The man who knew 75 languages
The man who KNEW 75 languageS. an animaDOC / DOCUFEATURE about the langauge geinus Georg Julius Justus Sauerwein (1831-1904).
A great talent finds the love of his life in a princess he never can get. Thwarted in love, he dedicates his life to the struggle of minorities in Europe.
This film is about the remarkable life of a poor priest's son, Georg Julius Justus Sauerwein (born 1831 in Hanover, died 1904 in Christiania/Oslo), and his lifelong love for Princess Elisabeth of Wied, later Queen of Romania.
As a young man, he was invited to the court to be her tutor, and helped her develop her artistic gifts immensely as such. Their friendship, along with his increased affection for her, could not be tolerated, and he was banished from the royal court.
Pining for Elisabeth, he put all his energy into fighting for minorities and their right to speak their native languages. In his day, he was the most vilified person in the German press, seen as a traitor to the German empire. Elisabeth later became the first Queen of Romania, and Georg and Elisabeth stayed in touch by sending each other letters, books and articles.
“ EMBLA FILM in coproduction with FUMI STUDIO & FRALITA FILMS
”with the support of
Western Norway Film Centre
Norwegian Film Institute
Polish Film Institute
Lithuanian Film Centre”
1 “COMPOSER
Olav Øyehaug”
”DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Gvidas Kovėra”
2 “PRODUCERS
Trude Refsahl Anne Magnussen Mateusz Michalak Živilė Gallego”
3 “CO-DIRECTOR, ANIMATION DIRECTOR
Paweł Dębski”
4 “WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Anne Magnussen”
END CREDITS
GEORG SAUERWEIN Justas Valinskas
ELISABETH PRINCESS OF WIED Anastasija Marčenkaitė
ELISABETH QUEEN OF ROMANIA, MARI URO Valda Bičkutė
PRIEST, KOCOR, SERVANT Gintaras Liutkevičius
BARON VON BUNSEN, NORRIS, AASEN Ervinas Peteraitis
FRANZ VON ROGGENBACH, VYDŪNAS, ATTACKER Šarūnas Datenis
DUCHESS MARIE, PIANIST Eglė Lekštutytė
GEORG’S FATHER, KING KARL, FARM WORKER Tauras Čižas
BISMARCK, OWNER OF TOFTE FARM Antanas Surgailis
GEORG SAUERWEIN AS A BOY Gabrielius Dikčius
OLINE, RROM GIRL Ema Štopaitė
OLINE 1 YEAR Auksė Lapeikaitė
STAND-IN ELISABETH ON HORSEBACK Johanna Kunz
BOATMAN IN SPREEWALD Lea Kunz
BOOK PRINTER Tore Aarflot
CHILDREN FROM GRUND - UND OBERSCHULE BURG (SPREEWALD)
VOICE ACTORS
GEORG SAUERWEIN Robert Günschmann
GEORG SAUERWEIN (AS A BOY) Robert Clark
ELISABETH PRINCESS OF WIED Julia Streich
ELISABETH QUEEN OF ROMANIA Kaja Sesterhenn
DUCHESS MARIE Claire Perreau
FRANZ VON ROGGENBACH Markus Czygan
BARON VON BUNSEN Jean-Claude Knobbe
KORLA AWGUST KOCOR Mirko Brankatschk
VILHELMAS STOROSTAS-VYDŪNAS Justas Valinskas
EDWIN NORRIS Dan Wesker
COMMISSIONER Peter Seaton-Clark
GEORG’S FATHER Florian Wischnewsky
PALACE SERVANT, ATTACKER, PRIEST IN LITHUANIA, KING KARL Felix Kerkhoff
RROM GIRL Charley Clark
LITTLE OLINE Charlotte Spakmo Boe
THE PIANIST Hilde Vehusheia
THE OWNER OF TOFTE Bjørn Sigurd Glorvigen
IVAR AASEN, FARM WORKER Christian Wiik Gjerde
SCRIPT Anne Magnussen
Igor Devold
STORYBOARD AND ART DIRECTOR Gustav Kvaal
SCRIPT CONSULTANTS Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
