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Mitteleuropa, Baden - Die Altweibermühle in der Wolfacher Fastnacht

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Mitteleuropa, Baden - Die Altweibermühle in der Wolfacher Fastnacht
Alternative Title
Central Europe, Baden - The "Altweibermühle" [Old Wives' Mill] of the Wolfach Shrovetide
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IWF SignatureE 2455
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Production Year1977

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IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, LT, 398 m ; F, 36 1/2 min

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Abstract
German
German
Das Singspiel mit gesprochenen Zwischentexten wird nach dem Rosenmontagszug auf dem Marktplatz aufgeführt. Brauchträger ist die "Freie Narrenzunft". Akteure: Sprecher, Müller, Weber - Weberin, Hanswurst - Weib, Schneider - Schneiderin, Schuster - Schusterin, Bauer - Bäuerin, Schreiber - Schreiberin, Chor der Männer und Weiber, Kapelle. Inhalt des Spiels: In der Mühle werden die Eheweiber auf Wunsch ihrer Männer verjüngt. Nachher verschmähen sie aber ihren alten Gatten und folgen jungen Kavalieren nach. Beim Hanswurstweib versagt die Mühle. Sie wird älter und häßlicher.
English
English
The musical comedy with spoken insertions is performed after the Shrove Monday's carnival parade in the market-place. The performance is organized by the "Freie Narrenzunft" (Free Fool's Company). Actors: speaker, miller, weaver - weaver's wife, buffoon - buffoon's wife, taylor - taylor's wife, cobbler - cobbler's wife, peasant - peasant's wife, clerk - clerk's wife, chorus of men and women, band. Subject of the play: At their husband's desire the wives are rejuvenated in the mill, but afterwards reject their old husbands and follow youg gallants. As the buffoon also wants his wife to be rejuvenated, the mill fails and the buffoon's wife is older and uglier than ever before.
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German
German
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English