Encounter in Salzburg
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Encounter in Salzburg |
| Country of production | Germany , France |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Friedmann |
| script | Thomas Munster |
| production | Peter Bamberger |
| music | Peter Thomas |
| camera | Georg Krause |
| cut | Hermann Ludwig |
| occupation | |
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Encounter in Salzburg is a film by Max Friedmann about the midlife crisis of an industrial manager during the economic miracle in the early 1960s.
action
West Germany, during the economic miracle at the beginning of the 1960s: Hans Willke is industrial manager at the Terstappen works with 6,000 employees. His life, shaped by duty and responsibility, has almost entirely focused on his job and neglected his wife. After the death of her twins she completely withdrew into herself. Willke has the feeling that he is missing something in real life. He spontaneously decided to go to Salzburg to visit his old friend, the actor Bernhard von Wangen. He rehearses the stage play "Jedermann" in Salzburg. In the evening he met the young Manuela in a cellar. Willke falls in love with the young woman and wants to enjoy life again. His previous existence suddenly seems pointless to Willke, and the sacrifice for his profession is a waste. When he throws himself headlong into his new life, his body rebels. The heart skips and lets the person who stumbled through his fears and doubts intensely. In the end, he suffers a fatal heart attack.
Production notes
The film is a German-French co-production by Peter Bamberger Filmproduktion, Munich and Paris-Inter Productions, Paris. The world premiere took place on March 19, 1964 in Salzburg.
criticism
"Tortured to ridiculous conversation that tries desperately for depth."
background
Shot in the middle of the German economic miracle, the film shows quite good approaches to an honest analysis of a professional and private life back then. Ultimately, it fails because the film is too conventionally made and remains stuck in old conventions.
Web links
- Encounter in Salzburg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Encounter in Salzburg at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Georg Krause