Christopher Grøndahl
Karen Kaltenborn Nothstein
Laimonas Puišys
DIRECTOR Anne Magnussen
CO-DIRECTOR Paweł Dębski
PRODUCERS Trude Refsahl
Anne Magnussen
Mateusz Michalak
Živilė Gallego
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Gvidas Kovėra
COMPOSER Olav Øyehaug
EDITOR Paweł Dębski
Beata Walentowska
SOUND DESIGN Thomas Angell Endresen
PRODUCER’S ASSISTANTS, NORWAY Susanne Bille
Jan Lorbach
Annelie Hanf
Helene Kårbø
Ingebjørg Aarhus Braseth
She Fah Szetu
RESEARCH Oskar Vistdal
Laimonas Puišys
Eckhard Grastorf
HISTORY CONSULTANT Domas Kaunas
HEAD OF PRODUCTION, POLAND Maria Deskur
PRODUCER’S ASSISTANT, POLAND Alicja Korek
HEAD OF ANIMATION Paweł Dębski
ANIMATION Agnieszka Borowa
Andrzej Bzdak
Paweł Dębski
My Eklund
Juan Forero
Dawid Jezierski
Katarzyna Melnyk
Natalia Ngujen
Magdalen Orzech
Amanda Piejak
Dariusz Pietrzak
Jakub Wroński
Anna Ziółkowska-Belter
COLOUR ARTISTS Asia Godlewska
Dawid Jezierski
Magdalena Orzech
Maciej Specjalski
Marcin Senderowicz
Tomasz Zawadzki
SHADE ARTISTS Paweł Dębski
Katrzyna Melnyk
Amanda Piejak
Justyna Załęska
Anna Ziółkowska-Belter
Jędrzej Żwiruk
DECORATIONS Paula Nędzarek
Justyna Załęska
COMPOSITING Paweł Dębski
Asia Godlewska
Mateusz Michalak
Maciej Specjalski
Jędrzej Żwiruk
ANIMATION COORDINATOR Mateusz Michalak
END TITLES Paweł Dębski
Mateusz Michalak
PRODUCTION COOPERATION Piotr Furmankiewicz
Jan Ptasiński
FILM ACCOUNTANT, POLAND Ela Budkiewicz
PRODUCTION MANAGER, LITHUANIA Vita Simaškaitė
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, LITHUANIA Giedrė Burokaitė
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT TRAINEE, LITHUANIA Lukas Naraškevičius
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Inga Paškevičiūtė
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PRE-PRODUCTION) Jovilė Milerytė
CASTING DIRECTOR Dalia Survilaitė-Dekšnienė
COSTUME DESIGNER Neringa Keršulytė
COSTUME DESIGNER’S ASSISTANT Gretė Skališiūtė
COSTUME DESIGNER’S ASSISTANT TRAINEE Virginija Valeišaitė
COSTUME DESIGNER’S ASSISTANT TRAINEE Lukas Juodis
KEY HAIR & MAKE UP Giedrė Jarockaitė
MAKE UP ARTIST ASSISTANT Dovilė Kubrakovaitė
GAFFER Lukas Žentalis
DIT, PROPS ON SET Robertas Nevecka
FRALITA FILMS ACCOUNTANT Silvinija Simonaitytė
FILM ACCOUNTANT, LITHUANIA Kotryna Taraškaitė
SET PHOTOGRAPHER, LITHUANIA Gintas Beržinskas
FILM PUBLICIST, LITHUANIA Aura Mykolaitytė
TRANSLATORS, PROOF READERS Isabel Andrea Odriozola
Matt Cunningham
Elke Larsen
Tobias Geis
Ona Stanaitienė
Aldona Burokaitė
Laimonas Vaičius
GERMAN LANGUAGE COACH Elke L. Larsen
ENGLISH LANGUAGE COACH Nicola Seaton-Clark
LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE COACH Justas Valinskas
LOWER SORBIAN LANGUAGE COACH Johanna Kunz
LOWER SORBIAN LANGUAGE COACH Teresa Stübner
NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE COACH Jan Torgeir Lindsøe
Bjørn Sigurd Glorvigen
WELSH LANGUAGE COACH Alexander Falileyev
RROM LANGUAGE COACH Marcel Courthiade
LOCATION STILLS, LONDON Anne Magnussen
LOCATION STILLS, GÖTTINGEN Martin Liebetruth
LOCATION STILLS, ROMANIA Loredana Bruma
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, LEIPZIG Nicola Seaton-Clark, Offstimme
