Mimosa also want to bloom
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| Original title | Mimosa also want to bloom |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Helmut Meewes |
| script | Helmut Meewes |
| production | Hans Pflüger for Cinema 77 (Berlin) |
| camera | Werner Kurz |
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Mimosa also want to bloom is a German film comedy from 1975 with Curd Jürgens and Eric Pohlmann in the leading roles of two aging spies.
action
During the Cold War in the West: Josef Popov and Ivan Federenko are two aging Soviet spies who are gradually trying to retire. In order to secure their old age, they are planning the really big coup shortly before their retirement: they want to get a microfilm that they want to sell for a profit. But they are not the only ones after this important intelligence material.
Emily Hopkins, a senior Salvation Army soldier on behalf of the Lord, has taken possession of the film long ago and plans to use it for the most earthly benefits: She wants to sell the coveted recording to the Chinese secret service, which is also very interested. This leads to all sorts of entanglements that the three elderly gentlemen get into, especially since the British and Americans as well as two seductive young women, Ludmila and Miss Ly, have their fingers in the game.
Production notes
Mimosa want to bloom was shot in 1975, passed the FSK test on January 28, 1976 and was premiered on February 6, 1976.
Walter Tjaden , whose penultimate film this was, was the line producer, Franz Antel . Kurt Kodal was one of the two production managers . The film structures were designed by Peter Rothe , while Robert Fabiankovich took care of the equipment . The costumes are from Waltraud Freitag.
annotation
Mimosa also want to bloom was a typical depreciation film of those years (1975 to 1978) promoted by state legislation . This type of film, mostly produced by the companies Cinema 77 and Geria, which specialize in this type of financing, were financed through investments by investors with whom they sought to save taxes. The majority of these films - including The Secret Bearer , Women's Ward , Lady Dracula and The Chinese Wonder - were accordingly on the one hand high-profile and expensive (although rarely high-quality) produced, but on the other hand regularly turned out to be a veritable box-office flop. Due to the sometimes very poor quality of these films despite well-known actors (from Heinz Rühmann and Curd Jürgens to Horst Buchholz and Stephen Boyd to Theo Lingen and Senta Berger ) and experienced directors (such as Wolfgang Liebeneiner and Rolf Thiele ), there were regularly great difficulties to find a rental company for these productions. While The Secret Bearer and Also Mimosas Want to Bloom came to the cinemas relatively quickly after the end of the shooting, the premiere dates of other depreciation productions were sometimes considerably delayed: The Chinese Miracle and Women's Station (both filmed in autumn 1975) were only premiered in 1977, Lady Dracula (also in Made in autumn 1975) was not even released until 1978. Mimosa producer Hans Pflüger was particularly active in the production of depreciation films.
criticism
"Unsuccessful attempt at an agent film parody."
"Neither the author nor the director showed a vivid imagination."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spiegel article from 1978 Nothing works anymore
- ↑ Mimosas also want to bloom. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- Also mimosa want to flourish in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mimosas also want to bloom at filmportal.de