Postman Müller
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Postman Müller |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Reinhardt |
| script |
Eberhard Keindorff , Johanna Sibelius |
| production | Kurt Ulrich for Berolina-Film GmbH |
| music |
Friedrich Schröder , Fred Ignor (lyrics) |
| camera |
Kurt Schulz , Herbert Geier |
| cut | Erich Palme |
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Postman Müller is a feature film by the Berlin-Tempelhof film studios directed by John Reinhardt from 1953. The film is based on a novella by Ernest Neubach . "Berolina shows in the form of a comedy with Heinz Rühmann as Titus Müller the rise and fall of a postman who inherits and quickly forgets the worries of ordinary people over the sweet life, but finds his way back to his wife after the descent." Heli Finkenzeller is as Titus Müller's wife Charlotte occupied.
The premiere of the film took place on October 1st, 1953 in the Universum Stuttgart.
action
The everyday life of the postman Titus Müller is shown against the backdrop of the little town of Meersburg, which remained undestroyed during the Second World War . After the postman had sent himself a letter from his unknown aunt Anna Hackbusch from Italy, he set off for Italy with his wife and three children by bike. In Anna Hackbusch's castle, he and many others named Müller have to do the parade in front of the heiress. Hackbusch's dog Ambrosia greets him happily because he has a sausage from the buffet hidden in his jacket pocket.
After Anna Hackbusch's death, the dog Ambrosia inherits her property, which is to be transferred to the World Animal Protection Association after the animal's death. According to the will, Titus Müller receives the dog Ambrosia and thus access to the property. He quickly settles into the world of the wealthy, falls out with his wife “Rabbit”, takes the dancer “Mira Belle” as mistress without knowing what that actually means, and writes a check for them at one of the lavish parties Salvation Army out.
When Ambrosia's heart couldn't cope with the hardships of childbirth and stopped, Titus Müller suddenly became a poor man again. He's not even invited to his daughter's wedding, who has just got married in Meersburg (again in front of the Meersburg backdrop on the market square in front of the Obertor). All he has left is a little puppy, whom he calls Ambrosius.
The check for the Salvation Army that was issued by Müller at the time has since been used as share capital for the Titus Müller Foundation. Müller is found by the foundation as a simple man, honored, finds his way back to his wife and becomes a postman again. He is now on the way with Ambrosius, who is tirelessly by his side. The film style "Yes, if it weren't for the good old mail ..." seals the parable about the vicissitudes of life.
Production notes
The same material was filmed in 1935 by director Fred Sauer under the title Alles weg'n dem Hund . Postman Müller was produced in the Berlin-Tempelhof studio. The outdoor shots were made in Meersburg on Lake Constance, in Switzerland and in the Hotel Gehrhus in Berlin-Grunewald.
Egon Kaiser and his soloists play in the film , vocals: Ilse Hübner. Willi A. Herrmann and Heinrich Wiedemann were responsible for the film construction, the production management lay with Erich Holder and Karl Mitschke with the assistance of Oscar Martay . The costumes came from Wolf Leder .
In the middle of the shooting, the German-American director John Reinhardt died of a heart attack. Heinz Rühmann took over the direction and finished the film. Only John Reinhardt is named as director in the opening credits.
DVD release
The film has appeared several times on DVD, for example on October 14, 2016 as part of the “Heimatkanal - Jubiläumsedition” series together with nine other films, published by Filmjuwelen (Alive AG). Alive AG also released the film as a single film on September 29, 2014 as part of its "Jewels of Film History" series. Postman Müller published Home Entertainment on March 9, 2007 in the "Heinz Rühmann Edition 2", after she had already released the film on May 5, 2006.
Reviews
"You have to love him, this postman Müller, who, as a small man, spreads so much warmth around him and, as a tall man, satirizes the unfamiliar situations so deliciously and boldly."
On the Kino.de page there is talk of a film comedy with “conservative morals”. After Heinz Rühmann's "sometimes not very glorious appearances in the cinema of the Third Reich", this film laid "the foundation for the actor's second career". He "convinces as a 'little man next door' who has acted as co-director alongside John Reinhardt" in a "very moral story about the importance of family and immaterial values despite all the comedic elements". The “opulent furnishings that were presented in a handsome way” were also praised.
Curt Riess saw the film as "not particularly funny comedy."
Falk Schwarz was also unable to gain anything from the film on the filmportal.de site and spoke of a "ludicrous act ('dog inherits huge wealth'), a [r] banal morality ('money doesn't make you happy either') and a [ r] personal tragedy ”in view of the death of John Reinhardt. It is therefore no wonder that “in this mixed situation, nothing more than (film) clothing was created”. "No logic of the plot, dull dialogues ('I'm not a person, I'm a postman'), a photograph that is ambitious in terms of color and visual design, a leading actor who [can] do much more than what is required here”. "Rühmanns versatility consumption [e] just a Käutner !" [...] Rühmann kasper [e] along the plot thread, and when Harald Paulsen would not be as pokerfaciger Butler and good spirit, one would words come as flat, shallow and trivial. Until the key phrase finally falls: 'You always have to look to the good'. In conclusion, Schwarz wrote: “Let's be fair: the beginning is nice to watch Postman Müller on his rounds through Meersburg. The film was 'sedate', wrote the critic. Perhaps one should add 'missed'. "
Web links
- Mailman Mueller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Postman Müller at filmportal.de
- Postman Müller (1953) full film at dailymotion.com
- Postman Müller Fig. Title page Illustrierte Film-Bühne Nr. 2098 (in the picture Heinz Rühmann)
- Postman Müller at rarefilmsondmore.com (including another film poster and two film images)
- Postman Müller Entry at the German Film Institute / Film Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summary of the plot of the film "Postman Müller" from 1953, which was shown on July 20, 2009 on RBB television in prime time.
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , pp. 314-315.
- ↑ a b Falk Schwarz: Postman Müller. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on February 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Heimat Kanal Jubilee Box Fig. DVD case film jewels (in the picture Kessler-Zwillinge, Heinz Rühmann, Waltraut Haas, Peter Alexander, Hans Moser, Peter Weck).
- ↑ Postman Müller Fig. DVD case film jewels (in the picture Heinz Rühmann).
- ^ Franz Josef Görtz, Hans Sarkowicz: Heinz Rühmann, 1902-1994: the actor and his century . 2001, p. 333
- ↑ Postman Müller see page kino.de (including trailer and photo series). Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ↑ Riess: There was only one time, vol. 5, p. 177
