André and Ursula (film)

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Movie
Original title André and Ursula
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1955
length 80 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Werner Jacobs
script Kurt Heuser ,
Werner Jacobs
production Rotary-Film GmbH, Munich
( CW Tetting )
music Herbert Jarczyk
camera Heinz Schnackertz
cut Ferdinand Weintraub
occupation

André and Ursula is a German black and white film by Werner Jacobs from 1955. He wrote the screenplay himself together with Kurt Heuser . It is based on the pacifist novel of the same name by Polly Maria Höfler , written in 1937 . This is where the events of the First World War take place . In the film, on the other hand, the plot takes place in World War II and also deviates from the original in some places. The main roles are cast with Elisabeth Müller and Ivan Desny . The film premiered on September 8, 1955 in “Europa” in Frankfurt am Main .

action

During the Second World War, the student Ursula Hartmann occasionally visits German soldiers in the hospital . On this occasion, one of the men gives her the diary of a fallen French soldier, which still shows a bullet. When this little book falls into her hands several years after the end of the war, she begins to read it. She is fascinated by the thoughts that the writer put on paper about the senseless hatred between the neighboring states of France and Germany. Soon she will read the diary to her fellow students . One of the listeners advises her to forward the book to Aunt Angèle, whom she mentions several times.

The answer from France amazes Ursula: The sender is the author of the diary himself! So he is not dead, as the German soldier believed. His diary had slowed down the enemy bullet so he could be saved. Today André works as a doctor in a small town. He invites Ursula to spend her holidays with him and his family at St. Clément Castle. Andrés brother Gaston picks her up at the train station. In the castle, she also met the other family members: Andrés sister Mimi and aunt Angèle. The longer Ursula stays in Longville, the more violently Gaston's desire for the girl grows. But Ursula feels drawn to André. But he holds back, although Ursula feels that he is not indifferent to her. Aunt Angèle tells her the reason: the bullet that André hit in the war is still stuck between the aorta and the heart port . An operation is not possible. As a doctor, André is naturally aware of the danger posed by the foreign body.

One night Gaston rushes into Ursula's room drunk and throws himself over the sleeping woman. André joins them and gives his brother a resounding slap in the face. This incident causes André to have a heart attack. But it only made Gaston's greed for Ursula even greater.

André and Ursula are surprised by a storm while taking a walk. They find protection in a cave, and here they confess their love to one another. After they both returned to the castle, they found out that Andrés' office assistant, Jeanne Boulier, who had made herself hopeful of her boss and is therefore jealous of Ursula, has disappeared. André runs down to the river with some servants. In the meantime, Gaston asks Ursula to excuse his nocturnal behavior, that he is really seriously in love with her. Then he lies to her that Jeanne and André have been lovers for a long time. The office hours help is also expecting a child from André. He does not mention that it was himself who got Jeanne pregnant. The news hits Ursula hard. Unnoticed by the castle residents, she makes her way to the train station.

When André arrives at the castle after his rescue operation and cannot find the woman he loves, he wonders what might have happened. He immediately followed Ursula. In the meantime, however, she decided differently and is already on her way back to André. When the two then meet, they sink into each other's arms. But André is no longer able to cope with the excitement of the past few hours. His wound breaks open again and he dies.

Ursula returns to Germany.

Production notes

The production company was Rotary-Film GmbH (Munich). The film was produced in the Bavaria Film studio in Geiselgasteig . The outdoor shots were taken in the vicinity of Munich, in / in the “Mühltal”, on the Ammersee and in Châlons-sur-Marne . The buildings were created by the film architects Franz Bi and Bruno Monden . Marianne Handel contributed the costumes. Producer Carl W. Tetting also acted as production manager.

criticism

The lexicon of international film notes succinctly that the strip is about “noble cinema for the audience of the 50s”.

source

Program for the film: Illustrated film stage : André and Ursula , Verlag FILM-BÜHNE GmbH, Munich, number 2933

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 486
  2. ↑ André and Ursula. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 11, 2015 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used