Poil de carotte (1925)

Fri 17.03.
19:00

Director
Julien Duvivier
France / 1925
108 min. / DCP / French Intertitles and English subtitles
with
André Heuzé, Henry Krauss,Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
Original language
silent
Cinema
Arsenal 1
zu dem Kalender
Introduction: Gerhard Midding; at the piano: Richard Siedhoff

POIL DE CAROTTE is a children's drama set in the French province. The main character, called Poil de carotte because of his red hair, has an indifferent father (Henry Krauss), an unjust and spiteful mother (Charlotte Barbier-Krauss), and two good-for-nothing, yet disproportionately favored older siblings. The parents’ marriage is hopelessly broken. An intertitle characterizes the mother as a liar and a chatterbox. On top of that, like an unpredictable force of nature, the mean-spirited woman repeatedly lashes out against Poil de carotte, a lovable, lively child whose spirits are already systematically being driven out of him. (re/fl)