Young Fritz is a Soviet short feature film by Grigory Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg based on the script by Samuel Marshak , written on the basis of the satirical poem of the same name. The film was shot in evacuation at the Central United Film Studio created in Almaty [1] .
| Young Fritz | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | political satire |
| Producer | Grigory Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg |
| Author script | |
| In the main cast | Mikhail Astangov Mikhail Zharov |
| Operator | |
| Composer | Leo Schwartz |
| Film company | |
| Duration | 30 min. |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1943 |
| IMDb | ID 0319584 |
The film was shot in a frankly eccentric manner with conditional scenery and masked characters [2] . The film did not appear on the screens and was put on the shelf [3] [4] .
Nelya Zokaya wrote about this film: “S.Marshak’s poem was filmed witty and famously, using a combined technique. <...> Tempo, rhythm, music, witty visual solution - this filigree miniature was a kind of masterpiece ” [5] .
Content
Story
The film tells in a satirical manner about the history of the education of a true Aryan , which is presented as a lecture by the professor of “antrepalogy” ( Maxim Strauh), who, as if with the keys, beats with his pointer on the skulls, demonstrating exhibits of the “pure race”. The biography of the young Fritz illustrating the lecture unfolds as a puppet action, where the young Fritz (Mikhail Zharov), initially reduced to the size of a newborn, begins to grow in his cradle and turns into a huge manger who walks his storm boots on the map of Europe, capturing it all.
At the end of the film, Fritz is placed in the Soviet zoo, because "for science, every reptile is needed."
Cast
- Mikhail Zharov - Fritz
- Mikhail Vysotsky - Pope Fritz
- Lydia Atmanaki - Fritz's mom
- Maxim Strauch - Professor of Antrepalogy
- Vsevolod Pudovkin - Gestapo officer
- Mikhail Astangov - Wehrmacht officer
- Ioannina Zheimo - Gertrude, a girl trapped in the Gestapo
- Konstantin Sorokin - Franz, Fritz’s fellow soldier
- Lyudmila Shabalina - guide in the Soviet zoo
- Tatyana Govorkova - Aunt Fritz (not in the credits)
- Lydia Koroleva - Fritz's bride (not in the credits)
- Nikolay Michurin - guest at the birthday party (not in the credits)
Camera crew
- Script writer: Samuel Marshak
- Director: Grigory Kozintsev , Leonid Trauberg
- Operator: Andrey Moskvin
- Artist: Eugene Eney
- Composer: Leo Schwartz
- Sound engineer: Ilya Volk
- Director of the picture: M. Shostak
Notes
- ↑ https://tass.ru/kultura/1920192
- ↑ http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/31/films/31026/
- ↑ https://www.vatnikstan.ru/culture/grigorii_kozintsev/
- ↑ http://jew-observer.com/yubilej/a-chto-by-skazal-na-eto-kozincev/
- ↑ Neya Zorkaya. Prophetic Dreams of Alma ‒ Ata // The Art of Cinema: Journal. - M, 1999. - No. 7 .