The Front’s leader was given a suspended prison sentence and fined for the stolen gnomes. Over the course of the year, they stole over 150 gnomes from gardens and “freed them from a life of miserable solitude” by returning them to the forests. The Exploitation (and Liberation) of the Innocentįueled by the belief that garden gnomes were being ripped from their northern woodland homes and enslaved into forced garden-work, in 1997 a group of Frenchmen formed le Front pour la Libération des Nains de Jardin ( the Garden Gnome Liberation Front). Influenced by Disney, manufacturers started to diversify the gnome’s range of activities (playing music, fishing, playing sports etc.) Today it is estimated that there are 20 million garden gnomes in Germany- that is one for every 4 Germans!
This began the true golden age of garden gnomes. In 1960 the first plastic gnomes were manufactured in Germany. When it resumed after WWII, the image of the gnome changed, influenced by Disney’s 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to reflect the more happy-go-lucky appearance of the Disney gnomes. Thus was born the cheerful character who graces so many suburban gardens. The production of gnomes was banned under the Nazis. A theory that miners of small stature came from the island of Crete around 1,500 BC to dig for gold and silver in parts of Europe, including southeast Germany, may account for the origins of the mining dwarf.īanished from the Garden: Gaining Innocence The familiar pointed red hat that we see on many garden gnomes today is modeled after the hat that was once worn by miners in the mountains of south-east Germany. The little ceramic figurines quickly spread across Germany into France and England, and wherever gardening was a serious hobby.Įarly gnomes were considerably less cuddly than their modern counterparts, looking more like misshapen dwarfs. In 1874 Philipp Griebel opened his own ceramics factory which is still run today by his great great grandson, Reinhardt. PARISIANS, PEDDLERS, CUSTOMERS AT THE TWO WINDMILLS CAFÉ, CUSTOMERS AT THE SEX SHOP, NEWS ANCHORS, REPORTERS etc.The first garden gnomes were made in Germany in the mid-1800s. GARDEN GNOME - cast in plaster, knee-high, heavy. JULIEN DUFAYEL - elderly recluse with degenerative bone disease.īRETODEAU - middle-aged man with regrets. NINO QUINCAMPOIX - a loner and artist unconventional good looks independent, private. LUCIEN VILLEPARISIS - a child-like employee of the local grocery. JOSEPH COTTARD - Gina's misogynistic ex-lover, a plumber, habitué of Two Windmills. HIPOLITO JEUNET - unpublished writer, habitué of Two Windmills.
PHILOMENE de NOIRPOIS - airline hostess, a habitué of Two Windmills, frequently away. GEORGETTE CORNUEL - hypochondriacal taboccanist at Two Windmills. GINA WELLS - waitress at Two Windmills a young widow. SUZANNE SACRIPANT - owner of Two Windmills Café, one leg shorter than the other. RAPHAEL POULAIN - Amélie's father, a clinical Army physicial orderly, sees the worst in things finds his daughter incomprehensible.ĪMANDINE POULAIN - Amélie's mother, a neurotic teacher, sees eye to eye with her husband.įLUFFY POULAIN - a goldfish Young Amélie's best friend.ĪMÉLIE POULAIN - early 20's still imaginative, still sees the best in things, still independent, but her independence might be growing into a more permanent state of isolation. YOUNG AMÉLIE POULAIN - 8 or 9 highly imaginative sees her way through most difficulties independent-minded in childhood and beyond.
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