Bal paré
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bal paré |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karl Ritter |
| script | Felix Lützkendorf |
| production | Karl Ritter for UFA |
| music | Theo Mackeben |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut |
Gottfried Ritter Friedrich Karl von Puttkamer |
| occupation | |
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Bal paré is a German feature film from 1940 directed by Karl Ritter with Ilse Werner in the lead role.
action
Munich at the turn of the century. The dance student Maxi Brunnhuber is invited for the first time to the famous Bal paré, the carnival ball in the Munich Opera. There are also other dance levels who are under the strict supervision of Elsa Schimek, the ballet master of the court theater . Maxi meets the much older Dr. Horst Heisterkamp, a major industrialist from Bochum, whose head she immediately turned. Heisterkamp and Maxi spend a nice evening together, and the married man and father of an already grown son named Hansjürgen expresses the wish to promote Maxi's dance ambitions from now on. He decides, together with ballet master Schimek, to get Maxi, who comes from a rather poor background, a scholarship so that her training up to the master class is secured. In addition, he also ensures better accommodation by accommodating Maxi in a chic villa near the English Garden .
Next Saturday, Dr. Heisterkamp taking Maxi to the Bal paré, but a business appointment prevents him from doing his job, and so Maxi has to make do with the strict Ms. Schimek as company. At the ball, the trainee met the lean, lean Hansjürgen Heisterkamp, whom she initially had no idea that he was Dr. Heisterkamp's son is. This filigree young man is not at all enthusiastic about what his father is asking of him and is therefore planning to drop out of his unpopular law degree. Instead, like Maxi, he wants to pursue an artistic profession. Although Mrs. Schimek was "assigned" by old Heisterkamp as a chaperon at Maxi's side, she cannot prevent the two young people from developing tender bonds. Both escape the Cerberus and go to the villa that Hansjürgen's father Maxi has made available. Hansjürgen becomes jealous when he learns that Maxi obviously has a wealthy patron at her side who finances her life through. And he assumes that Maxi has to pay quite a bit - especially erotic - in return.
The following day, after Maxi's debut in a performance of Peter Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker , Hansjürgen visits her in the villa. Suddenly he is facing his father. Hansjürgen counts one and one thing together: He is now certain that his old man is the wealthy patron Maxis, and he attacks his father violently for this. Hansjürgen believes that his father's intentions are anything but noble and are by no means due to the promotion of "high art". Angry, the junior leaves the villa, followed firmly by his new girlfriend Maxi. But the next day it disappeared without a trace, and everyone involved is desperately looking for it. From Hansjürgen's artistic mentor, the pianist and master of the cabaret “ Simplicissimus ”, Joachim Himmelreich, they learn that Maxi may have gone to her mother's home. There the deeply insecure ballet mouse is tracked down. Now all misunderstandings are cleared up. After Hansjürgen, not least because of his lack of artistic talent, gave up his dream of a career in the entertainment industry and instead wanted to finish studying law, his father Heisterkamp agreed that Maxi and Hansjürgen should get engaged.
Production notes
Bal paré was shot from December 21, 1939 in the Ufastadt Babelsberg (studio shots) and in Munich (outdoor shots). The premiere took place on May 22, 1940 in Vienna. The Berlin premiere took place on July 11, 1940 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo . The production cost was 1,098,000 RM. Until January 1941 had Bal paré recorded 1,937,000 RM. This made the film a commercial success.
Walter Röhrig designed the buildings and Manon Hahn designed the costumes . Theo Mackeben provided the music for Frank Wedekind's texts, which were voiced by his daughter Pamela Wedekind .
Bal paré was the 1000th UFA feature film since it was founded in 1917.
The following music tracks were played:
- Munich stories (Theo Mackeben)
- When I was in Hamburg (Frank Wedekind, sung by Pamela Wedekind)
- Ilse (Frank Wedekind, sung by Pamela Wedekind)
- Where are you, Hans? (sung by Walter Janssen)
- The Nutcracker (excerpts, by Peter Tschaikowski)
reception
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Society and petty bourgeoisie, court theater ballet and bohème of Munich at the turn of the century are the setting for a love story. This is emotional, but without great emotions and, where it could become tragic, quickly turned into cheerful, often even grotesque. The loving depiction of details and figures, supported by the presentation and music (Mackeben), is particularly homely. The comedians let the direction become almost too loud here and there, while the lovers, in their pensiveness, fit perfectly into the frame. Photography is imaginative. "
“Sentimental, silly story of great happiness. At most interesting because of the UFA stars and Mackeben's music. "
“The entertaining, musical film, a young girl's story ' Bal paré ' meant a digression in Karl Ritter's work. Here, however, the director entered a field where he did not have much to say. The script (by the director and Felix Lützkendorf), the music (Theo Mackeben) with the hit ' Münchner G'schichten ' save z. In part, the work Historical Reminiscences brought about the real-time scenes in 'Simplizissimus': Pamela Wedekind sang songs by her father Frank Wedekind. "
When the film was shown again in the cinema 28 years after its premiere, the Protestant film observer came to the following assessment: “The film remains more present through the orgy of waltzes and other music by Theo Mackeben than through the partly sentimental, partly also a bit of a silly story about the little girl and great happiness. To be recommended to all those older film fans who would like to refresh their memories of old UFA glory. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 11th year 1940/41. P. 22 f. (005.40), Berlin 2000
- ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938–1945 . A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 222
- ↑ Bal paré in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bal paré in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Der deutsche Film 1938–1945 , p. 222
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 325/1968.
Web links
- Bal paré in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bal paré at filmportal.de