It was always so nice with you

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Movie
Original title It was always so nice with you
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1954
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Hans Wolff
script Paul H. Rameau , based
on an idea by
Hans Wolff
production Hermann Schwerin
for Fono-Film
music Theo Mackeben (compositions),
Georg Haentzschel (musical direction)
camera Hans Schneeberger
cut Hermann Leitner
occupation

It was always so nice for you is a German fiction film by Hans Wolff from 1954.

action

Like his best friend Karl Holler, Peter Martens only lives for music. He loves Elisabeth, but her father only wants to give her to a man who has learned something “right” in life. Peter puts his music on hold, even if he has already received a recommendation from a well-known cabaret singer to introduce himself to music publisher Conrads in Berlin . After two years without music, Elisabeth's father agrees to marry, but even during his honeymoon Peter moves to Berlin, where he wants to try his luck with music. Although Conrads initially rejected him, he soon realized that Peter had an effect on women and hired him as a bar pianist . Peter soon rises together with his lyricist Karl, first composing titles, then whole revues and ballet music, and soon the greatest stars of their time want to work with him. Peter's marriage suffers from his constant work, especially since Elisabeth believes, according to newspaper reports, that he is having an affair with a ballet dancer. At some point she moves out of the shared apartment and only wants to return to Peter when she can be sure that he still loves her. She also has another, secret reason not to return to her husband. However, Peter sees the guilt of a separation with her and refuses to take the first step towards reconciliation.

Only an aging film star, for whose last film Peter wrote the music, makes him think: The diva wants to get out of the film business in order to live with her family in the future, as she strictly separates business and private matters. When Peter met the cabaret singer who had meanwhile been relegated and who had put him in touch with Conrads at a bar a short time later, he wrote the hit Anyway, life is just for her - she introduced him to the public for the first time and immediately receives a record deal . Peter moved the lyrics to the song - “You have to decide how you want to live, that's what matters” - so that he returns to Elisabeth's apartment. There he only meets her aunt Martha, who tells him that Elisabeth is in the hospital - she is expecting a child from him. He rushes to Elisabeth's hospital and promises to change his life. As he is conducting his first radio concert, he learns that Elisabeth has given birth to twins . He spontaneously changes his schedule for radio broadcasts. He now only plays for his wife the piece he once wrote for her, knowing that Elisabeth is listening to the broadcast on the radio.

production

The shooting took place in January 1954 in Berlin and Hamburg , the production took place in the Atelier Hamburg-Wandsbek . The film premiered on April 16, 1954 in the Stuttgart Universum .

The film is a biographical homage to the composer Theo Mackeben , who died in early 1953. In the film, many of his best-known hits are sung by stars of the 1930s and 1940s such as Zarah Leander and Kirsten Heiberg .

criticism

The lexicon of international films said, With you it was always so nice is a “standard story from the all too quickly successful pop composer who temporarily loses track of his professional and private life. An insignificant framework for a medley of Mackeben evergreens and the guest appearances of popular show stars (Zarah Leander, Kirsten Heiberg, Margot Hielscher, Willi Forst and others). "

Cinema stated: “The only thing that is nice about the harmlessness is how Zarah Leander and Margot Hielscher sing German evergreens. Conclusion: German stench a bit pepped up. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 1. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 292.
  2. ↑ It was always so nice with you. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on May 1, 2018 .