Beate (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Beate |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Carl Boese |
| script | Carl Boese Erwin Klein |
| production | Gaston Briese |
| music | Gerhard Winkler |
| camera | Bruno Stephan |
| cut | Walter Wischniewsky |
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Beate is a German film drama from 1948 by Carl Boese . Elena Luber plays the title role , Richard Häussler took over the role of returning from the war . The film was shown in Austria under the title Beates Leap into Luck .
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Berlin 1947. Felix Wendlandt has returned home from the Second World War. He feels compelled to go back to his wife, a woman whom he had rashly married after a casual acquaintance during the war, without really knowing her well. Just five days after the two of them were married, Felix was drafted and had to go to the front. That was six years ago. He knocks on the door of the replacement apartment Lydia Wendlandt had been given. The power is cut again, and by candlelight he is greeted by a woman who could be Lydia, so much does she resemble her prematurely abandoned wife. But it is a different one, and her name is Beate. Felix cannot tell the difference under these circumstances and therefore firmly believes that his wife is facing him and that Beate must be Lydia. Beate is Lydia's younger sister and looks extremely similar to her.
In the course of "getting closer" with the alleged Lydia, Felix begins to notice one or the other character or personality difference. If he has a brief argument with Beate, he really means Lydia. A neighbor is already starting to gossip, knowing who is who. Only an official authority - it is the office that allocates the apartments - clarifies Felix that Beate is not Lydia. But Felix Wendlandt has long since discovered his affection for this new woman and finally decides to spend his future with her. Beate is not averse, but in view of the unresolved situation regarding Lydia, who has in the meantime managed to improve socially - Lydia cheated after 1945 and entered into a relationship with a wealthy black marketeer residing in a villa - she makes no promises .
Production notes
Beate was made, supplemented with outdoor shots from Berlin, in the Ondia film studio in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , passed the Allied film censorship in July 1948 and was premiered on August 6, 1948 in Hamburg. The Berlin premiere took place on October 29, 1948 in Berlin (West).
Ernst Liepelt took over the production management. Ernst H. Albrecht designed the film structures, Vera Mügge designed the costumes. Willi Brahmann took care of the sound.
Reviews
In Der Spiegel 33/1948 it was read: “The advertising calls the film a" charmingly portrayed marriage story ". Carl Boese, proven cutter of countless strips from the box "What makes the little man amused at the end of the day", has cheerfully varied the homecoming problem in "Beate". Only one ruin can be seen discreetly. (...) Richard Häussler plays the homecomer as a nice boy who is more surprised than upset about his homeland. Elena Luber is a friendly young girl. Heart suits her better in the double role than sophistication. Everything goes very well and without surprises, not without signs of artistic malnutrition. "
The time judged: “All of this is very superficial, very clear. Nowhere is the attempt to delve into the depths with artistic means. Obviously, neither the script nor the direction nor the overall execution had the intention, the level. To transcend trivial entertainment. We dutifully note this "world premiere", but we could think of our scarce raw film material as more fruitfully related. "
"Unrealistic-banal love drama in the post-war environment."
Individual evidence
- ^ Critique in Der Spiegel from August 14, 1948
- ↑ Beate , in: The time of August 12, 1948
- ↑ Beate in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on July 1, 2019
Web links
- Beate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Beate at filmportal.de