Old Heidelberg (1959)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Old Heidelberg |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Marischka |
| script | Ernst Marischka |
| production |
Artur Brauner Kurt Ulrich |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Bruno Mondi |
| cut | Jutta Hering |
| occupation | |
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Alt Heidelberg is a German love film by Ernst Marischka from 1959. It is based on the play Alt-Heidelberg by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster . The main roles are occupied by Sabine Sinjen and Christian Wolff . Gert Fröbe plays the leading role of the tutor Jüttner.
action
After Karl-Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Karlsburg, obtained his university entrance qualification with distinction, his uncle, the Prince of Saxony-Karlsburg, sent him to Heidelberg to study. The Hereditary Prince is escorted by Dr. Jüttner, who had accompanied his training from an early age. When he arrived in Heidelberg, the Hereditary Prince was immediately recruited by the Corps Saxonia student union . He also falls in love with Käthi, the niece of the host with whom he lives. Even though Käthi is almost engaged, she loves him too.
For the Hereditary Prince and Dr. Jüttner is starting a happy time. Above all, the prince who grew up in solitude enjoys the freedom between all the young people. Something he didn't know before. When, after a few months, the Prince of Saxony-Karlsburg fell seriously ill, Karl-Heinrich had to reluctantly return home in order to be prepared for his future government duties. He promises Käthi that he will come back. Dr. Jüttner, who enjoyed his time in Heidelberg very much, stayed in Heidelberg at the prince's behest and died there a little later.
Two years have now passed and after the death of his uncle, Karl-Heinrich is now the prince himself. For reasons of state , he should get married. The right bride has already been chosen for him. A few weeks before the wedding, Kellermann, a waiter in the Heidelberg hostel, whom Karl-Heinrich had promised to work as cellar master, comes to the prince to ask him to keep his promise. The old man tells Karl-Heinrich about the events in Heidelberg. The young prince then spontaneously decides to travel to Heidelberg again to see his corps brothers and above all Käthi. However, he only meets two of his former comrades and is disappointed at how formal and solemn he is now. Käthi, on the other hand, treats him with the same cordiality and directness as at the time. The final farewell to each other is very painful for both of them. Käthi will marry soon and Karl-Heinrich has to take the place that is predetermined for him by origin and fate. There is no place in it for the woman he loves.
Production notes and background
The shooting took place in October and November 1959 in Heidelberg, in the Neckar valley and in the CCC studios Berlin-Spandau . The exterior shots of the opening sequence show the Hohenlohe castles of Neuenstein and Weikersheim . The film construction came from Otto and Herta Pischinger. Alt-Heidelberg was premiered on December 21, 1959 in the Schloß-Theater in Heidelberg.
Christian Wolff sings in the film You, you are in my heart . For more music see the music list for Alt-Heidelberg at filmportal.de.
In the illustrated film stage no. 05102 it says on page 6: "The stage play 'Karl-Heinrich', originally written as a novel by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, experienced an incomparable triumphant advance around the world under the changed title 'Alt-Heidelberg'." Since its premiere in November 1901 at the Berlin Theater, it has been performed around five hundred times in a row there alone. It then began its triumphal march worldwide. After it was translated into English in 1903, more than 22 other languages followed. The play was also performed on Broadway in New York. It was included in the repertoire of traveling theaters as well as in renowned city theaters and found its way to Japan via England, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Spain, Italy and Turkey.
This film is the fifth adaptation of Alt-Heidelberg . The material was first filmed in the USA in 1915 with Wallace Reid and Dorothy Gish in the leading roles. In the 1923 film adaptation by Hans Behrendt , Paul Hartmann and Eva May played the lovers and Werner Krauss played the role of Dr. Jüttner. In Ernst Lubitsch's Hollywood film adaptation from 1927 , Ramón Novarro and Norma Shearer were cast as lovers and Jean Hersholt as private tutors. In 1954 the material was filmed for the fourth time, this time by Richard Thorpe for MGM under the original title The Student Prince . In Germany the film was also shown under the title Alt-Heidelberg . Kathie and Karl were played by Ann Blyth and Edmund Purdom , Professor Jüttner by Edmund Gwenn .
reception
DVD
The film was released on DVD in February 2013 by Alive as part of the “Film Jewels” series.
criticism
“Another edition of the stage play, which has been filmed several times, about the lonely prince who has to do without the host niece. Pseudo-romanticism enriched with boyish glory, subdued sentimentality and kitschy postcard images from the Neckarland. "
See also
- I lost my heart in Heidelberg , several variations
Web links
- Alt Heidelberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alt-Heidelberg The new film program
- Alt Heidelberg movie poster
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alt-Heidelberg All credits at filmportal.de
- ↑ Alt-Heidelberg - music list at filmportal.de
- ↑ a b Alt Heidelberg Illustrated film stage united with Illustr. Film-Kurier No. 05102, Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaft Franke & Co. KG, Munich, pp. 7, 8.
- ↑ Alt Heidelberg adS movieworlds.com
- ↑ Old Heidelberg. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
