Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

The Sleeping Beauty ( Original Title: Sleeping Beauty ), originally published in Germany under the name of Sleeping Beauty and the Prince, is the 16th full-length animated film the Walt Disney Studios and was released in 1959, the action is the fairy tale La Belle au Bois Dormant ( The. sleeping beauty in the woods ) by Charles Perrault basis.

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Action

Throughout the UK there is excitement because King Stefan had a daughter with his wife. From everywhere people come to see Aurora, the young princess. Among them is the friendly King Hubert, whose son is Prince Phillip once promised the newborn. Among the well-wishers are also the three fairies Flora, Fauna and sunshine, the Aurora want to give to each a gift. Before the third her magic can pronounce, the evil fairy Maleficent appears and shows the princess a curse. Before the sun goes down at the end of their 16th birthday, Aurora will prick herself on a spindle and die. But the third fairy has not yet pronounced their spells and weakens the evil curse of the evil fairy. Instead of dying, Aurora will now fall into a long sleep until they brought the kiss of true love.

In order to protect the princess from the machinations of Maleficent, pull the three fairies Aurora as a foundling on in a deep forest. Their only friends are the animals of the forest, but in her dreams she repeatedly encounters a prince. When suddenly a handsome, young man stands in front of her, the two fall in love instantly and arrange a meeting the next day. It is the day of her 16th birthday. The fairies are excited busy on this occasion, for roses, as they call Aurora to prepare some surprises. They get this into an argument about the color of the dress for Aurora, which degenerates into a barrage of spells. Widely visible as glowing sparks over the forest, the scouts of the evil fairy on the spectacle is so attentive and learns the whereabouts of the missing princess. Meanwhile, Aurora is aware of her true identity, and that is the great day of return to the castle today. When she finds out, however, that she is already promised to a prince, they fall whether their encounter in the forest in great sorrow.

Once in the castle, Aurora is left alone by the fairies with her ​​grief for a moment. At this moment the Princess of Maleficent in hypnosis is guided to a spindle - before the fairies intervene to Aurora stands and falls into a deep sleep. In order not to overthrow the castle in the curious waiting guests and especially the king in great suffering, the fairies put the entire castle into a deep sleep. Prince Phillip is under its way to the agreed meeting with the Princess - it's Aurora's chance encounter. He gets into an ambush by Maleficent, who abducted him in her dark castle to keep him away from Aurora. The three fairies launch a rescue operation and free the prince. Prince Phillip riding immediately to the royal castle, but which is isolated from Maleficent with a dense thorn forest. When Prince Phillip can successfully beat through the branches, the witch turns into a dragon. But the prince can set a deadly sting. He rushes to Aurora and gives her the kiss of true love, whereupon Aurora and the entire castle awaken.

Background

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As with Cinderella ( 1950), the Disney Studios chose a fairy tale by Charles Perrault template.

Through the love of the painter Eyvind Earle to the architecture and painting of the Middle Ages, the film stands out artistically. The stylistic elements of the Gothic and Renaissance merge. Because of the stylistic turning point of the painters differed from the previously round and soft forms, which were still clearly recognizable in Snow White, Aurora and let appear sharp and angular.

The film was not only with stereo sound in theaters, but has also been presented as a second Disney film for " Lady and the Tramp " in the widescreen process Technirama 70. The Disney film technicians and special effects expert Ub Iwerks developed its own anamorphic wide-angle lens for capturing images.

If you look closely you can see that some of the characters of the film Sleeping Beauty are models of Shrek characters. For example, from a cloud vortex -winning castle of the sleeping princess, the design of the dragon and the singing contest of the princess and the birds.

The budget was about 7 million U.S. dollars, which must be justified inter alia by the extremely expensive technology. Although the film was a box office earnings of approximately 3 million U.S. dollars one of the most successful films of those times, yet he brought no profit.

According to a statement from Prince Philip in the movie, the action takes place in the 14th century.

2012 began filming Maleficent - The dark fairy, an adaptation of the animated film as a live-action adaptation. Angelina Jolie will be seen here as Maleficent ( Maleficent ), while Elle Fanning Princess Aurora embodies. The film tells the story of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil fairy Maleficent. The German theatrical release is scheduled for 29 May 2014.

Premieres

The world premiere of the fairy tale film was on 29 January 1959 in the U.S., the German premiere on October 30, 1959 in the Federal Republic and on 10 October 1969 in the cinemas of the GDR. In the U.S., there was also in 1970, 1979 and 1986 revivals. On video, the film was in 1986 in the U.S. and 1996 available in Germany.

Synchronization

The German synchronous processing originated in 1959 in the studios of the Simoton Film GmbH Berlin. For transcripts and synchronous Directed by Hans F. Wilhelm was responsible.

Reviews

"The film boasts a cartoon technical virtuosity, but the accumulation of camera movements and effects reveals more artificiality and sterility that were a joke and the heat of earlier masterpieces in stark contrast. Special distinction should be obtained by the adapted music by Tchaikovsky " Sleeping Beauty ," and yet many of the fresh, original songs missing his earlier films, such as the yodel song of the dwarves from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "

" The last of the great fairy tales Disney should at that time to crown His work, however, was scorned by critics. From today's perspective it should be noted that the studio never been a better implementation of human figures in the cartoon [ ... ] succeeded. Tchaikovsky's music proved itself extremely well, but above all the work of the background painter Eywind Earl is noteworthy that drew inspiration from the Book of Hours of the Duc Duberry. Maleficent, the evil fairy, is one of the darkest Disney characters ever. You and numerous horror scenes make the film seem less appropriate for smaller children. "

The Film Review Board Wiesbaden gave the production value the predicate.

Media

Publications

  • Sleeping Beauty. Special Collection - Deluxe Edition. Double - DVD. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2002.
  • Sleeping Beauty. 2-Disc Limited Edition Platinum. Blu -ray, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2008.

Soundtrack

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Bruns, Tom Adair, Sammy Fain, Ted Sears, Jack Lawrence, Winston Hibler, Erdman Penner H.: Sleeping Beauty. An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack. Classic Soundtrack Series. Walt Disney Records, Burbank 1996, Media -No. 60881-7, ISBN 1-55723-770-0.

Awards

Sleeping Beauty "( Music Film ) Best Music " was nominated for the Academy Awards 1960 in the category.

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