The heart must be silent
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The heart must be silent |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Gustav Ucicky |
| script | Gerhard Menzel |
| production | Karl Kuenzel |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut | Henny Brünsch |
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The heart must be silent is a German film drama in black and white from 1944. The director was Gustav Ucicky . Gerhard Menzel wrote the script . The main roles are occupied by Paula Wessely , Mathias Wieman , Werner Hinz and Erik Frey . The feature film was released in Vienna on December 19, 1944. Today it is considered a National Socialist propaganda film that was supposed to manipulate the moviegoer to such an extent that it is always worth sacrificing oneself for a "good" cause for the benefit of the general public. The feature film is now classified as a reserve film .
content
On New Year's Eve 1900, a cheerful group met at the photographer Welischer's house. As soon as the New Year has come, society goes outside to continue celebrating on the street. Maximiliane Frey, Welischer's assistant, was a little late. In the stairwell, she meets the newly moved in doctor Holzgruber, who wants to put up his practice sign with the then unusual note "X-ray" upstairs. The two quickly start a conversation, and Maxi doesn't hesitate to ask Holzgruber whether he might need an assistant.
The practice team is in a difficult position; because the new X-ray method is still considered harmful and condemned by many people, even doctors. The critics seem to be right when Holzgruber's hand shows suspicious swelling as a result of the radiation and one day even has to be amputated. Aware of the imminent danger, the doctor repeatedly warns his assistant; but like him she continues to indulge herself ruthlessly to work.
With the help of the new method, Holzgruber succeeds in making a reliable diagnosis on the daughter of the widowed Freiherr von Bonin, so that she can be saved completely. In the course of time the baron became fond of Maxi. When she visits him one day on his estate, he asks her to become his wife. Maxi would be only too happy to accept the offer; but now she knows that her life expectancy is short. Therefore she gives Axel von Bonin a rejection.
Holzgruber and his assistant continue to tirelessly sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the sick. Maxi is only granted this for a short time: one day the doctor is standing by the bed of a dead person. He knows that the same fate will soon befall him.
additions
The buildings were created by the film architects Otto Niedermoser and Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff . The costumes are by Albert Bei and Hill Reihs-Gromes .
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by H. Klemmer & Co., Frankfurt am Main, without number
criticism
The lexicon of international films came to the following conclusion: Ucicky, who made films with ideological tones during the “Third Reich” […], also staged this apparently apolitical nobility drama in the style of heroic Ufa biographies.
See also
Web links
- The heart must be silent in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The heart must be silent at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1596