The law of love
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The law of love |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 77.96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Schweikart |
| script | Ernst von Salomon |
| production | Gerhard Staab (production group) |
| music | Oskar Wagner |
| camera | Bruno Stephan |
| cut | Ludolf Grisebach |
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The Law of Love is a 1944 German feature film by Hans Schweikart . The main roles are played by Hilde Krahl , Ferdinand Marian and Paul Hubschmid . The story is based on the novel of the same name (1936) by Fred Andreas .
action
Berlin in 1805. The young Madeleine Frisius ran away from home to pursue a career as an opera singer in the big wide world. On the way she is picked up and taken to a police station. There she met the benevolent lieutenant von Gorschewski, who, after a brief questioning, allowed her to travel on. Madeleine finds her first engagement as a singer in the ballroom of the rather disreputable Madame Templin. The young chanteuse displeased this establishment and the guests who frequented it so much that she was delighted to see Lieutenant Gorschewski again, who was taking her home with him. There Madeleine Frisius met the handsome Prime Lieutenant Hofstede. So that the young officer does not get a bad impression of his company, Gorschewski introduces Madeleine to him as his cousin. They both fall in love and quickly become a couple. When he learns of Madeleine's true origins and her appearance at Madame Templin, Hofstede, who socializes in much more noble circles, is on the one hand a little duped, on the other hand does not want any prejudices to damage young happiness. To get her out of her ballroom circles, Hofstede first places Madeleine with his sister, Frau Kettler. Hofstede plans to marry the singer Madeleine in the foreseeable future.
A little later, Madeleine met a greasy and slippery French named Pistolecron, who had already seen Madeleine in the ballroom. This baron works as a Napoleonic spy and is on his way to Paris to deliver secret papers stolen by the Prussians. Madeleine offers herself as a companion who makes him appear unsuspicious. Hofstede, who learned of Madeleine's departure, followed them immediately to Paris and met the devious baron, whom he introduced himself to as Count Eldach. Pistolecran, who knows when he is facing a dangerous opponent, soon smells a fuse and tries to find out more about the fake Count Eldach. The French noticed very quickly that Eldach cannot be Eldach and that Hofstede clearly has to be the lover of "his" Madeleine. Lieutenant Hofstede, in turn, decouples the spy's true identity and his sinister intent, and steals the stolen secret papers from him. He is being watched by Pistolecran. Pistolecran confronts Hofstede with the decision: Either the papers or Madeleine. When he realizes that Hofstede is guided by the (eponymous) law of love, he lets it go and throws the stolen documents into the burning fireplace. Lieutenant Hofstede and Madeleine return to Berlin.
Production notes
Filming began on May 23, 1944 and was completed in late August of the same year. The film was shot in the Hostiwar studios in Prague. At the end of the war in 1945, the film was ready for censorship, but that never happened. The premiere took place on December 30, 1949 in Erlangen. The Berlin premiere was on May 5, 1950 in the western part of the city.
Production group leader Gerhard Staab also worked here as production and production manager. Hans Sohnle designed the film structures, Bert Hoppmann the costumes. Werner Jacobs was Schweikart's assistant director. Emil Specht was concerned about the tone.
Hilde Krahl sang the song “Must your love one go away from you”.
criticism
The film service found: "Occasionally badly sentimental espionage and love drama with a vague political background, staged with speed and temperament and well played."
Individual evidence
- ↑ The law of love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 1, 2020 .
Web links
- The law of love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The law of love at filmportal.de