... and don't lead us into temptation (1957)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | … and lead us not into temptation |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Rolf Hansen |
| script | Hans Höllering |
| production | Artur Brauner |
| music | Mark Lothar |
| camera | Franz Weihmayr |
| cut | Anna Höllering |
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... and don't lead us into temptation is a German melodrama from 1957 by Rolf Hansen with Heidemarie Hatheyer , Gerhard Riedmann and Johanna Matz in the leading roles. The film was based on Ödön von Horváth's play "The Youngest Day".
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Wardmaster Hudetz is unhappily married. His wife Else, 13 years his senior, torments him with her jealousy. She always believes that her cute husband could be unfaithful to her as soon as he is out of sight. Hudetz started studying engineering on the side, as this means an escape from his cramped, small world, in which his nagging wife strangles him from breathing. He's been through a lot in the past. "From school to war, from war to camp, from camp to your captivity - I was never my own master," he accuses Else. The logical consequence is: He demands “give me free”. But Else doesn't even think about it, she doesn't want to lose Hudetz.
Annerl is a generation younger than Else, a lovable, good girl who is the exact opposite of Hudetzen's Else. Annerl genuinely loves Hudetz and is determined to win him over. At one point, Hudetz is so distracted by her “stalking” that he neglects his responsible job at the train station. A catastrophe occurs immediately: Hudetz forgets to switch the signals, whereupon a passenger train rushes by and collides with an oncoming freight train. In a panic, Hudetz subsequently changed the signal setting in order not to be arrested for the accident. But you bring him to trial. Since Hudetz cannot be proven in court, he is acquitted in the proceedings for lack of evidence. Annerl testified in his favor, and a comrade in the war, the old Baron von Hausen, firmly believed in his innocence. Only Else, seething with jealousy, burdened her husband. Does she think she can bind him to her forever like this?
Hudetz only wants to leave now: Away from the train station with the tracks, away from the claim to ownership of the unloved, nagging wife. And so Hudetz goes to the next largest city, where he begins to work in the spare parts warehouse of the Federal Railroad. Else wants him back at any cost. There is a last big dispute between the two, then she dies surprisingly. Since she had a heart condition, it is believed that her death was natural. Else Hudetz leaves a letter addressed to the judiciary. In it she revokes her incriminating testimony against her husband during the trial. Hudetz and his Annerl could finally be happy, but both are gnawed by a vague feeling of guilt for Else's death. They believe that in the face of past events, they have forfeited their right to a happy life as a couple. Annerl and Hudetz get married, but then they go to the public prosecutor to report any guilt.
Production notes
The film was made in July and August in and around Bozen (South Tyrol) and in the CCC film studios in Berlin-Spandau . The world premiere took place on October 31, 1957 in Mönchengladbach.
Herbert Uhlich took over the production management. The film structures come from the brothers Robert Herlth and Kurt Herlth .
Reviews
In Der Spiegel it could be read: “Director Rolf Hansen (' The Last Recipe ') struggles forcibly to prove that evil breeds evil. In the meantime, the fabricated material shows itself to be devoid of any problems, and the location completely identifies the film as what it does not claim to be: a painstakingly concealed copy of the genre 'Heimatfilm'. "
The film service ruled: "The director flattens the literary model Ödön von Horváths, a socially critical drama of conscience, into a melodrama in the manner of the German problematic film of the 50s."
Individual evidence
- ↑ ... and don't lead us into temptation in Der Spiegel 48/1957
- ↑ … and don't tempt us. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 25, 2019 .