The Obersteiger (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The climber |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Franz Antel |
| script | Franz Antel Jutta Bornemann Gunther Philipp Friedrich Schreyvogl |
| production | Patria Filmkunst GmbH, Graz |
| music | Hans Lang |
| camera | Hans Heinz Theyer |
| cut | Arnfried Heyne |
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Der Obersteiger is an Austrian comedy film by Franz Antel from 1952. The film is based on the operetta of the same name by Carl Zeller .
action
Instead of staying at court, Prince Max of Bavaria and his adjutant Medardus von Krieglstein prefer to go hunting, which his cousin, King Ludwig I, does not like at all. In order to be able to avoid the hustle and bustle at court, Prince Max travels incognito with his adjutant to Hallstatt and stops there at the Löwenwirt as a Bavarian climber .
The Hallstatters consider Andreas Spaun, who has also stayed at the Löwenwirt, for Max. Spaun, who is currently a little short of cash, the extremely courteous treatment as a supposed prince comes in very handy.
At the same time, Princess Luise and her entourage arrive at Schloss Ort . In order to be able to take part in the Kirtag in Hallstatt undetected, Luise pretends to be an ordinary girl from Gmunden. At the Hallstätter Kirtag, Max and Luise meet, without knowing who the other is in reality, and fall in love. When the festival is over, a message arrives from King Ludwig, who orders that Prince Max and Princess Luise have to marry out of reasons of state.
production
The interior shots were taken in the Thalerhof Graz studio, the locations for the exterior shots were Hallstatt and Gmunden . The film structures were created by Werner Schlichting and Isabella Ploberger , while Erich von Neusser took over the production management. In the large aircraft hangar at Thalerhof Airport, the architect Werner Schlichting built the entire main square of Hallstatt, including the accessible interior spaces. But the illumination of the oversized backdrop turned out to be a big problem, so that most of the scenes had to be moved into the night. The scene in which the duke kills a chamois was filmed in Gosau . The animal had been shot a few days earlier by Wolf Albach-Retty. The world premiere took place on November 3, 1952 in the Gloria Neu-Ulm , the Austrian premiere on November 6, 1952 in Graz.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the operetta film as a "mixture of comedy slang, sentimentality and singing". According to ARD, the online version rated the “opulent costume film in front of a romantic Alpine backdrop” as a “sentimental musical comedy”.
Web links
- The Obersteiger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Obersteiger at filmportal.de
- Pictures from the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 284
- ^ Franz Antel: Twisted, in love, my life , Munich, Vienna 2001, p. 81 f.
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 6. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 2820.
- ↑ The Obersteiger. In: ARD.de. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
- ↑ The Obersteiger. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 21, 2017 .