... and above us the sky
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| Original title | ... and above us the sky |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Josef von Báky |
| script | Gerhard Grindel |
| production | Objectiv-Film, Berlin ( Richard König ) |
| music | Theo Mackeben |
| camera | Werner Krien |
| cut | Wolfgang Becker |
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... and the sky above us is a German drama by director Josef von Báky from 1947. For Hans Albers , who plays the war veteran Hans Richter, it was his first post-war film. Lotte Koch plays a widow with whom the homecomer falls in love, and Paul Edwin Roth Richter's blind son.
action
After the Second World War, crane operator Hans Richter returns unscathed to his badly damaged apartment. He can no longer find his friend, a haulier, only his horse Florian and the wedding carriage from back then are still there. The widowed Edith Schröder and her little daughter Helga have sought refuge in the neighboring apartment. She was married to a college teacher. Afraid of an uncertain future and because he doesn't know how else to make a living, Richter, through the mediation of his friend Fritz, whom he met on his way back on the road, starts trading on the black market and doing sledge-shop deals. To do this, he hitched Florian in front of the old wedding carriage and drives across the country. He's making such a small fortune. When his son returned from the war blind due to a nerve injury, but later regained his eyesight, Hans Richter reconsidered his behavior. Not only the love for Edith Schröder, who does not allow himself to be blinded by his expensive gifts and is increasingly distancing herself from him, allows him to find his way back on the right path, but also the horror of his son when he has to recognize how the father his fortune has earned, and turns away from him.
Production notes
The film was produced by Objectiv-Film GmbH in the Ufa studio in Berlin-Tempelhof. The outdoor shots were taken in and around Berlin . Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz were responsible for the buildings . ... and Above Us Heaven was premiered on December 9, 1947 in West Berlin. The world premiere took place on February 27, 1948 in Hamburg. On November 6, 1985 it ran for the first time on television, namely on DDR 2 (state television of the GDR). The film was also shown under the reference title Above Us Heaven . ... and the sky above us was the first German film after the Second World War that was shot in the American zone of occupation and produced with an American license. It was subject to examination by the Allied military censorship, which released it in November 1947.
The supporting song of the film was sung by Hans Albers melody was composed by Theo Mack level and texted Michael Freytag There the wind blows from the north, it blows us back and forth ... .
- DVD
A DVD with the title ... And Heaven Above Us was released on January 4, 2007, published by WVG Medien AG.
criticism
"Josef von Bakys '... and above us the sky' is a weak tongue and can only be used as a historical document."
"Characterized by superficial optimism and a pompous tendency towards reconstruction, the film seems at times unrealistic, but at the same time impressively shows the devastating destruction of Berlin and is largely apt to describe the atmosphere."
Web links
- ... and above us the sky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ... and the sky above us in the online film database
- ... and above us the sky in film and history
- ... and the sky above us - detail
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 12
- ↑ And above us the sky at filmportal.de
- ↑ The wind is blowing from the north ...
- ↑ ... and the sky above us at filmportal.de (DVD)
- ↑ ... and heaven above us - criticism at prisma.de
- ↑ ... and above us the sky. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .