Waldrausch (1977 film)
- Uschi Glas: Princess
- Alexander Stephan: Ambros Lutz
- Siegfried Rauch: Krispin
- Kristina Nel: Beda
- Bernd Helfrich: Toni
- Adrian Hoven: Angelo
- Sigfrit Steiner forest Rauscher
- Gerhard Ried man: Mr. welfare mind
- Ralf Wolter: Rixner
- Rose Renée Roth: Hanna
- Paula Braend: Lahneggerin
- Anton Diffring: Prince
- Kathi Leitner: widow
- Hans Vonderthann
- Jana Böhm
- Helmuth Silbergasser
- Johann Stadlbauer
Forest Fever is a German film adaptation of Horst Hächler from the year 1977. It is after 1939 and 1962, the last date adaptation of the novel forest noise of Ganghofer.
Action
The farmers of Wildachtals in the Bavarian Alps are regularly hit by the floods of Wildach. Dead livestock and even human lives are always in danger, Toni saves just as his girlfriend Beda from the floods and falls over with his brother Crispin, who has also cast an eye on Beda, so much in dispute, that he that as younger brother must leave the village and lives there with a young widow.
The young architect Ambros Lutz has designed for his home village a dam, which is to save the inhabitants from flooding in the future. To him, the construction is transferred and he returns to his village after a long time. There is a dispute with the farmers who do not want to sell their forest property. Leader is the aggressive Krispin, who also incites the villagers, as Ambros brings over 150 Italian guest workers on the construction site, as it the dam can not finish as planned by the end of the year with only 50 workers from the village. The forest noise, with heavy fog associated storms, the work can also be increasingly difficult. The Italians strikes against the hatred of the villagers and things come to a head when the young orphan Annemel falls in love with the workers Nino.
Krispin intrigued not only against the Italians, but wants the returned to the village and relax by Ambros employed as a foreman Toni and his girlfriend Beda. He can forge a love letter from Toni to the widow, in which he confesses his love in Toni's name of the widow and invites them to the village. The widow appears as Toni works at the dam. It comes to the discussion of the widow with Bede. At night, Krispin sneaks into the bedroom of the widow and spends the night with her, where he pretends to be Toni.
Ambros, meanwhile, has fallen in love with the princess, with whom he plays in Chopin castle. Both finally spend a night of passion together. In just this night let heavy rains swell the Wildach. Floating debris clogged the locks of the dam under construction and threatens to destroy the building. In the end it is only possible through the cooperation of the Germans and Italians to solve the flotsam and prevent a disaster. In the morning clarify the fronts - including the forest noise has died down. The princess gets a visit from her much older husband, which forces intent on his good reputation to end the relationship with Ambros. The jealous Beda may Toni calm because he has proven to spent the night in the rooms of the locks. The resolute widow in turn decides that she will now marry Krispin, who has finally spent the night with her, and adds to his fate.
Production
The shooting took place until July 9, 1977 in Berchtesgaden and Salzburg on May 16. The world premiere of forest noise was in the spa light games in Berchtesgaden on September 7, 1977.
The music is by Ernst Brandner. The film also can be heard 3 -flat major, Op 69 No 2 Frédéric Chopin's B minor and Op 64 no.
Criticism
The lexicon of international film called forest noise as "a routine home staged piece with modest elements of the disaster movie", while the filmdienst forest noise called a "home tearjerker ".