The Beautiful Adventure (1959)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The beautiful adventure |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Hoffmann |
| script |
Heinz Pauck Günter Neumann |
| production |
Georg Witt for Georg Witt film |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut | Hilwa from Boro |
| occupation | |
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The beautiful adventure is a German literary film adaptation by Kurt Hoffmann from 1959. It is based on the novel Journey through the family album by Antonia Ridge .
action
Dorothée Durand works as a teacher in the south of England. Her parents died when Dorothée was two years old, and so she grew up with an aunt. While her mother was English, her father was from the south of France. Dorothée found a photo of her father in the family album, who is standing in front of a hotel in Nîmes . Hoping to have relatives in France, she is traveling to Nîmes for the summer vacation. The hotel is now run by the widowed Marius Bridot, who has a young son named Pierre. He doesn't know what became of Dorothée's grandparents. Soon, all of the regular customers of the hotel restaurant are interested in Dorothée's story and they find out who took the photo of Dorothée's father in front of the restaurant. Although the photographer has died in the meantime, his son is still alive, who will be happy to help with the search and will soon be able to announce that Dorothée's grandparents once moved to Saint-Fiacre.
In Saint-Fiacre, Dorothée learns from the pastor in charge that her parents have moved on to Saint-Étienne , and is finally driven to a football game by the bus driver who brought her to the village high in the mountains, in which the team is out Saint-Etienne stands in the square. Although she has never seen a game, Dorothée is thrilled and the team names her their mascot after the game has been won. Especially the player César is impressed by Dorothée, who soon gets too much attention. The team takes them in their team bus to Saint-Étienne and drives them to the address where their cousins are supposed to live. In fact, Cathérine and Françoise open the door for her and are overjoyed to see their cousin again after such a long time.
Although Dorothée had left her suitcase in Nîmes because she definitely wanted to see Pierre and Marius again, she now decides to spend the rest of the vacation with her relatives, especially since the school authorities in England do not allow her to extend the vacation period. Marius brings the suitcase over to her and they spend a day together in Lyon. Marius also takes part in a large bicycle festival near Saint-Étienne. Dorothée rejects a suggested marriage proposal: she hardly knows Marius and, after all, has her job. Although she would like to see Pierre again, there are numerous children waiting for her as a teacher in England.
Farewell to France is difficult, especially since Dorothée would have to save disciplined for a trip next year. When changing to Paris, she heard that the next train to Nîmes was about to leave. She makes a spontaneous decision and drives back to Nîmes, where she is greeted enthusiastically by Pierre and Marius.
Years later, Dorothée leafed through her own photo album: the wedding with Marius, the marriage of her two cousins, Pierre as a young man and she and Marius on the occasion of their silver wedding.
production
The film was shot from June to July 1959. The Bavaria Atelier in Munich-Geiselgasteig served as the studio . The outdoor shots were taken in Nimes , St. Etienne , southern France and Dover .
The beautiful adventure had its premiere on September 29, 1959 in the Munich City Hall Light Play. The film was released in GDR cinemas on May 19, 1961 and was shown for the first time on February 25, 1967 on DFF 1 on GDR television. The film was shown for the first time on ARD on December 25, 1973.
The buildings for the film were created by Robert Herlth and Otto Jaindl , the costumes by Elisabeth Urbancic .
criticism
On the occasion of the film premiere, Der Spiegel wrote that “Director Kurt Hoffmann, specialist ... cozy cheerfulness in the German movie theater, [...] again made a pleasant film, the end of which, however, was too much delayed against all cinema rules. Vain sun and romantic pleasure lie over the carefully and tastefully crafted scenes in which dear people are constantly good to each other. "
“A loving image of the petty bourgeoisie in Provence, staged in a leisurely, enjoyable style,” said the film service .
Cinema wrote “Lilo powder is cute as always. […] Conclusion: Lilo's charm has been preserved to this day ”.
Web links
- The beautiful adventure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The beautiful adventure at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Kurt Hoffmann
- ↑ New in Germany: The beautiful adventure . In: Der Spiegel , No. 45, 1959, p. 88.
- ↑ The beautiful adventure. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de