Wolfgang Wahl and Romy Schneider in Scampolo (1958)
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, no. 1116. Photo: Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), Berlin-Tempelhof. Wolfgang Wahl and Romy Schneider in Scampolo (Alfred Weidenmann, 1958).
Romy Schneider (1938-1982) was one of the most beautiful and intelligent actors of her generation. Nearly 40 years after her death she still has an immense popular appeal.
In the German production Scampolo (Alfred Weidenmann, 1958), Romy starred as a young, poor orphan who lives on the Italian island Ischia. Scampolo works as a tourist guide and for a laundress (Elisabeth Flickenschildt). She falls in love with a handsome but poor architect (Paul Hubschmid) who hopes to win a design competition. Scampolo intercedes on his behalf with the minister (Viktor de Kowa) and helps him to make his dream come true. Scampolo (translation: remnant) was loosely based on a play by Dario Niccodemi. It was not the first film adaptation. In 1917 there was already an Italian silent film directed by Giuseppe Sterni with Margot Pellegrinetti as Scampolo. Silent film diva Carmen Boni played her also in a 1928 Italian production directed by Augusto Genina. This version has been recently rediscovered and restored by the Bologna cinematheque. Four years later Hans Steinhoff made a sound version in Germany starring Dolly Haas, Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße/Scampolo a Child of the Streets (1932). This time Scampolo has nowhere to live in Berlin and must sleep rough. Steinhoff also directed a French-language version, Un peu d'amour/A Bit of Love (1932), starring Madeleine Ozeray. In 1941 followed another Italian version, Scampolo (Nunzio Malasomma, 1941) with Lilia Silvi and in 1953 yet a new Italian adaptation Scampolo 53 (Giorgio Bianchi, 1953) starring Maria Fiori. The 1958 version with Romy Schneider was the last film adaptation, till now.
Scampolo was only the second film young idol Romy Schneider made after the hugely popular Sissi trilogy. The cast included well-known actors as Paul Hubschmid, Georg Thomalla, Eva Maria Meineke, Franca Parisi, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Willy Millowitsch, Walter Rilla, and Viktor de Kowa, but Schneider was the heart of the film. Marcin Kukuczka at IMDb: "Romy Schneider is great! The fact that Scampolo was filmed just after the third part of Sissi is too significant not to be skipped. Romy was considered to fit best to 'royal roles' by a number of people. Partly, thanks to Scampolo, she proved that she was talented at multiple levels." The comedy was shot on Ischia Island in Italy with wonderful cinematography by Bruno Mondi, who had also shot the Sissi films. Mondi had already started in the silent era as a camera assistant for Fritz Lang's Der Müde Tod (1921). During World War II, he worked with director Veit Harlan on the anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß (1940). After the war, Mondi went on working at films without any problems and shot socialist-style re-education films in the Soviet zone like Wozzeck (Georg C. Klaren, 1947) and Rotation (Wolfgang Staudte, 1949). StateofThings at IMDb: "Bruno Mondi is a luminous example for a brilliant and inventive cameraman and a frightening example for a perfect technician, not asking for the aim of his work."
Sources: James Travers (French Film Site), Filmreference.com, Wikipedia (English and German), and IMDb.
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Wolfgang Wahl and Romy Schneider in Scampolo (1958)
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, no. 1116. Photo: Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (UFA), Berlin-Tempelhof. Wolfgang Wahl and Romy Schneider in Scampolo (Alfred Weidenmann, 1958).
Romy Schneider (1938-1982) was one of the most beautiful and intelligent actors of her generation. Nearly 40 years after her death she still has an immense popular appeal.
In the German production Scampolo (Alfred Weidenmann, 1958), Romy starred as a young, poor orphan who lives on the Italian island Ischia. Scampolo works as a tourist guide and for a laundress (Elisabeth Flickenschildt). She falls in love with a handsome but poor architect (Paul Hubschmid) who hopes to win a design competition. Scampolo intercedes on his behalf with the minister (Viktor de Kowa) and helps him to make his dream come true. Scampolo (translation: remnant) was loosely based on a play by Dario Niccodemi. It was not the first film adaptation. In 1917 there was already an Italian silent film directed by Giuseppe Sterni with Margot Pellegrinetti as Scampolo. Silent film diva Carmen Boni played her also in a 1928 Italian production directed by Augusto Genina. This version has been recently rediscovered and restored by the Bologna cinematheque. Four years later Hans Steinhoff made a sound version in Germany starring Dolly Haas, Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße/Scampolo a Child of the Streets (1932). This time Scampolo has nowhere to live in Berlin and must sleep rough. Steinhoff also directed a French-language version, Un peu d'amour/A Bit of Love (1932), starring Madeleine Ozeray. In 1941 followed another Italian version, Scampolo (Nunzio Malasomma, 1941) with Lilia Silvi and in 1953 yet a new Italian adaptation Scampolo 53 (Giorgio Bianchi, 1953) starring Maria Fiori. The 1958 version with Romy Schneider was the last film adaptation, till now.
Scampolo was only the second film young idol Romy Schneider made after the hugely popular Sissi trilogy. The cast included well-known actors as Paul Hubschmid, Georg Thomalla, Eva Maria Meineke, Franca Parisi, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Willy Millowitsch, Walter Rilla, and Viktor de Kowa, but Schneider was the heart of the film. Marcin Kukuczka at IMDb: "Romy Schneider is great! The fact that Scampolo was filmed just after the third part of Sissi is too significant not to be skipped. Romy was considered to fit best to 'royal roles' by a number of people. Partly, thanks to Scampolo, she proved that she was talented at multiple levels." The comedy was shot on Ischia Island in Italy with wonderful cinematography by Bruno Mondi, who had also shot the Sissi films. Mondi had already started in the silent era as a camera assistant for Fritz Lang's Der Müde Tod (1921). During World War II, he worked with director Veit Harlan on the anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß (1940). After the war, Mondi went on working at films without any problems and shot socialist-style re-education films in the Soviet zone like Wozzeck (Georg C. Klaren, 1947) and Rotation (Wolfgang Staudte, 1949). StateofThings at IMDb: "Bruno Mondi is a luminous example for a brilliant and inventive cameraman and a frightening example for a perfect technician, not asking for the aim of his work."
Sources: James Travers (French Film Site), Filmreference.com, Wikipedia (English and German), and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.