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, BUCHAREST Gabriela Baciu
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, LONDON Rosemary Hester Wahby
LOCATION ADVISERS, NORWAY Geirr Vetti
Jan Torgeir Lindsøe
LOCATION ADVISER, SPREEWALD Johanna Kunz
MARKETING ADVISER Arild Mehn-Andersen
FINANCING CONSULTANT Kristine Knudsen
ARCHIVE STOCK FOOTAGE EMBLA FILM AS
FILM ACCOUNTANTS, NORWAY Jannicke Gundersen
Christian Tveit
FILM INSURANCE, NORWAY Codan Forsikring
INSURANCE, LITHUANIA COLEMONT Continental Media Assurances
AUDITOR, NORWAY Helge Frosta
MUSIC
Ein Fjelldans onde Bjørkom Composer Inger Bang Lund, lyrics Georg Sauerwein
Song „Lietuviais esame mes gimę“ LRT Lithuanian Radio and Television Archives
Composer Stasys Šimkus, lyrics Georg Sauerwein
LITHUANIAN FOLK SONG Mano tėvelis buvo kalvelis
“THE NATIONAL M.K.ČIURLIONIS SCHOOL OF ART
3-5 GRADE CHILDREN ENSEMBLE PERFORMERS” Emilija Lapėnaitė
Marius Rinkevičius
Saulė Dovydėnaitė
Auksė Dovydėnaitė
Ieva Marija Daugirdaitė
“THE NATIONAL M.K.ČIURLIONIS SCHOOL OF ART
3-5 GRADE CHILDREN ENSEMBLE LEADER” Saulė Kriščiūnaitė
LITHUANIAN FOLK SONG Eisva mudu abudu
“MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY FOLK
SONGS ENSEMBLE „RITINGO“ PERFORMERS” Lina Daugintytė
Julija Palaimaitė
Žygimantas Matusevičius
Stasys Zelenekas
“MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY FOLK
SONGS EMSEMBLE “”RITINGO”” LEADER” Arvydas Kirda
MUSIC RECORDING SUPERVISOR Jonas Jocys
SONGS RECORDING STUDIO Garso Dizaino Studija
ROZTYLA / ACH MOJA GOLA Korla Awgust Kocor
CONDUCTOR István Kobjela
SINGERS Thomas Ziesch
Anna-Maria Brankatschk
Lisa Zschornack
István Kobjela
CHOR DER SORBISCHEN GRUNDSCHULE BAUTZEN
Royalty free music licensed by www.stockmusic.net :
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049: III - Presto
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, RV 522: I - Allegro A minor
STUDIO, LEIPZIG Bromologic Tonstudio
SOUND ENGINEER Patrick Becker
STUDIO, BAUTZEN SAEK Bautzen
SOUND ENGINEER Michael Ziesch
STUDIO, OSLO Nitro Lydstudio AS
SOUND ENGINEER Anders Ellingsen
THIS FILM WAS SUPPORTED BY
“WESTERN NORWAY FILM CENTRE + logo
Line Sandsmark
Gry Elise Skjæveland
Lars Skorpen”
“NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE + logo
Film Consultant Maria Fuglevaag Warsinska-Varsi
Film Consultant Even Gottfred Benestad
Senior Advisor Production Ola Hunnes”
“POLISH FILM INSTITUTE + logo
GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE Magdalena Środa”
LITHUANIAN FILM CENTER + logo GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE LITHUANIAN FILM CENTRE: Rolandas Kvietkauskas
“FOND FOR LYD OG BILDE + logo
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FRITT ORD + logo
“EAST NORWEGIAN FILM CENTER + logo
Arngrim Ytterhus”
MEDIA LOGO https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about-eacea/visual-identity_en
“DOVRE KOMMUNE + logo
Inge Morten Angård”
“YLE + logo
Jenny Westergård”
“NRK + logo
Marie Sjo”
Developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop, a programme financed by the CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.
