him.He was killing dear for lion meat.That was a farewell at the fair.Sonja and Hans decide to leave their relative inn to stop him from hunting and not get caught. I also forgot to rate it.I just did . Also in the drug store there is a German version of the early Ivory soap box advertisement, on the counter ,in which years later ,in the United States another model would replace the one in the fifties and become top adult star,Marlyn Chambers