The wild fifties
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The wild fifties |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Zadek |
| script | Robert Muller |
| production | Günter Rohrbach |
| music | Klaus Doldinger |
| camera | Jost Vacano |
| cut | Max Benedict |
| occupation | |
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The Wild Fifties is a German fiction film from 1983. The film was based on the novel Hurray, We Still Live by Johannes Mario Simmel .
action
The Second World War is over. Jakob Formann returns home from captivity. In Linz he finds work as an interpreter for the US Army. He uses his new contacts to become self-employed. He steals 40,000 eggs from the Americans and starts a chicken farm. The location for his company is the farm that belonged to Heinrich Himmler during the Third Reich . The economic miracle of Jacob Formann can begin. Formann rose in quick steps to become a successful CEO in the young Federal Republic. He becomes a building contractor and publisher. Formann lives in excessive luxury. Only when the oil crisis brought the republic its first recession in the early 1970s did the rise of the petty bourgeois Formann end. Formann has to sell his company empire to a bank consortium. But Formann is not unhappy about it. Burdens fall away from him and together with his girlfriend Julia he withdraws into private life.
background
The film material based on the novel by Johannes Mario Simmel was originally designed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an international production. In 1981 he wrote a script for the film production company Bavaria Film in Munich. Internal disagreements between the management at the time and Fassbinder about the artistic design of the film caused Fassbinder to cancel the project in early 1982. However, he suggested Peter Zadek in his place as director. He then also took over the direction, but did not use Fassbinder's script. Nevertheless, he dedicated the film to Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died when it appeared, as can be seen in the opening credits.
The shooting took place from the end of August to the end of November 1982 in Munich . Outdoor shots were taken outside of Munich and in the vicinity of Neuschwanstein Castle . The film premiered on September 23, 1983. The film was made in co-production with ZDF , which also premiered on television in 1986. The title song Hurray, We're Still Alive was sung by Milva . The song was composed by Klaus Doldinger . The text comes from Thomas Woitkewitsch .
After an objection by Johannes Marion Simmels, who was not satisfied with the film, Zadek's film was no longer allowed to bear the original title. It was advertised with the note “Very freely based on the motifs of a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel”.
Reviews
“Very free film adaptation of the Simmel novel by a theater director who intended a cheeky, revue-like satire on the rising mentality of the economic boom. The result, however - despite the immense production costs and a considerable number of German film, theater and television celebrities - only hectic smear theater full of over-the-top slapstick. Isolated highlights and accurate punch lines are drowned out in the general dramaturgical confusion. "
literature
- Johannes Mario Simmel : Hurray, we're still alive. Novel . Full paperback edition. Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1981, 635 pages, ISBN 3-426-00728-2
Web links
- The Roaring Fifties in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ I am a dilettante, Madame , Der Spiegel, September 19, 1983
- ^ Sleigh ride into the grave , Der Spiegel, July 11, 1983
- ↑ The Wild Fifties. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 27, 2017 .