The concert (1944)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The concert |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Verhoeven |
| script |
Walter Wassermann C. H. Diller |
| production | Fritz Klotzsch (production group) |
| music | Theo Mackeben |
| camera | Eugen Klagemann |
| cut | Hans Heinrich |
| occupation | |
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The concert is a German feature film from 1944 by Paul Verhoeven . The leading roles are played by Harry Liedtke , whose last film this was, and Käthe Haack . The story is based on the play of the same name (1909) by Hermann Bahr .
action
Professor Gustav Heink is a famous pianist, a little old, but still very handsome and adored. For decades he has been married to Marie, who appears much older, and who endures all his capers quietly and patiently. Because Heink is a notorious cheater, he simply cannot keep his hands off other - and especially younger - women. A code for this circumstance has developed between him and his wife. When the master, as his students reverently call him, gives a “private concert” again, it means nothing more than that Prof. Heink has another affair, an extra-marital affair. Marie Heink has come to terms with this obvious fait accompli and suffers violently but quietly. The aging piano virtuoso therefore assumes that his tolerant wife has no objections.
Heink's latest conquest is called Delfine Jura and is with the scientist Dr. Franz Jura married. A married woman - this is new in Heink's oeuvre of conquest, because most of his girls are unbound. But this suits the star pianist by all means, because he believes that he does not enter into any subsequent obligations. Delfine feels neglected by her relatively young husband and is therefore quite hungry for love. While Franz devotes himself to his research until late at night, Gustav takes the decades younger Dolphins on a “concert tour” to his love nest, a remote, lonely mountain hut. Heink's music student Eva Gerndl, who herself has her eye on the master and knows his kind of “private concerts”, is jealous and sends Franz Jura a telegram. She soon regrets this idea, however, as she fears that the ardent Franz could kill Maestro Heink in a fit of jealousy. Dr. Meanwhile, Jura visits Prof. Heink's wife, and both complain to each other of their suffering with their respective unfaithful spouses. Both decide to travel to the mountain hut and ensure clarity, if necessary with the result of an amicable separation.
Franz and Marie have come up with a clever plan: If their two spouses should not come to their senses, they would divorce them, and Marie and Franz would now seek marital happiness together. Said and done. At the mountain hut, Marie and Franz submit their plan and act out their affection so perfectly that Gustav and Dolphins start pondering. Nevertheless, the professor and his student stand firm and claim to love each other. The following morning Heink and Jura go on an excursion that brings the two closer together. Delfine is the first to be rethought, and she returns to her Franz and ruefully asks him to try her again. The two young married couple secretly leave the hut, leaving Heink and his wife alone. The professor thinks he knows his wife is safe, but she has finally had enough and is no longer willing to tolerate Gustav's “concerts” any longer. Marie understands that her husband has to fend off constant attempts at flirting by young schoolgirls, but Gustav also got the late insight that he has been putting a lot of pressure on his wife for many years. He promises to change and they both want to give their marriage another chance.
Production notes
Shooting began on October 10, 1943 (exterior shots in Mittenwald, Lautersee and the surrounding area), the studio shots were shot between mid-November 1943 and early March 1944. The premiere took place on October 27, 1944 in Berlin's Europahaus.
Otto Erdmann designed the film structures implemented by Franz F. Fürst , Erika Reinhardt the costumes. Composer Theo Mackeben also took over the musical direction, Hans Grimm took care of the sound. Film editor Hans Heinrich also served Verhoeven as an assistant director.
The production costs were around 1,699,000 RM, making The Concert an above-average expensive film. In just a few months, up to January 1945, a total of 669,000 RM was brought in.
criticism
The film service judged: "Adequate film adaptation of an elegant and pointed stage comedy."
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 13th year 1944/45. P. 73 f. (037.44), Berlin 2002
- ↑ The concert. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 26, 2019 .
See also
Web links
- The concert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The concert at filmportal.de