Krambambuli ou l’adaptation d’un classique de la littérature et du cinéma

Abstract

In 1998, Felix Mitterer wrote the screenplay for the film Krambambuli, an adaptation of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach’s story that has become a classic of Austrian literature, but also of German-language cinema. Indeed, four adaptations of this text from the end of the 19th century preceded the 1998 version, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger. The aim of the contribution is to analyse this film by situating it in relation to the literary source, but also to the adaptations that preceded it, which are associated with the Heimatfilm. The Mitterer/Schwarzenberger film renews this tradition, opting for a clear reference to the Western genre, while going beyond it by giving an important place to the female characters, who are generally in the background in this type of film and very secondary in Ebner-Eschenbach’s story.

Keywords

• Mitterer
• Ebner-Eschenbach
• Antel
• film adaptation
• Heimatfilm
• western