Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
La barquera María
English translation:
Ferryman Maria
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patinba
Apr 15, 2013 19:50
11 yrs ago
Spanish term
La barquera María
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Religion
This is actually the title of a work but I assume from the text that it refers to a biblical scene:
En diciembre de 1940 comienza a realizar las pinturas murales en el Cine-Arte de la calle Corrientes 1551. Aportó dos murales, en uno de ellos pintó el Martirio de Juana de Arco y en el otro La barquera María.
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En diciembre de 1940 comienza a realizar las pinturas murales en el Cine-Arte de la calle Corrientes 1551. Aportó dos murales, en uno de ellos pintó el Martirio de Juana de Arco y en el otro La barquera María.
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4 | Ferryman Maria | Charles Davis |
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Ferryman Maria
Title of a German film, usually left in German
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Note added at 14 mins (2013-04-15 20:05:07 GMT)
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In case you are interested:
Frank Wisbar was one of the many talented people working in the German film industry in the late 1920s-early 1930s. He was a producer, often working with Arnold Fanck; he produced MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM (directed by Leontine Sagan), and assisted on the production of Dreyer's VAMPYR. Obviously, this was a person with an interest in "alternative" cinema; his own work as a director also revealed his interest in non-mainstream cinema.
FAHRMANN MARIA is a fable of the occult. As such, it follows VAMPYR in trying to tell a narrative in terms of atmosphere and metaphor. The moody, shadow-shrouded cinematography is just so marvelously evocative; the settings show the great influence of Expressionist design. Yet this design is used to enhance the performances, particularly those of Sybille Schmitz (also one of the leads in VAMPYR) and Peter Voss.
Wisbar's highly promising career was cut short, as he was one of the many who fled the Nazi regime and wound up in the US; though many of the German emigres would succeed, quite a few wound up toiling in the nether regions of low-budget fare for Poverty Row studios. Wisbar, like Edgar Ulmer, was one of those who never quite made the leap to success in the major studios. Wisbar would remake FAHRMANN MARIA as THE STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP, but, though atmospheric, the mythic dimensions of FAHRMANN MARIA are contracted in the American settings. But FAHRMANN MARIA is one of the true classics of the Weimar cinema.
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Note added at 14 mins (2013-04-15 20:05:07 GMT)
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In case you are interested:
Frank Wisbar was one of the many talented people working in the German film industry in the late 1920s-early 1930s. He was a producer, often working with Arnold Fanck; he produced MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM (directed by Leontine Sagan), and assisted on the production of Dreyer's VAMPYR. Obviously, this was a person with an interest in "alternative" cinema; his own work as a director also revealed his interest in non-mainstream cinema.
FAHRMANN MARIA is a fable of the occult. As such, it follows VAMPYR in trying to tell a narrative in terms of atmosphere and metaphor. The moody, shadow-shrouded cinematography is just so marvelously evocative; the settings show the great influence of Expressionist design. Yet this design is used to enhance the performances, particularly those of Sybille Schmitz (also one of the leads in VAMPYR) and Peter Voss.
Wisbar's highly promising career was cut short, as he was one of the many who fled the Nazi regime and wound up in the US; though many of the German emigres would succeed, quite a few wound up toiling in the nether regions of low-budget fare for Poverty Row studios. Wisbar, like Edgar Ulmer, was one of those who never quite made the leap to success in the major studios. Wisbar would remake FAHRMANN MARIA as THE STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP, but, though atmospheric, the mythic dimensions of FAHRMANN MARIA are contracted in the American settings. But FAHRMANN MARIA is one of the true classics of the Weimar cinema.
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Charles Davis
: You beat me to it! // Interesting that they chose this film, which is not that well known. It was probably the damsel in the grip of death theme that appealed to them, like Joan of Arc.
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Thanks, Charles! Being on the wall of an Art Film theater made it highly likely that it would be film-related.
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Ferryman Maria
Given the date and the fact that it was for the "Cine-Arte", I think it probably refers to this. It's the title of a well-regarded German expressionist film of 1936 directed by Frank Wisbar and entitled in German Fährmann María. Its official English title was "Ferryman Maria", and in Spanish it's known as "La barquera Maria". Here's a summary:
"Maria, an enigmatic young drifter, takes over the job of piloting a tiny ferry in a small secluded village after the mysterious death of the former ferryman, and one night gives a ride to a wounded man. Later, when Death comes to claim his life, she tries to save him by engaging the Grim Reaper in a delirious dance of doom."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027653/
Presumably for this reason it was informally titled "Death and the Maiden" in the US, and that could be an alternative here (it's an old legend).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027653/
http://www.elantepenultimomohicano.com/2012/04/la-barquera-m...
I expect the mural showed Maria and Death.
I haven't really found anything else "La barquera María" could refer to. There is another South American legend about María Barquero or Barquera:
http://cronicaslca.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/un-personaje-de-l...
"Maria, an enigmatic young drifter, takes over the job of piloting a tiny ferry in a small secluded village after the mysterious death of the former ferryman, and one night gives a ride to a wounded man. Later, when Death comes to claim his life, she tries to save him by engaging the Grim Reaper in a delirious dance of doom."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027653/
Presumably for this reason it was informally titled "Death and the Maiden" in the US, and that could be an alternative here (it's an old legend).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027653/
http://www.elantepenultimomohicano.com/2012/04/la-barquera-m...
I expect the mural showed Maria and Death.
I haven't really found anything else "La barquera María" could refer to. There is another South American legend about María Barquero or Barquera:
http://cronicaslca.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/un-personaje-de-l...
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