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Film produced in partnership with
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“NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OFFICE IN LITHUANIA
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This film would not have materialized without Oskar Vistdal’s comprehensive biography Georg Saurwein – europear og døl (2000).
The producers are much obliged to him for the free use of his indispensable monograph and helpful counselling.
THANKS TO
FÜRSTENHAUS WIED S. D. Carl Fürst zu Wied
FORSCHUNGSSTELLE CARMEN SYLVA Dr. Silvia Irina Zimmermann
FÜRSTLICH WIEDISCHES ARCHIV Dr. Hans-Jürgen Krüger
ROENTGEN-MUSEUM NEUWIED Bernd Willscheid
BÜRGERMEISTER GRONAU Karl-Heinz Gieseler
STADTARCHIV GRONAU (LEINE) Konstanze Weinmeister
Edeltraut Scholz
FREILANDMUSEUM LEHDE Roswitha Winter
WENDISHES MUSEUM COTTBUS Kliem, Christina
SORBISCHES INSTITUT E.V. Dietrich Scholze
Franc Schöne
PELES CASTLE Anca Hogea
PELES CASINO Marin Cazacu
ŠILUTE HUGO SHEU MUSEUM Roza Šikšnienė
RUMSISKES MUSEUM Alvyda Jociuvienė
PAGEGIAI REGION TOURISM INFORMATION CENTRE Ilona Meirė
BUDSJORD - PILEGRIMSGÅRDEN Erik Fenstad Langdalen
TOFTE GÅRD Olav Tofte
GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITÄT GÖTTINGEN
NIEDERSÄCHSISCHE STAATS- UND UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK GÖTTINGEN
LEINEGARTEN
VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
VANAGAI EVANGELIC LUTHERAN CHURCH
LITHUANIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Ivar Aasen tunet, Ottar Grepstad, Jane Odriozola, Asbjørn Moen, Jo Gjerstad, Morten Øvreås, Richard Fauskrud, Maihaugen museum, Guri Velure, Opplandsarkivet, Marit Hosar, Gudbrandsdalmusea, Ola Tovmo, Dovre kommune, Rune Pettersen, Else Hole Ulekleiv, Skåri Fjellgard, Geirr Vetti, Turkopp, Bente Florelius, Irmelin Nordahl, Stine Tveten, Inge Tennvik, Vigdis Nilsen, Pandora Film as, Norsk Filmutvikling, Richard Dalitz, Stefan Brankatschk, Dietrich Scholze, Klaus-Peter Jannash, Roland Marti, Juro Mětšk, Tomasz Nawka, Georg Sauerwein, BalanceFilm, Grit Wißkirchen, Ralf Kukula, Soon-Mi Peten, Aušra Lukošiūnienė, Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, Irma Šimanskytė, Audrius Kuprevičius, Sonata Žalneravičiūtė,Lina Kaminskaitė-Jančorienė, Kornelijus Matuzevičius, Ramunė Rakauskaitė, Ramūnas Škikas, Juozas Širvinskas, Juozas Javaitis, Thibaud Gallego, Audronis Imbrasas, Jolita Balandytė, Agnė Tuskevičiūtė, Šalnė Bučiūtė, Asta Dirmaitė, Algirdas Latėnas, Lina Janušauskienė, Giedrė Kerienė, Inesa Kurklietytė, Indrė Skablauskaitė.
“AN OFFICIAL COPRODUCTION BETWEEN NORWAY, POLAND AND LITHUANIA
UNDER THE EUROPEAN TREATY OF COPRODUCTION OF 2/10/1992.”
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