Allerleirauh (2012)
A king is married to a woman with golden hair. The queen falls ill, and realising she’s going to die she asks her husband that, if he’d ever remarry, it would be only to a woman as beautiful as her with the same golden hair. Unfortunately, the only one to fit the description is his own daughter, Princess Lotte. He decides to marry her. All she can do is flee. She dirties her face and hands with soot and escapes.
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Blistering performances.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
"Allerleirauh" is a German movie from 2012, so this one has its 5th anniversary this year. The director is Christian Theede and the writer duo are Dieter Bongartz and Leonie Bongartz and all three of them have worked on other fairy tale production for the small screen here in Germany already, which means their contribution here is not too surprising. At under 1 hour, it is not a long movie and of course the original base material is by the Brothers Grimm. I must admit that I found it somewhat difficult to really find a connection with this one we have here. Some of it may have to do with the fact that Confurius and Kaczmarczyk are not really among my very favorite actors admittedly and their performances in here did not change it. I found especially Kaczmarczyk somewhat unlikable and it's tough to cheer for him at all. Confurius does what she has to do, but is also never memorable at all. Maybe one reason why this tale is not known as many other (I am sure very few know the title even here in Germany) may have to do with the pretty bizarre father-daughter relationship early on. And it's maybe a bit of a taboo, now even more than when the Grimms wrote it. But also the story, in which soup plays a major role, never had me on the edge of my seat at all. The cast may include some good names like Schmeide, Noethen and Karl, but this film is never a rewarding watch. I have seen quite a few superior of these television fairy tale movies from the last decade. Thumbs down from me. Don't watch.