Man don't get angry (film)

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Movie
Original title Don't get angry
Don't be upset Logo 001.svg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1972
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Peter Weck
script Kurt Nachmann
production Walter Traut
for Divina-Film,
Regina-Film
music Gerhard Heinz
camera Kurt Hölscher
cut Eva Zeyn
occupation

Mensch ärgere dich nicht is a German feature film by Peter Weck from 1972 .

content

The general manager of a dairy advertising company, Ewald Fröhlich, is unlucky from morning to evening and is therefore always angry: he wedges his fingers on the ringing alarm clock, the boiling kettle is peeling off the wallpaper in the kitchen, his socks have a hole, the car opens in the middle broken at an intersection and his balance sheets are repeatedly given to rework by the always strict boss. Only the chief secretary Bell is nice to him and advises him to try it with a smile during the day. And in fact, all of a sudden, everyone is courteous and friendly.

What Ewald doesn't know is that he received a letter from the lottery telling him that he had won one million DM. The landlady knows that she secretly opens every letter from Ewald and has spread the news. However, the letter got under a cupboard due to a draft, so that Ewald doesn't know anything about his luck. His car is now not only repaired, but he also gets a modern rental car for free. His landlady, who actually just wanted to give him notice, is now doing everything possible to seduce him. The landlady's cleaning lady tries the same. And the neighbor, who normally only scolded Ewald, suddenly invites him to drink wine.

Things suddenly go well at work too, but for a different reason. The photographer Ulla happened to take a photo of Ewald gesticulating angrily and this photo was enthusiastically accepted as part of a new milk advertising campaign by Thomas, the boss's nephew. “Don't get angry, drink milk” should be the advertising message. For this, however, further motifs of the angry Ewald are required. Ulla should now provoke these motives, start a relationship with him and lead him again and again into situations that make him angry.

In the end, the tide turns. Ewald receives a letter from the lottery in which the win is described as a misunderstanding. His landlady reads the letter again first and shares it with everyone else, who are now just as unfriendly as before. Ewald proposes to Ulla, but leaves him without an answer, as she has long since felt guilty about the advertising campaign. After all, it is the little bell that dissolves everything. She finds the letter with the lottery winnings rejected shortly after Ewald found the lottery winnings letter under the cupboard, and destroys his hopes for great wealth. At the same time, at Ulla's request, she reveals the truth about Ulla's interest and shows him the photos from the advertising campaign. Ewald, in turn, realizes that he cannot be angry at Bell's openings and now makes her a marriage proposal, which Bell accepts.

production

The world premiere of Mensch ärgere dich nicht was on December 15, 1972. Chris Roberts sings the title Mein Schatz, Sie bist'ne Wucht in the film .

The film title refers to the board game Mensch ärgere dich nicht , which Ewald buys for his nieces in the film. Ewald, on the other hand, shows similarities with the choleric HB male , the advertising character of a tobacco manufacturer, whereby the healthy aspect of milk is emphasized in the film.

criticism

The lexicon of the international film called Mensch ärgere dich nicht as "'German comedy' on the border of idiot comedy" or as "taste-defeating slapstick whose comedy is located close to the border with idiocy."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 5. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 2558.
  2. ↑ Don't get angry. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used