The Little Court Concert (1949)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The little court concert |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 70 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Verhoeven |
| script | Paul Verhoeven |
| production | Fritz Klotzsch (production group) for Tobis (Berlin) |
| music | Wolfgang Zeller |
| camera |
Fritz Arno Wagner Eugen Klagemann |
| occupation | |
and in tiny roles that cannot be further assigned: Viktor Janson , Olga Engl , Peter Busse , Adolf Fischer , Alfred Maack , Hubert von Meyerinck , Paul Rehkopf , Josef Reithofer , Kurt von Ruffin , Karl Ludwig Schreiber | |
The Little Court Concert is a German color film from 1944 with Elfie Mayerhofer and Hans Nielsen in the leading roles, based on a model by Paul Verhoeven and Toni Impekoven . As a defector , it was only shown in German cinemas in 1949.
action
The film is set somewhere in Germany during the Biedermeier period . Christine Holm no longer wants to perish in the country after her mother's death. That's why she packs her belongings and goes to the nearest residential town. Here she not only wants to celebrate success as a singer, but also to look for her father, whom she has never seen before. At the border station of the Duodec principality there is a dense crowd, the handsome lieutenant von Arnegg checks Christine's papers. As soon as he sees her, it happened to him: he is in love. In order to be able to enjoy their presence to the fullest, Arnegg takes a lot of time during the inspection, which gradually strains the patience of the fellow travelers. Above all, the brisk commissioner Zunder urges him to hurry and breaks an argument with the lieutenant, whereupon he, Zunder, now controls him particularly closely. And indeed: he finds contraband with the fine gentleman! Instead of becoming meek now, Zunder threatens Arnegg to get back at some point.
The next day the conflict between the two gentlemen continues in the restaurant on the "Silver Moon", because Tunder not only sniffed at Christine's illegitimate parentage, but also called her a "dubious" person. All chevalier of the old school, Arnegg wants to restore Christine's good reputation and demands satisfaction from Tinder. But he is not in the least willing to apologize to the lady and now sees the opportunity to settle yesterday's bill with Arnegg. He informs Arnegg's superior, Colonel Flumms, of the facts and immediately demands assistance. Arnegg sees his last chance to save his honor in making Christine Holm his bride without further ado. Christine underscores that she belongs to him with a spontaneous kiss. Arnegg's father, who is in the service of the honorable prince as court marshal, is not at all enthusiastic about Junior's marriage plan, as this affair is gradually threatening to become the talk of the entire royal seat.
The fronts soon hardened once and for all: Arnegg junior continues to stand by “his” Christine and his highness himself points out after his lackeys have told him that the lady Christine is supposed to be a tightrope walker, who unceremoniously withdraws the young singer from his domain. To Christine's great luck, the invited singer, who was supposed to perform at the upcoming court concert, canceled. Good advice is valuable now. Christine tries to reclaim a courtly factotum , but she is offended at first and does not want to appear at the court concert. Eventually she changes her mind. In return, she demands that her father be found. The mayor is tasked with the search. After all, Christine gives the concert of her life. To complete the happy ending, she is allowed to marry Lieutenant von Arnegg and finally finds her father: It is the sovereign himself who once had a cozy rendezvous with Christine's mother, the singer Sylvia Bursetta. From now on, the prince wants to look after his daughter intensively.
Production notes
The preparatory work for The Little Court Concert began in June 1944 with the construction of the film structures. Filming began on July 25, 1944, and the shooting ended in November of the same year. Outside locations were Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Coburg and Bayreuth (Festspielhaus). Both the monument protection authority and the Gauleiter Fritz Wächtler had initially raised considerable objections against this external filming ; the resulting problems could only be partially solved. At the end of the war, the strip was in the music synchronization.
The Soviet military censorship released The Little Court Concert in March 1949 for an audience of 14 years and over, the FSK allowed the strip on December 20, 1949 for people aged 12 and over. The world premiere was on April 15, 1949 in East Berlin, in the western part of the city the film was first seen on September 20, 1949. The German premiere took place on April 1, 1950 in Mannheim. On December 23, 1957, the strip was seen for the first time on German screens; both on ARD and on German television .
Production group leader Fritz Klotzsch also took over production management. The buildings come from Otto Erdmann and were implemented by Franz F. Fürst .
Elfie Mayerhofer sang the title “Was just a smile, a little smile”. The film received the title “artistically high standing” from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the small court concert is already the second film adaptation of the 1935 stage play published. As early as 1936, Detlef Sierck filmed the story for the first time under the title The Court Concert .
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: "Idyllic things from a Biedermeier residence, hardly anything earth-moving, lovingly presented (...) easy, pleasant entertainment."
“Graceful musical comedy with a painterly look, which is modeled on Spitzweg pictures. The cabal and the intellectual and moral narrowness of the Duodez courts are portrayed with mild irony. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. in addition Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938–1945. A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 681 f.
- ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films, 13th year 1944/45. P. 175 (033.45), Berlin 2002.
- ^ The little court concert in Paimann's film lists ( Memento from February 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The little court concert in the Lexicon of International Film on the website of two thousand and one
Web links
- The small court concert at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The small court concert at filmportal.de