The light of love (1954)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The light of love |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Adolf Stemmle |
| script |
Gerhard Menzel Robert A. Stemmle |
| production |
Paula Wessely Otto Dürer |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera | Helmut Ashley |
| cut | Henny Brünsch |
| occupation | |
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The light of love (title in the Federal Republic of Germany: If you still have a mother ) is an Austrian fictional film in black and white from 1954 by Robert Adolf Stemmle . The script was written by Gerhard Menzel . The main roles are occupied by Paula Wessely , Erich Auer , Heinrich Schweiger , Albert Rueprecht and Waltraud Haas . The work was first seen in the cinema on June 24, 1954 in the Federal Republic of Germany, but only two months later in the country in which it was produced.
action
The film takes place shortly after World War II. The married couple Joseph and Käthe Zeller live with their children Felix, Paul, Walter and Franziska on an Austrian estate. During a family outing, the father steps on a tell mine and is fatally injured. When arranging his legacy, Käthe realizes that her husband did not manage to do well. With the rest of her money she moves to Vienna with the children and buys a small laundry there.
Nine years later, the small cellar shop has become a large laundry. Paul's reckless test of courage from childhood has resulted in the now big boy going blind over the past few years. Käthe instructs her son Felix to marry the laundry girl Martina after she became pregnant by him. The spoiled Walter, who spends his nights as a musician in bars, is rejected with a heavy heart so that he can finally become independent. Franzi experiences her first lovesickness and is comforted by her mother.
In order to save her son Paul from lifelong blindness, Käthe donates the cornea of an eye as part of a dangerous operation. In the end, all children find their way back to their beloved mother full of gratitude and humility.
additions
The same material was filmed in 1939 by director Gustav Ucicky under the title Mother's Love. The remake was made in the studio in Vienna-Sievering. The exterior shots come from Vienna and the surrounding area. The buildings were designed by the film architect Felix Smetana . The fashion designer Fred Adlmüller contributed the costumes. Willy Schmidt-Gentner composed the music. The musical accompaniment was provided by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer. Members of the Vienna State Opera Ballet danced. The film was also shown at the IV: Berlin International Film Festival and at the VIII Locarno International Film Festival .
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: “An obtrusively melodramatic re- filming of the stirring piece 'Mutterliebe' from 1939. […] The banal story, which could have come from a magazine magazine, is enhanced solely by the extraordinary portrayal of Paula Wessely, which is sometimes downright The film becomes a burden: her precise style is in stark contrast to the average quality of some scenes. "
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by H. Klemmer & Co., Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, without a number
Web links
- The light of love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The light of love at filmportal.de
- Five pictures from the film at Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 479
- ↑ The light of love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .