Barcarole (1935)

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Movie
Original title Barcarole
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1935
length 87 minutes
Rod
Director Gerhard Lamprecht
script Gerhard Menzel
production Günther Stapenhorst
music Hans-Otto Borgmann using melodies from the opera Hoffmanns Tales by Jacques Offenbach
camera Friedl Behn-Grund
cut Arnfried Heyne
occupation

and as guests with Prince Lopuchin: Angelo Ferrari , Erich Harden , Werner Kepich , Erwin Klietsch , Richard Ludwig , Edgar Pauly , Ludwig Trautmann , Ernst Waldow

Barcarole is a German love drama from 1935 by Gerhard Lamprecht . Lída Baarová , Gustav Fröhlich and Willy Birgel play the leading roles .

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The story largely takes place during one night in Venice in 1911 . The Barcarole is a lively and colorful folk festival that takes place in the lagoons and the winding streets. On the evening of this festival, some gentlemen meet for a gentlemen's evening in Prince Lopukhin's Palazzo Loredan. There, the frivolous bon vivant and idiot Count Colloredo, so far a true child of happiness before the Lord, makes a strange bet: the young, dynamic heartbreaker, convinced of his young man charm, who has just separated from his last lover Lena Ludovisca, bets that he will that night would conquer the proud wife of Alfredo Zubaran, a hard-hearted and cold Mexican nobleman. That Giacinta Zubaran is as beautiful as it is aloof.

At this moment, Zubaran steps in and counter: he claims that his wife will always be loyal to him and that she is of immaculate virtue. To prove her infidelity and his victory over the decency of Giacinta, Colloredo should show the medallion the morning after that Giacinta always wore and never took off. If Colloredo succeeds, there should be a pre-arranged duel, in which, however, the young Casanova deserves the first shot. Should the count fail in his efforts to win Giacinta, Zubaran would be allowed to fire the first shot ... and the cynical Mexican is considered an excellent shooter.

Giacinta wants to enjoy the Barcarole with all her heart, as this is her last night in Venice. While climbing a gondola, she meets Count Colloredo, and the two young people fall passionately in love over the course of the hours that followed. Colloredo finds himself in a quandary, because the very carelessly closed bet now stands in the way of a serious relationship with this woman. Suddenly he is no longer interested in the stupid bet, and although Giacinta gives him her medallion, a talisman, voluntarily, Colloredo does not take advantage of it and does not show it to his Mexican opponent, although it would be easy to break out in triumphant howls. He would rather die in a duel, in which he has no chance of survival under these conditions, than betray his young love for Giacinta, who is traveling home to Mexico with her child on the same day. And so it happens ...

Production notes

Barcarole was shot from November 28, 1934 to mid-January 1935 in the UFA studios in Neubabelsberg (studio recordings) and in Venice (exterior recordings). The premiere took place on March 4, 1935 in the Berlin Gloria Palast . In Austria, the strip started four days later.

Leading actress Baarová made her German film debut in Barcarole . Since filming, she and her film partner Fröhlich had a passionate love affair with each other in real life, which only ended at the moment when Baarová's later lover, the married Propaganda Minister and father of several families, Joseph Goebbels , caught an eye on them and, as a result, triggered a state affair threatened, which was only ended by Adolf Hitler in the autumn of 1938 with a power word and the expulsion of Baarová.

Producer Günther Stapenhorst also took over the production management, Erich von Neusser was production manager. Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig were responsible for the film construction, the costumes were designed by Arno Richter , assisted by Manon Hahn . Bruno Balz provided the texts for Hans-Otto Borgmann's composition . Fritz Seidel was responsible for the sound.

Despite using the music of Jacques Offenbach ( Hoffmann's Stories ), who was considered “not Aryan” in the Third Reich, the film had no problems with film censorship. In 1935 Barcarole was even included in Hitler's film archive at the Berghof near Berchtesgaden.

At the same time, a French-language version was made of Barcarole under the title Barcarolle d'amour . Lamprecht also directed this, albeit with the support of the French dialogue director Roger Le Bon. The three main roles were played by Edwige Feuillère (as Giacinta), Pierre Richard-Willm (as Colloredo) and Roger Karl (as Zubaran).

Reviews

In the edition of March 15, 1935, page 2 of the Österreichische Film-Zeitung reads: “Gustav Fröhlich appears in the role of Colloredo, which he knows how to shape very effectively. His partner is the beautiful Lida Baarova. Willy Birgel embodies the interesting personality of Zubaran (...) The wonderful motifs of Offenbach's 'Hoffmanns Erzählungen' fill the film with mood. "

Paimann's film lists summed up: “A gripping material, the possibilities of which one (has) not fully exploited, the tension of which the often banal dialogue dissuades. The direction missed some climax through the attractive presentation ... supported by crowd scenes. Happy is personable, but not really in the right place. Lida Baarova discreet, restrained, linguistically a bit unfree, the ensemble thoroughly good. Atmospheric music (Borgmann to Offenbach); skillful photography ... "

“A film set against the backdrop of the Carnival in Venice in the 19th century, which deserves film-historical interest because of the studio architecture and the use of music (using motifs from 'Hoffmann's Tales'); in terms of content, a playful, superficial masquerade with clichéd dramatic accents. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bogusław Drewniak: The German Film 1938–1945. A complete overview. P. 457, Düsseldorf 1987
  2. ibid., P. 632
  3. "Barcarole". In:  Österreichische Film-Zeitung , March 15, 1935, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fil
  4. ^ Barcarole in Paimann's film lists
  5. Barcarole. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used