The day the rain came

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Movie
Original title The day the rain came
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1959
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Gerd Oswald
script Heinz Oskar Wuttig , Gerd Oswald and Will Berthold
production Artur Brauner / Alfa-Film GmbH, Berlin / West
music Martin Böttcher , Gilbert Bécaud , Ernst Bader a . a.
camera Karl Löb
cut Brigitte Fredersdorf
occupation

On the day when the rain came (alternatively On the day when the rain came ) is a crime film by Gerd Oswald from 1959. The main roles are starring Mario Adorf , Christian Wolff , Gert Fröbe , Corny Collins , Elke Sommer and Claus Wilcke .

action

Werner is the leader of the Panther gang, a gang that is rocking west Berlin with gruesome crimes. When Werner is planning his new coup and Robert wants to leave the gang in order to lead a normal life with the beautiful Inge, it comes to a misfortune. In the act, after which Werner also wants to stop, all gang members should participate. Robert whistles the gang to the police.

production

Filming, background

The film was shot from September to October 9, 1959 in Berlin and in the Bavaria Atelier in Munich - Geiselgasteig . Paul Markwitz and Hans-Jürgen Kiebach were responsible for the film construction, and Vera Mügge for the costumes .

Christian Wolff and Corny Collins were also a couple in private at the time and married in late November 1959.

Film music

Composed for the film: Martin Böttcher (2002)

Various titles were also played instrumentally in the soundtrack by the Martin Böttcher orchestra, including the theme song On the day when the rain came .

Also known were:

publication

The working title of the film was Die Schwarze Panther , as was the distribution title in Austria. The premiere was on the day when the rain came on November 22, 1959 in the EM theater in Stuttgart. The film was also released in December 1960 in Denmark, in May 1961 in Finland and in December 1961 in Sweden and in August 1964 in France. On August 7, 2016, it was presented at the Locarno Festival in Switzerland. The film was also released in Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Greece and the USA, there under the title The Day It Rained and The Day the Rains Came, respectively .

Pidax released the film on December 23, 2014 as part of the “Pidax Film Classic” series on DVD.

criticism

film-dienst : "A sophisticated dozen story that has little useful to contribute to the subject of juvenile delinquency."

Udo Rotenberg von Grün ist die Heide - Der Deutschen Film 1930 to 1980 wrote that the film belonged to a “film genre of the late 50s / early 60s that deserved its own genre designation. Outwardly in the form of a drama or thriller, rarely coming as a comedy, behind the highly entertainingly staged material concealed a warning to young people about the temptations of a changing society - crime, drugs and, last but not least, general moral decline ”. The film conveys a "coherent picture of this phase in the FRG and shows the development towards the 68 generation early on".

Film reporter said the film portrays the “group dynamic developments that could mature within a criminal youth gang”. It was also said that Oswald dared to tackle the "often hushed up topic of juvenile delinquency" with the film. "The innocence of typical youth films at the beginning of the 1950s" is "lost". Oswald's "hard pictures in black and white created a gloomy, oppressive atmosphere in the big city of Berlin".

song

Far better known than the film is the title song of the same name, On the day when the rain came with German text by Ernst Bader , original by Pierre Delanoë ; it was sung by Dalida and became a worldwide hit. It was composed by Gilbert Bécaud .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b On the day when the rain came (1959) Gerd Oswald sS udorotenberg.blogspot.com
  2. ↑ On the day the rain came see filmreporter.de