The Beggar Student (1936)
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| Original title | The beggar student |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Georg Jacoby |
| script |
Walter Wassermann Lotte Neumann as CH Diller |
| production |
UFA manufacturing group Max Pfeiffer |
| music | Alois Melichar |
| camera | Ewald Daub |
| cut | Herbert B. Fredersdorf |
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Der Bettelstudent , subtitle A cheerful game with music from the time when August the Strong was King of Poland at the same time , is a German operetta film adaptation by Georg Jacoby from 1936. It is based on the operetta Der Bettelstudent by Carl Millöcker .
action
Poland in 1704: The country is ruled by the Saxon Elector Augustus the Strong , who has appointed Colonel Ollendorf as governor in Krakow . Professional law applies , night gatherings are prohibited. Ollendorf gives a ball to which the impoverished Countess Nowalska is invited with her two daughters Bronislawa and Laura. As always, Bronislawa is only interested in eating and dancing and embarrasses the countess. Laura, however, is swarmed by the men. Ollendorf also wants to dance with Laura, who eludes him. When he presses her further and kisses her on the shoulder, Laura slaps him in the face because he is not befitting and is not a Pole. He laughs at it, but secretly swears revenge.
In the meantime, a mysterious man has appeared in Cracow who is being chased by the soldiers. The Pole Jan Janicki gives him shelter. The stranger introduces himself to him as Symon Rymanowicz. They soon realize that they are both interested in the freedom of Poland, and so Jan takes Symon with him to a gathering of loyal Poles who are planning the revolution. When the secret gathering of soldiers is broken up, Jan and Symon flee in a car that turns out to be the prison's food truck and stops in the prison yard. Jan and Symon, who pretend to be begging students, are arrested and sing the mocking song " Oh, I just kissed her on the shoulder " in prison to Colonel Ollendorf. He appears in prison and offers both of them a deal: They help him with a masquerade and in return both are given their freedom. The men agree.
Symon is now the rich world traveler Prince Wybicki and Jan pretends to be his secretary. Symon is to become engaged to Laura, according to Ollendorf's plan, and then expose her as a beggar student after the engagement. In fact, however, Symon and Laura fall in love and Bronislawa and Jan also become a couple. Meanwhile, Jan promises Ollendorf to expose an important revolutionary if he receives a large sum of money for it. Jan uses the money Ollendorf pays him to arm the revolutionaries. The engagement of Symon and Laura takes place and Ollendorf triumphantly dissolves the identity of Symon and Jan. However, both indicate that they are in reality Duke Kasimir and Count Opalinski - the Nowalska sisters married appropriately. At the same time, the armed Poles storm Ollendorf's palace and he receives news from Elector August that he will return the Polish royal dignity. At the same time, Symon / Duke Casimir is informed by the leader of the rebels that he will apply for the royal crown. Poland is free and the Nowalska sisters have found their great love in Symon and Jan.
production
Johannes Heesters had played the role of Symon Rymanowicz for the first time in September 1934 at the Vienna Volksoper and for this role had significantly improved his school German. When he first came to UFA in 1936, the search was on for a leading role in a film adaptation of the beggar student . Heesters was cast in the role of Symon Rymanowicz; Although it was his first role in a UFA film, the makers were not only impressed by Heesters' operetta experience but also by his appearance in the Austrian spy film Die Leuchter des Kaiser .
In addition to Heesters, whose first name Johan was changed to Johannes for the first time in Der Bettelstudent for the German market , Marika Rökk had only come to UFA in 1936. The beggar student became the first in a series of films by Heesters and Rökk together. The shooting, which began in the UFA Atelier Babelsberg in mid-March, turned out to be difficult. Marika Rökk had already started an affair with director Jacoby, her future husband, and behaved like a diva on the set. “Before I was safe with Jacoby, I did a lot. […] I allowed myself moods, extravangances and a completely unjustified arrogance. In the morning I rose comfortably from my bed and strolled late into the studio. I didn't bother to study the German language either, ”said Rökk looking back. Rökk's problems with pronunciation and missed missions created tension on the set. Criticism from director Jacoby partly led Rökk to leave the studio. Rökk's appearance delayed the shooting, which nevertheless ended after a month in mid-April 1936.
The premiere took place on August 20, 1936 in The Hague . The begging student was screened at the Venice International Film Festival on August 29 and was shown for the first time in Berlin on November 23, 1936 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo . As early as 1937, Gasparone was followed by another Millöcker film with Rökk and Heesters in the leading roles.
The begging student contains various songs by Millöckers, which are sung by Johannes Heesters, including “ Oh, I just kissed her on the shoulder ” and “ I made some tender bonds ”. The text “ Take my heart in your hands ” was written especially for the film, to the melody of the duet Jan - Bronislawa: “ With love, let me bind you to me. You should feel that it is firm, but it should not press you! "
criticism
The Catholic film service praised the film in its 1950 review:
“To anticipate it: a great operetta film with all the good qualities of the recognized old German film production. The book is flawless in every respect, the operetta-like is interwoven with an interesting, suspenseful plot and pleasantly loosened up by humorous scenes as well as singing and dancing. Above all, one is amazed today that at that time one dared a successful parody of narrow-minded militarism. Editing and image are top performances; the same applies to a greater extent to the direction responsible for everything, which reflects Jacoby's light hand in every phase. [...] Even if the happy ending is quite operetta-like, that doesn't detract from the whole thing. Spirited exhilaration, overflowing happiness and soothing cleanliness recommend the film by itself. "
Jürgen Trimborn called Der Bettelstudent a “typical Ufa film, indulging in lavish costumes and large equipment”.
Award
The begging student received the rating "artistically valuable" from the National Socialist film testing agency .
See also
Web links
- The Beggar Student in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The begging student at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Jürgen Trimborn: Johannes Heesters - The gentleman in tails. Biography . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2003, p. 150.
- ^ Jürgen Trimborn: Johannes Heesters - The gentleman in tails. Biography . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2003, p. 205.
- ↑ Marika Rökk: Heart with paprika. Memories . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1991, p. 24.
- ↑ F .: The beggar student . In: Film-Dienst , No. 8, 1950.
- ^ Jürgen Trimborn: Johannes Heesters - The gentleman in tails. Biography . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2003, p. 207.