Please do not disturb!

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Movie
German title Please do not disturb!
Original title Do not disturb
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1965
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ralph Levy
script Milt Rosen ,
Richard L. Breen
production Martin Melcher ,
Aaron Rosenberg
music Lionel Newman
camera Leon Shamroy
cut Robert L. Simpson
occupation
synchronization

Please do not disturb! (Original title: Do Not Disturb ) is an American comedy film directed by Ralph Levy from 1965 with Doris Day and Rod Taylor in the lead roles. The play Some Other Love by William Fairchild served as a template .

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When Mike Harper, who works for a US wool company, relocates his office to London to gain European markets, he and his wife, Janet, move to England. At Janet's request, they settle in a house in the country. Mike is now supposed to take the train to London every morning. But when Janet, who is supposed to drive him to the train station, cannot find the way and almost hits a truck on the wrong side of the street, they return home. Mike's attractive secretary Claire Hackett finally picks him up in her car, while Janet finds a small fox in the garden and saves him from being killed by a hunting party. With the help of her neighbor and landlady Vanessa Courtwright, Janet tries to adjust to her new surroundings. Meanwhile, Mike is concerned with the question of how he can land new orders for his company. He learns from his advisor George Simmons that in order to be successful, he first and foremost has to convince the influential Austrian ski pants manufacturer Willie Langsdorf of his wool. First, however, Mike is supposed to meet with a Greek textile dealer that evening and agrees, although he has promised Janet to be home on time for dinner. At the business lunch with the Greek, Mike is accompanied by Claire Hackett.

When Mike finally comes home, Janet - who has been waiting for him with food for hours - accuses him of increasingly neglecting her. Mike, in turn, complains about living in the country, but evades it when Janet tries to discuss things with him. When a telegram is brought over that Mike had sent her telling her he was going to be late for the business lunch, they start laughing and make up. The next day, Janet wants to visit Mike in the office and learns that Claire Hackett is now Mike's personal assistant. Since Mike is not there, Janet drives to his city apartment, where he and Claire are receiving a group of business people. When Janet finds women's clothes from a showing in his bedroom, she thinks Claire is his mistress. Vanessa Courtwright, who has seen Mike with Claire in the restaurant, confirms Janet's assumption and recommends that she find a lover to take revenge. To at least pretend she's having an affair, Vanessa sends Janet flowers and other gifts to make Mike jealous. Mike, who is initially unimpressed, finally believes that the antique dealer Paul Bellari is Janet's admirer, and lets him know that he should leave Janet alone. However, Janet assures Mike that she doesn't know Bellari and that she only wanted to meet him about a new facility.

While Mike travels to Scotland on a factory tour with Claire , Bellari helps Janet refurbish the house. In order to have a finished dining room for the upcoming wedding day, Janet is persuaded by Bellari to fly to Paris and find something suitable in his shop there - after all, one could be back in England in the evening. Once in the French capital, Bellari does everything in his power to get Janet drunk and then seduce her. When evening falls and the return flight is not possible due to fog, they are accidentally locked in Bellari's shop, which the antique dealer shamelessly tries to take advantage of. To his regret, however, Janet falls on a bed drunk. The next morning Mike, who found out about Janet's trip to Paris, shows up in front of the reopened store and sees Janet at Bellari's. Furious, he knocks down his supposed rival and drives away.

Still in Paris, Mike hopes to make business contacts with his potential major customer Willie Langsdorf at a hotel party. At business meetings with Langsdorf, however, it is expected that the men will be accompanied by their girlfriends instead of their wives. When Janet arrives at Langsdorf's hotel, she wants to pretend to be Mike's lover and for this purpose buys a new dress. Her new, backless outfit caused a stir at the party and Langsdorf was immediately taken with her. He always wants to dance with her and finally invites her to a private party in his room. When Mike arrives, to whom Bellari has assured that nothing has gone between him and Janet, Janet falls happily into his arms. But when she sees Claire Hackett in the hotel lobby, which Mike says should be in London, Janet demands a divorce. She is about to leave when she overhears a conversation between Claire and a French man who reveals that Claire has never had anything with Mike. Janet now rushes to Mike, but ends up in Langsdorf's hotel room. Believing it was her husband, she goes to bed with Langsdorf as she sleeps. When she notices her mistake and wants to sneak away, Langsdorf wakes up and chases after her love-mad in the hotel. Only when his angry wife arrives does Langsdorf give up the pursuit. Janet, unwittingly hiding in Mike's bed, finally falls violently into her husband's arms, causing the bed to collapse.

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Although please do not disturb! Set in England and Paris, the film - with the exception of briefly faded-in exterior shots - was shot on the 20th Century Fox studio site in Hollywood . Doris Day sings the title track Do Not Disturb , which was written by Ben Raleigh and Mark Barkan .

The film was first released in the United States on December 22, 1965. In Germany, please do not disturb! three days later in theaters.

Reviews

Bosley Crowther of the New York Times called Do Not Disturb! at the time as "the silliest film among the comedic trivialities" that Doris Day had made since her time before Rock Hudson . The script and the direction are lacking in humor. The acting performances are no more than "trite". Rod Taylor appears "absolutely colorless". According to Variety , however, it is "a light, entertaining comedy". The interaction between the two stars is "exceptionally good".

In retrospect, TimeOut London described the film as a "meaningless comedy about conjugal entanglements" with the usual Hollywood clichés of London and Paris. For the lexicon of international film , please do not disturb! one of "the weaker Doris Day comedies with a poor script and awkward staging". "The momentum of the big Doris Day films is missing," said Cinema . The Evangelische Film-Beobachter described the film as a “very plain and simple game of confusion” and as “dream plush and slapstick”.

Awards

Maura McGivney was in 1966 nominated for a Golden Globe in the category Best Young Actress .

German version

The German dubbed version was created in 1965 by Berliner Synchron GmbH . The dubbing was directed by Klaus von Wahl based on the dialogue book by Fritz A. Koeniger .

role actor Voice actor
Janet Harper Doris Day Edith Schneider
Mike Harper Rod Taylor Peer Schmidt
Vanessa Courtwright Hermione Baddeley Tina Eilers
Paul Bellari Sergio Fantoni Michael Chevalier
George Simmons Reginald Gardiner Erich Fiedler
Claire Hackett Maura McGiveney Bettina Schön
Alicia Petrova Lisa Pera Ute Landfried-Marin
Mrs. Ordley Barbara Morrison Elf tailors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “ Do Not Disturb is the most foolish piece of comic trivia she's been caught in since her pre-Rock Hudson days. […] Nor are any of the performances more than hackneyed. Rod Taylor is absolutely drab [...]. " Bosley Crowther : 'Do Not Disturb': Doris Day Decorates Home in England . In: The New York Times , December 25, 1965.
  2. ↑ “ Do Not Disturb is a light, entertaining comedy […]. Stars play extremely well together [...]. " See Do Not Disturb . In: Variety , 1965.
  3. ↑ "An inane comedy of marital complications [...] with the usual off-beam Hollywood views of London and Paris." See Do Not Disturb on timeout.com
  4. ↑ Please do not disturb! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 10, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ cf. cinema.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Protestant film observer . Evangelical Press Association Munich, Critique No. 17/1966.
  7. ↑ cf. synchrondatenbank.de
  8. ↑ Please do not disturb! In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on June 10, 2019 .