Boards That Mean the World (1935)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Planks that mean the world |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1935 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Gerron |
| script | Karl Noti |
| production | Adolf Rosen |
| music | Paul Abraham |
| camera | Zoli Vidor |
| cut | Laci Vidor |
| occupation | |
and Hermann Blaß , Jack Mylong-Münz , Anni Hartmann , Karl Ehmann , Josef Danegger , Nora Minor , Ernst Prockl , Walter O. Stahl , Ernst Wieland , Charlotte Waldow , Mihail Xantho | |
Boards that mean the world is an Austrian fictional film by Kurt Gerron made in 1934 starring the two star comedians Szöke Szakall and Otto Wallburg, who fled from Germany . Ernst Arndt and Hans Homma took on other leading roles .
action
The two manufacturers Seiffert and Rainer are two old hands in their trade. They both work in the textile industry and want to merge their companies in order not only to make more money, but also to be able to use the synergy effects optimally. In order to ensure that the company conglomerate remains in the family's hands for the next generations, the two patriarchs decide that, as a practical matter, both descendants - Seiffert's niece Katja, who is a skilled employee in his company, and Rainer's son Paul - should marry. But then the two did the math without host Paul, because he is anything but enthusiastic. Rather, he likes actresses - not because he loves high art so much, but rather because he can always leave his connections to them in the rough. Neither the young women of the fine arts nor he himself are keen on solid relationships, much less marriage. And so Paul deliberately avoids meeting Katja Seiffert - much to his father's displeasure.
Katja is much less averse to this, as she can observe her future husband for the first time during the business merger negotiations between her uncle and Paul. Paul doesn't know that the young lady is Seiffert's niece. In any case, she is not opposed to a private merger with the handsome, young man. And so she uses a ruse. Since Paul only likes women who act or sing on boards that mean the world, Katja warms up her singing studies, which she has broken off, and can be trained until she is finally “fit for the stage”. Theater agent Traeger can even get her an engagement at the theater of the small nest Graflingen. The mayor of the city gives a reception to which the stage artists are also invited, and so it is that Paul Rainer and Katja finally get to know each other in person. Both quickly enjoy each other and finally spend the entire evening together.
The focus of the sub-plot of the teddy bear-like stands clerk Franz Novak, who has been serving the delicacy resolute negotiator woman and Mayer had made at the beginning of the story by supplying the house with two rabbits Seiffert for plenty of confusion. His boss finally fired him for various misconduct, and so the man loudly complains of his suffering to the cook Hansi, who belongs to his heart. The melodramatic wailing cry accidentally overhears theater director Petermann, who absolutely wants to perform a classic, dramatic piece and is looking for a talented new cast. He thinks Novak would be very suitable for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, but Novak turns out to be difficult. He doesn't want to appear in a classic, but rather something modern. And so Petermann lets him play a captain. But Petermann's instinct was very wrong: The clerk is completely untalented, and the premiere will be a total failure. That is why the theater director Novak voluntarily pays an entire annual salary if he promises in return that he will never appear on a stage again. So both get something out of it, because Novak can use the money to do nothing to buy the delicatessen from Ms. Mayer and moreover marry his Hansi. Paul and Katja also finally find each other after the merger agreement was concluded and both young people found each other privately through their love for the theater.
Production notes and trivia
Boards that mean the world was created in 1934 in the Tobis-Sascha studios in Vienna-Sievering and Vienna-Rosenhügel and was premiered on February 1, 1935 in the Austrian capital. The mass start was on February 22, 1935. In view of the strong Jewish participation (including director Gerron, leading actor Szakall, Wallburg and Arndt, and composer Paul Abraham ), the film was not released in Hitler's Germany.
Artur Berger designed the film structures, Herbert Janeczka took care of the sound . Arthur Gottlein assisted director Gerron.
music
The following songs by Paul Abraham were played:
- I hate you and I love you!
- I want something big today!
- Unfortunately what I do goes wrong!
The composer also took over the musical direction. The lyrics were written by Fritz Rotter . These titles were published by Sirius Music Publishing in Vienna.
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Amusing film events, little actual plot that does not immediately get going. Only reason to use the comedians, whose personalities carry the film. The direction has good taste, nice ideas, gets a lot out of individual situations, protects the ensemble from exaggeration. "
On film.at it says: “The film by the comedian duo Szakall-Wallburg stands out from the average comedy food: Unforgettable is the scene in which the desperate theater director (Wallburg) with growing alarm of his completely untalented» new discovery «- the errand boy Novak (Szakall ) - tries to teach the high art of Shakespeare ... "
Web links
- Boards that mean the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Boards that mean the world at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boards that mean the world in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from August 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Boards that mean the world on film.at
