2 × 2 in a four-poster bed
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | 2 × 2 in a four-poster bed |
| Original title | 2 × 2 in a four-poster bed / Halløj i himmelsengen |
| Country of production | Denmark / Germany |
| original language |
German Danish |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Erik Balling |
| script | Erik Balling Pierre Viallet |
| production | Erik Balling |
| music | Bent Fabricius-Bjerre |
| camera | Jørgen Skov |
| cut | Ole Steen Nielsen |
| occupation | |
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2 × 2 in the four-poster bed is a Danish-German film amusement game made in 1964. Directed by Erik Balling play Thomas Fritsch , Marie Versini and Sonja Ziemann the lead roles.
action
France, at the time of the Belle Epoque . Count Pierre de Sauterne is a youthful and lovable lazy man who loves life and especially women. This cannot go on like this, the family council decided. The uncle "Töff-Töff", who also runs behind every skirt and is so called because his second great love of a completely new invention, the rattling and smelly automobile, decides that the young man should be banished to a lonely villa by the sea and there the Will spend summer vacation. There, Pierre should concentrate entirely on his studies, far from any distracting femininity.
A specially appointed private tutor is supposed to give him a proper job and let him cram. This is easier said than done, because suddenly two beautiful young women appear accompanied by their aunt Margot, who seek shelter from a heavy thunderstorm in the villa and immediately turn Pierre's head. It doesn't take long before he ends up in bed with the two young graces. Soon after, each of the girls pretends to be pregnant by him. Good advice is valuable now. Pierre tries to solve things in his own personal way, and he has an idea that is as famous as it is rather devious: He tries to couple Zizi and Jeanette with his two hated cousins Emil and Louis.
The girls are not at all taken with these cousins and finally confess to Pierre that they are not pregnant at all. Relieved, Pierre goes on a world tour with both of them, while Aunt Margot and teacher Noel tie the knot.
Production notes
2 × 2 in a four-poster bed was made in Denmark in the summer of 1964. The world premiere was on January 14, 1965 in Germany, in Denmark the film was released in theaters on April 12, 1965. The film was also presented under the alternative title Two times two in a four-poster bed .
For Robert Graf this was his last feature film.
Reviews
“When you've become a star as quickly as Thomas Fritsch, you have a hard time finding suitable fabrics. Certainly he imagined good chances of success for this German-Danish comedy directed by the proven Erik Balling and with partners Marie Versini, Sonja Ziemann and Malene Schwartz. But it turned into a disappointment again. Balling staged the harmless summer game about the love affairs of a very young playboy, deliberately over-the-top and optimistic, but did not write enough ideas into his own script and actually only had suitable actors for his intentions in Fritsch and the powerful Gunnar Lauring as 'Uncle Töff-Töff' . "
In Paimann's film lists it says: “Although the initially imaginative and fast-paced action gets a moral list, Thomas Fritsch and his partners are so relaxed and include the Nordic landscape and cozy interiors [...] that the, music (songs) and nicely photographed strips [...] urban districts [...] quite well entertained. "
In Films 1965-70 the following can be read: "Seldom has immorality been offered so naturally, superficially and primitively."
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Superficially and primitively presented attempt at comedy without any hint of erotic elegance, rather characterized by loud and clumsy jokes."
Even the evangelical film observer does not believe in the film : “A shameless, embarrassing bedroom clothes, interspersed with approved untruths and frauds. Actor and camera are very weak. To be rejected. "
Web links
- 2 × 2 in the four-poster bed in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sonja Ziemann. ( Memento from March 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). At: Filmportal.de.
- 2 × 2 in the four-poster bed at Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish)
- Film in the Dansk Film Database (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Hamburger Abendblatt, May 8, 1965
- ↑ Paimann's film lists: Twice two in a four-poster bed. ( Memento of March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: old.filmarchiv.at.
- ^ Films 1965/70. Handbook VIII of the Catholic film criticism. Volume 1. Cologne 1971, p. 360.
- ↑ 2 × 2 in a four-poster bed. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 32/1965.
