April Fools!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | April Fools! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1935 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Detlef Sierck |
| script |
HW Litschke Rudo Ritter |
| production | Peter Paul Brauer for UFA |
| music | Werner Bochmann |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Fritz Stapenhorst |
| occupation | |
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April Fools! is a film comedy and mix-up comedy by the director Detlef Sierck from 1935. Erhard Siedel embodies the wealthy noodle manufacturer Julius Lampe in the lead role .
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The wealthy manufacturer Julius Lampe produces pasta in his pasta factory - actually a simple staple food without any hint of exclusivity or luxury. The great business success, however, went to the head of Lampe, and above all of his wife Mathilde, they consider themselves “better men” and behave emphatically elegant. They offend many old friends and business partners and also make the house staff and the employees of the pasta factory ridiculous.
When the Prince of Holsten-Böhlau expressed an interest in Lampes pasta products in writing and offered the prospect of buying a larger amount for his upcoming Africa expedition, Lampe saw his business reputation rise to dizzying heights. On the eve of April 1st, there will be an evening party in the Lampe house with her daughter's singing and subsequent dance. Lampes spread in front of their guests with the new business relationships with the high nobility in an unbearable way. Finke and another guest come up with the idea of giving the Lampes a good April Fool's joke that should bring them back down to earth. Finke sneaks out of the house, calls Lampes from a phone booth and pretends to be an employee of the prince. In a telephone conversation with the surprised lamp, he announced that the prince would visit Lampes' pasta factory for the following day.
This announcement has an unexpected effect: Mathilde Lampe breaks off the evening party immediately because of the big event and compliments all the guests in order to give instructions to the house staff who have been summoned quickly about what needs to be polished up during the night. Lampe itself immediately informs the newspapers about the high visitor so that they can report in detail on this event. In addition, Mathilde Lampe had the idea that the prince could take a liking to her still unmarried daughter - and thus perhaps the social status of the family would increase significantly through a noble son-in-law.
Then the April Fool's joke escalated: The business traveler Müller was hired to play the prince announced by Finke the following day. When the real prince comes up with the idea of visiting the Lampe noodle factory, a turbulent story of confusion arises. The business traveler Müller plays the prince with an exaggerated "aristocratic" attitude, which Lampes see as authentic in their megalomania. The real prince, on the other hand, is an explorer with a friendly, but rather inconspicuous demeanor, and the first thing he comes across during his visit is Lampe's secretary Friedel Bild, who arouses his interest. Since the wrong prince has already arrived, she takes him for a representative. In order to come to an appointment with her, the prince does not clear up the misunderstanding. The visit of the false prince is successful in the eyes of Lampes, the attempts to couple the daughter with him, however, are unsuccessful and lead to a hysterical attack of the young woman spoiled by the megalomania of her parents. Meanwhile, the real prince and the secretary, who still thinks he is a simple employee, spend the afternoon flirting in a café.
Towards the end of the plot, all confusions clear up and there is a happy ending between the prince and the secretary on the one hand and between the daughter Lampes and Finke's young partner Leisegang.
Production notes
The shooting took place from April to May of 1935. The German premiere of the film was shown on October 24, 1935 in the “Primus-Palast” cinema in Berlin . Karl Löb and Wolfgang Hofmann supported Willy Winterstein with the camera work and Carl L. Kirmse designed the set .
The hit song “Fang 'nur in April”, which is sung by the popular singer Erwin Hartung in the café, where the real Prince von Holsten-Böhlau and the secretary Friedel Bild spend the afternoon, counts towards the film music .
See also
Web links
- April Fools! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- April Fools! at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ April, April! In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 9, 2015 .