A lovely family

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Movie
Original title A lovely family
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1948
length 70, 74 minutes
Rod
Director Erich Waschneck
script Gustav Kampendonk based
on an idea by Gerhard T. Buchholz
production Hans von Wolzüge
(production group)
music Werner Eisbrenner
camera Kurt Schulz
cut Elisabeth Neumann ,
Hermann Ludwig
occupation

A lovely family is a 1944 Reich German film by Erich Waschneck . Karin Hardt and Ernst von Klipstein play the main roles .

action

Since the death of Professor Holk, a renowned veterinarian, the oldest daughter of the Berlin family, Martina Holk, has to look after the numerous siblings. In addition to Martina, there are six other girls and boys, all between ten and 24 years old. She is supported by the guardian of the family, Professor Sedelmann, an odd, older, friendly gentleman who, however, largely gives Martina a free hand in her decision-making. One day the old Sedelmann has to state that the running costs of the Grunewald villa are gradually eating up the assets of the largely income-free family, and so Martina, in agreement with the guardian, decides to use her deceased father's practice rooms and laboratories, which are also housed in the spacious house to rent to another vet so that the villa can be owned by the extended family.

The younger siblings are anything but particularly enthusiastic that a stranger is about to move into the house and are therefore starting to purposefully scare away anyone interested. After all, the "lovely" family is supposed to be lucky in misery. Martina's boss, the veterinarian Dr. Eduard Höflin, shows himself ready to take over Prof. Holk's practice and then moves into the Grunewald villa. Dr. Initially, Höflin is very happy about this change, since he has long since kept an eye on Martina, who has so far been brittle and dismissive because the young woman does not have her head free for a romance in view of her troubled siblings. Dr. Höflin shows himself to be quite resistant to the pranks, turbulence and nervousness of Martina's brothers and sisters, as he himself grew up with eight siblings.

The Holk gang does not want someone else to move into their house and is now starting a real guerrilla war against the nervous vet. But he remains steadfast until one day a prank actually brings young happiness apart temporarily. The young people quickly realize that this time she has gone too far, because the separation from Dr. Martine is hard on the courtier. And so Irmgard, Günther, Otto, Sohni, Babsi and Lauser Holk decide to be a lovely family to their sister Martina and try to smooth things over again and reconcile Martina and Eduard again. In order to present the two of them with a fait accompli, an announcement of their marriage is simply placed in the newspaper. When the eight Höflins siblings arrive, the mess is perfect. Finally there is a great reconciliation, and Martina and Dr. Court women spontaneously celebrate their engagement.

Production notes

The film was shot in November 1944 and was in music synchronization at the end of the war. It premiered on January 23, 1948 in East Berlin. A German premiere cannot be determined. This film was later sold under the title Thank you, I'm fine .

Production group leader Hans von Wolzieh also worked on this film as production manager. Alfred Bütow and Heinrich Beisenherz created the film structures.

criticism

Drewniaks The German film 1938-1945 called the film "a song of praise for the large family".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938-1945 . A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 482

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