Doesn't he just? The film is from 1981, so just before Schimanski, and way before he reinvented himself as a middle aged critically praised character actor. But like I said, he's fantastic in the part. Great job, casting people!
Was about to ask if "without a wig" was an actual thing but then I remembered that Fritz wore his own hair in Rheinsberg, if I remember correctly. Although that doesn't say anything about FW of course
I don't know about FW as a young King, either, but yes, Fritz as a young man - even as a young King - did go without a wig often enough for some envoys to include it in their "hot or not?" reports. And I think at least one of the reports on young MT mentions her, along with the simple dresses she wears on non-festive ways, not always donning a wig. It's always worth reminding that the way all these monarchs look on portraits, in full state robes and splendid get up, was not how they walked around on a day to day basis. And as long as you are young and still have your full hair, and are someone who works a lot, I imagine removing your wig now and then is a temptation. For FW in particular, since he scorned all the court ceremonies and splendor so much it could also be a statement, though I note in the movie he only has the wig off in intimate surroundings - in the first meeting scene, he, Gundling and Creutz are alone in FW's study and FW is working - and on whenever he's with a greater number of people.
Golden Hats!?
He. Even for his beloved Potsdam Giants, I doubt FW would have forked over the money. Maybe whichever material was used in the original uniforms didn't photograph well?
Grumbkow: Like I said, the movie doesn't identify him or give him any lines at all. I only know who this is supposed to be from the descriptions in the novel. (The movie cut down the speaking Tobacco College members to Forcade - who gets humiliated when FW is making read a petition out loud, which shows Forcade can barely read - and Old Dessauer (the one with the eyepatch).
The kid playing Fritz does look adorable. It's a shame that "Der Thronfolger" is no longer online, for the kid playing Fritz there in the first ten minutes does, too.
Old Dessauer: well, Seckendorff's late 18th century biographer is convinced he was the most evil, vile-tempered man of the century. *g* Whereas Grumbkow was accused of many things, but an unability to keep his temper was not one of them....
ETA: I forgot re: library - I don't know, but I suspect Prague. Because filming historical movies in Prague became a thing for Western producers in the 1980s, notably for Amadeus, of course, and that library looks very much like the one on the Hradschin.
Re: Der König und sein Narr: Screencaps
Doesn't he just? The film is from 1981, so just before Schimanski, and way before he reinvented himself as a middle aged critically praised character actor. But like I said, he's fantastic in the part. Great job, casting people!
Was about to ask if "without a wig" was an actual thing but then I remembered that Fritz wore his own hair in Rheinsberg, if I remember correctly. Although that doesn't say anything about FW of course
I don't know about FW as a young King, either, but yes, Fritz as a young man - even as a young King - did go without a wig often enough for some envoys to include it in their "hot or not?" reports. And I think at least one of the reports on young MT mentions her, along with the simple dresses she wears on non-festive ways, not always donning a wig. It's always worth reminding that the way all these monarchs look on portraits, in full state robes and splendid get up, was not how they walked around on a day to day basis. And as long as you are young and still have your full hair, and are someone who works a lot, I imagine removing your wig now and then is a temptation. For FW in particular, since he scorned all the court ceremonies and splendor so much it could also be a statement, though I note in the movie he only has the wig off in intimate surroundings - in the first meeting scene, he, Gundling and Creutz are alone in FW's study and FW is working - and on whenever he's with a greater number of people.
Golden Hats!?
He. Even for his beloved Potsdam Giants, I doubt FW would have forked over the money. Maybe whichever material was used in the original uniforms didn't photograph well?
Grumbkow: Like I said, the movie doesn't identify him or give him any lines at all. I only know who this is supposed to be from the descriptions in the novel. (The movie cut down the speaking Tobacco College members to Forcade - who gets humiliated when FW is making read a petition out loud, which shows Forcade can barely read - and Old Dessauer (the one with the eyepatch).
The kid playing Fritz does look adorable. It's a shame that "Der Thronfolger" is no longer online, for the kid playing Fritz there in the first ten minutes does, too.
Old Dessauer: well, Seckendorff's late 18th century biographer is convinced he was the most evil, vile-tempered man of the century. *g* Whereas Grumbkow was accused of many things, but an unability to keep his temper was not one of them....
ETA: I forgot re: library - I don't know, but I suspect Prague. Because filming historical movies in Prague became a thing for Western producers in the 1980s, notably for Amadeus, of course, and that library looks very much like the one on the Hradschin.