Ball of Nations (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ball of Nations |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karl Ritter |
| script |
Felix Lützkendorf Karl Ritter |
| production | Karl Schulz |
| music | Fred Raymond |
| camera |
Ted Kornowicz Heinz Ritter |
| cut | Herbert B. Fredersdorf |
| occupation | |
as well as the solo dancers Ciro di Pardo and Karina Dakar . | |
Ball of Nations is a German feature film from 1954. Directed by Karl Ritter , Zsa Zsa Gabor and Gustav Fröhlich play the leading roles. The story was freely based on the operetta of the same name by Paul Beyer and Heinz Hentschke .
action
In order to forestall an impending armed conflict between the major military powers, a world peace conference is convened, to which an American newspaper sends its chief reporter Percy Buck. As failure looms on the horizon, Buck begins to turn to other things. Above all, he has his eye on the glamorous and exalted revue star Vera van Loon, with whom he quickly falls in love. Percy leaves no stone unturned to land with the lady, but she regularly gives him the cold shoulder. Percy is clear: he absolutely needs more time to conquer the heart of the cool beauties. He has a brilliant idea.
In order to extend the World Peace Conference, the newspaper man publishes in his postil a deliberate false report according to which revolutionary developments in atomic research have been made that make an extension of the conference indispensable. The diplomats are now forced to resume their negotiations in order to finally come to a final declaration that will calm the world situation. The secret services of the nuclear powers also have a lot to do and are following Buck's heels to find out what “nuclear secrets” could be in the said newspaper article. Since the Soviets found out about Buck's crush on Vera, they unceremoniously set the capricious Revuediva on Percy to find out about him. At the final ball of nations, everything will now dissolve in favor, and world peace has once again been preserved ...
Production notes
The shooting of the last film by Karl Ritters took place between August 23 and September 30, 1954 in and near Wiesbaden (both atelier and outdoor shots). The premiere took place on December 25, 1954 in Duisburg, the Berlin premiere was on March 11, 1955.
Producer Karl Schulz was in charge of production together with Adolf Hannemann . Alfred Bütow and Ernst Schomer created the film structures, Werner Bochmann took care of the musical adaptation of Fred Raymond's compositions . Conny Carstennsen was one of two unit managers.
The British radio DJ Chris Howland , who lives in Germany, made his first cinema appearance in Ball der Nations .
Lys Assia sings , the ballet of the Darmstadt State Theater dances.
criticism
The lexicon of the international film says: "A politically instinctive attempt to use an explosive topic for superficial entertainment."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ball of Nations. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 1, 2019 .
Web links
- Ball of Nations in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ball of Nations at filmportal.de