Arabian Nights (1979)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Arab nights |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Klaus Lemke |
| script | Klaus Lemke |
| production |
Michael Fengler , Hans Kaden |
| music | Jürgen Knieper |
| camera |
Rüdiger Meichsner , Thilo Pongratz |
| cut |
Gaby Grausam Inez Regnier |
| occupation | |
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Arabische Nights is a German comedy film directed by Klaus Lemke from 1979 .
action
Karin Weiß is a petrol station owner in the Bavarian Forest. She has been with the auto mechanic and stock car driver Wolfgang for six years , but the relationship suffers from Wolfgang's infidelities and the constant expenses for his car fanatics: He loves to tune and overmold cars, which he scraps only a short time later in races moves. Karin is becoming less and less interested in cars, as the rising gasoline prices keep the coffers empty. She is one of the few gas station owners who does not work with Multi Oil . At a meeting, she argues loudly with Petersen, the company's president.
Because Wolfgang cheated on her for the 15th time in their relationship, Karin breaks up with him. Karin gets along well with her rival Christl, so she goes to London with her . There she wants to look for a rich oil sheikh who should give her not only jewelry, but also an oil well. She sends Wolfgang a postcard - supposedly from Tunisia - in which she reveals her plans to him. In London, Karin and Christl, von Reichenau's mother and daughter, check into a luxury hotel where Petersen is about to give the oil sheiks the Golden Refinery for the most European-friendly Arab country. Petersen is mistaken for Karin's husband by the sheikhs and takes the opportunity to present Karin as a lover to a sheikhs.
In the meantime, Wolfgang has realized that he really loves Karin and made his way to Tunisia with his best friend Mischa. It was only there that he noticed that Karin's postcard had been postmarked in London and drove to the British capital. Here he finds Karin and Christl, who are currently on a jewel-buying tour with the sheikh. He lies to her that he found a rich friend. Karin invites both of them to a celebration of the Sheikh. In an emergency he organizes a striptease dancer with whom he appears at the party. When Karin is still playing the cool there, he interrupts the party, loudly confesses his love to Karin and proposes marriage to her. Shortly afterwards the wedding of Karin and Wolfgang takes place in Bavarian.
production
The costumes were created by Rolf Albrecht and Freddy Zimmermann , the film structures were created by Bernd Matzerath and Laszlo Les Oelvedy . The film premiere took place on November 16, 1979 at the EM 2 in Stuttgart . The film was shown on ZDF on August 3, 1982.
One song that is played in the film is Arabian Affair by the Abdul Hassan Orchestra .
criticism
The lexicon of international films called Arabian Nights a "[f] lotte provincial comedy, which owes its charm above all to the charming actors and the director's carefree love of improvisation. An artistic and enjoyable triviality. ”“ In the oil crisis plot 'Arabian Nights', the vaunted Lemke touch had already suffered badly. He had [...] committed a number of cheap gags, ”stated Der Spiegel ; with "stupid sayings [...] and jokes the joke quality is already exhausted".
Web links
- Arabian Nights in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Arab nights at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ "Arabian affair" by The Abdul Hassan Orchestra ( Memento from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) . mdr.de, February 14, 2015.
- ↑ Arab nights. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Lemke's way to Lebegreis . In: Der Spiegel , No. 29, 1981, p. 125.
- ↑ On TV This Week: Arabian Nights . In: Der Spiegel , No. 31, 1982, p. 159.