Until the happy ending
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Until the happy ending |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Theodor Kotulla |
| script |
Hans stamp Martin Ripken |
| production | Hartmut Bahr for Iduna-Film |
| music |
Ludwig van Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| camera | Hans-Peter Sickert |
| cut | Elke Riemann |
| occupation | |
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Until the happy end is a German feature film from 1968 by Theodor Kotulla , who made his feature-length film debut here. The leading roles are played by Klaus Löwitsch , Roger Fritz and Helga Sommerfeld .
action
Photo dealer Arnold and his wife Frieda live with their ten-year-old son Peter in the (then) federal capital, Bonn, and have achieved some prosperity there as a middle-class married couple. When Arnold's brother Paul and his wife Vera turn up at Arnold's one day and get his share of the inherited family business, there is a solid row. When one word results in another, a scuffle ensues in which Paul falls down the stairs and dies in the process. Although it is clearly an accident, Arnold is now ready to pay Vera a certain amount so that there is no talk that could break the professional neck of the photo dealer in a manageable city like Bonn.
Vera accepts the quasi-hush money, and the relatives have a kind of family celebration where they pretend that nothing has happened. For his son Peter, these events and the agreements are more than disturbing, and he cannot properly classify this "conspiracy" between the parents and Aunt Veras. Hence, he begins to revolt when one tries to simply pass over the death of the uncle and get back to business as usual. When his worries do not get through to the adults, the boy tries to hang himself on a curtain rod, but fails miserably.
Production notes
Until the happy end was created between April 30 and June 18, 1968 in Bonn and Munich and was premiered on October 10, 1968 as part of the IFF Mannheim. The German television first broadcast took place on April 28, 1970 on ZDF .
The film received the rating “particularly valuable”.
Reviews
“An unobtrusive film that documents its fall in cool and clear colors. His story is commonplace and therefore has a convincing effect - especially since the script and direction almost entirely dispense with intrusive moral evaluations in the character drawing. "
In the lexicon of the international film it says: "Critical, but only partially convincing attempt to analyze the consciousness of our consumer and affluent society."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Until the happy ending. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 24, 2018 .
Web links
- Until the happy ending in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Until the happy ending at filmportal.de