Abstract (eng)
The Disney company enjoys worldwide fame, which means that the influence of the company on the social perception of, among other things, women and their ideal image should not be underestimated. Until now, research has not dealt with the question of the extent to which female Disney characters have changed between animated and live-action film adaptations with regard to emancipation, but rather mainly with the representation in animated films alone. Therefore, this paper has investigated this question by means of a quantitative film analysis according to Lothar Mikos. While the animated version of "Cinderella" (1950) is about an unemancipated woman who seeks her happiness exclusively in a man and is characterized by passive, docile behavior, Cinderella undergoes a transformation to an emancipated woman in the live-action film version (2015). Her life does not consist of actively seeking a man and she exhibits self- confident and independent traits. The differences between the two film versions of "Beauty and the Beast" (1991, 2017) turned out to be smaller. Belle is portrayed in both films as an emancipated woman, although she is shown in the live-action adaptation even bolder, tougher and more direct. Furthermore, Mulan is also an emancipated woman in both Disney adaptations (1998, 2020). What is interesting is that in the live-action adaptation, Mulan becomes the savior of the world together with a second woman and self-confidently defies all social conventions without ever having any doubts about herself or her place in society. In the animated version, on the other hand, she more often enlists the support of her friends. Here, she is still searching for herself and her social role. Romantic feelings for a man play a minor role in the cartoon version and none at all in the live-action adaptation.