Something is not right

Movie
Original title	Something is not right
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1934
length	75 minutes
Age rating	FSK not specified
Rod
Director	Hans H. Zerlett
script	Hans H. Zerlett
production	Viktor Klein
music	Eduard Künneke ; Franz Marszalek (conductor)
camera	Bruno Mondi
cut	Else Baum
occupation
	Viktor de Kowa : Baron Albrecht von Weiningen; Adele Sandrock : Baroness von Weiningen, his aunt; Ralph Arthur Roberts : Winkler, Councilor of Commerce; Lizzi Holzschuh : Hanna, his daughter; Kurt Mühlhardt : Director Claasen; Elga Brink : Daisy, his wife; Paul Heidemann : Anton Piesecke; Hansjoachim Büttner : Müller, chauffeur; Charlott Daudert : Anny, housemaid; Hans Nerking : Fürstl, detective inspector; Willy Schaeffers : a hotel guest; Ernst Stimmel : registrar; Hans Albin : second hotel porter; Flora Berthold : Congratulations in the office; Rudolf Biebrach : Finance Administrator of ; the Commerce Council; Blandine Ebinger; Ruth Eweler : clerk ; in the baron's office; Michael von Newlinski : Waiter in the hotel; Bruno Ziener : Hotel porter; Louis Brody : Groom in a bridal carriage; Paul Rehkopf : Hotel employee ; in the steam bath; Fred Goebel : ; Baron's clerk; also: Karl Harbacher , Gustav Püttjer ;

There's something wrong with that is a German feature film from 1934 directed by Hans H. Zerlett . The main roles are occupied by Viktor de Kowa , Adele Sandrock and Lizzi Holzschuh . In Austria the film had the distribution title Der Heiratsschwindler . The film is based on Franz Arnold's Schwank Something's wrong .

action

Kommerzienrat Winkler arranged the marriage of his daughter Hanna. There are purely business reasons that drive Winkler to force this marriage on Hanna. The wedding with Baron von Weiningen should take place in two hours . Winkler hopes that this rise to a higher level of society will give his company, which is threatened with bankruptcy , a boost . He speculates on a merger with the Claasen works. The wedding also takes place, but neither Hanna nor her father know that they have been caught by a marriage swindler. Hanna did not marry the baron, but his former valet Anton Piesecke. When the young baron went on a longer stay abroad, Piesecke had brought his papers with him, which was what made this marriage fraud possible. Immediately after the wedding ceremony, Piesecke ran away with a fictitious phone call, but not without first having the agreed larger advance on the inheritance of his wives from the happy father-in-law. Allegedly he is expected on a secret diplomatic mission in London .

At the estate , the young baron, who had just returned from his stay abroad on the day of the wedding, was very astonished when his servants congratulated him and then learned from the newspaper that he was getting married today. He wants to see his bride and goes straight to the registry office . With foresight he wears the uniform of his chauffeur and introduces himself as the chauffeur Emil Müller of the Baron von Weiningen. Since the fake bridegroom had agreed with Winklers that the young baroness should go ahead on her honeymoon with her father and that he would come as soon as possible, Kommerzienrat Winkler and Hanna assume that the baron sent his chauffeur. So this is how you set off on your journey to Baden-Baden . Between Hanna and the elegant "chauffeur" there was a crackling from the start. Privy Councilor Claasen and his wife Daisy have meanwhile arrived at the hotel in Baden-Baden. He found out about Hanna Winkler's marriage to Baron von Weiningen and would like to promote the merger with the Winklers company. Daisy Claasen knows the young baron from before. And someone else who knows Baron von Winkler very well is in Baden-Baden. Baroness von Weiningen, the young baron's aunt, is staying there for a cure . This makes it impossible for the baron to continue his role as a chauffeur. He reveals himself and confesses to Hanna that he fell in love with her the first time she saw her. And it was no different with Hanna.

When Winkler realizes that he has fallen victim to a marriage swindler, his displeasure is short-lived, as the real baron asks him for the hand of his daughter, to whom he is actually already married ...

Background and production

The shooting in the Jofa studios in Berlin-Johannisthal took place from May 1st to mid-May 1934 and the outdoor shots from mid-May to early June 1934 in Baden-Baden .

The premiere of the film in Germany was on October 9, 1934, in Berlin's UFA-Theater Kurfürstendamm and in the UFA-Theater Friedrichstrasse. The production company was Viktor Klein-Film GmbH (Berlin). Martin Pichert was in charge of production, while Heinz Landsmann was the production manager . The buildings came from Erich Czerwonski and Carl Böhm, the mask from Adolf Braun and Willi Grabow. Otto Krüerke, Ernst Thege and Ernst Wassermann were responsible for the props. Margarete Sucrow and Johannes Krämer took care of the cloakroom; Erich Lange was responsible for the sound. The lyrics are by Hans H. Zerlett , conducted by Franz Marszalek . The still photography was done by Karl Lindner.

Adele Sandrock already knew Hans H. Zerlett from the feature film Ein Walzer für dich , for which he wrote the script together with the director of the film Georg Zoch . After the Karl Valentin short film Im Schallplattenladen , this was Zerlett's second directorial work in a feature film.

criticism

“A councilor falls for a swindler whom he takes for a baron. He gives him his cash and his marriageable daughter - but then the real baron shows up and mimes the chauffeur. A lot of confusion that is a bit amusing just because of Adele Sandrock and Viktor de Kowa. "

- Lexicon of international film