The soul brew
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The soul brew |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav Ucicky |
| script |
Alexander Lix Theodor Ottawa |
| production | Vindobona film, Vienna |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera |
Hans Schneeberger Sepp Ketterer |
| cut | Henny Brünsch |
| occupation | |
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The Seelenbräu is an Austrian comedy film from 1949 by Gustav Ucicky with Paul Hörbiger and Heinrich Gretler in the leading roles of two stubborn opponents. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Carl Zuckmayer .
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The dean of Köstendorf and his opponent, the brewer Hochleithner, are the two respected people who have the say in an alpine village, the central location of history. Both gnarled, old men are considered to be downright stubborn and are in a bitter competition and conflict with each other. While one takes care of the salvation of the community, the other is concerned with the alcoholic and physical well-being of the village community. For this reason alone, the two are called “Der Seelenbräu” and “Der Leibesbräu”. The feud has been going on for 20 years and is rooted in an old dispute: The dispute once ignited because of a relic that has been in the Hochleithners' family for centuries. The dean has tried several times in vain to bring the relic from the hands of the beer-brewing brute back into the lap of "Mother Church". Since then, the dean has been railing relentlessly against the inn from the pulpit, and the brewer ignores these attacks with relish.
One day the two brawlers find themselves compelled to sign a temporary truce as both old men are faced with a new problem. Matthias Hochleithner's niece Clementine has escaped from the convent school that she previously attended. The pastor desperately wants Clementine to return and tries to get his old adversary to his side in this matter. After some back and forth, Matthias Hochleitner agrees with the boarding school and the Seelebräus Segen that Clementine should complete her schooling at home. The musically gifted girl will then receive her artistic training in the Salzburg Mozarteum . After passing the exam, Clementine first returns to the village. But a new hardship is approaching: A substitute teacher in the form of the musician Franz Haindl has arrived, and Clementine and the young man, who shares their love for classical music, fall in love. New difficulties arise promptly, because this time Seelenbräu and Leibesbräu agree that this young have-nothing is not for Clementine. The noble Michael von Ammetsberger, on the other hand, who could please the two old people as a son-in-law and shows interest in Clementine, has received more than just one rebuff from her so far.
Franz Haindl causes displeasure with the dean with his conception of teaching and music. He even complains to his superiors about the teaching method. Thereupon the progressive Franz should be released. But the Seelenbräu may not be the herald of this bad news and would like to bring the substitute teacher into one of his choir rehearsals. Then there is a dispute because the pastor and the music teacher cannot agree on the choice of music. Meanwhile, Haindl submits a carnival tune to the Mozarteum with a dedication for Clementine. However, this act is jazzed up to scandal by the arch-conservative music teachers. Clementine, on the other hand, is very flattered by this act of affection. When she wanted to thank her Franz, her uncle, the Leibesbräu, had a heart attack. On his sick bed she confesses to the old brewer that she loves her Franz. Hochleithner is now reconciled with the idea of having to hand over his niece to an artist. Clementine and Franz are studying a special choral piece by Joseph Haydn in order to soothe the Seelenbräu and at the same time to congratulate him on his 35th anniversary in office. Clementine and Franz are finally allowed to marry, and the Seelenbräu and the Leibesbräu have also reconciled, because the fact remains that in the future everyone should look after the well-being of their “own sheep”,
Production notes
The Seelenbräu was created in 1949 in the studios of Wien-Sievering and in Obertrum (photo left) near Salzburg (exterior photos). The film premiered on January 27, 1950 in the Corso-Kino in Zurich, the Vienna one could see the Seelebräu for the first time on April 18 of the same year. The German premiere was on August 25, 1950 in Munich. The film was first seen in Berlin on November 2, 1950. On November 9, 1975, the German television broadcast was on ZDF .
Karl Ehrlich took over the production management. Otto Niedermoser and Eduard Stolba designed the film buildings. Otto Untersalmberger was responsible for the sound. Georg Marischka was Ucicky's assistant director.
Reviews
Cinema-Online called the production a "folk film adaptation".
In ORF III, Culture and Information, it says: “Paul Hörbiger in his parade role as a quick-tempered pastor in constant battle with the stubborn brewer Hochleithner (Heinrich Gretler) in an Austrian version of Don Camillo and Peppone ”.
The lexicon of the international film reads: "Carl Zuckmayer's novella has been put into an all too popularly simple film version that leaves out all ironic nuances."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief review
- ↑ The Seelenbräu on the occasion of a Carl Zuckmayer retrospective in 2015
- ↑ The soul brew. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 1, 2020 .
Web links
- The Seelenbräu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Seelenbräu at filmportal.de