The jumper from Pontresina

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Movie
Original title The jumper from Pontresina
Country of production Germany , Switzerland
original language German
Publishing year 1934
length 85 minutes
Rod
Director Herbert Selpin
script Hans Richter based
on his novel of the same name from 1930
production Ralph Scotoni for Terra-Film AG
music Will Meisel
camera Sepp Allgeier
Richard Angst
Heinz von Jaworsky
cut Lena Neumann
occupation

Der Springer von Pontresina is a film drama by the director Herbert Selpin from 1934. The literary film adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by the writer Hans Richter , who also wrote the screenplay . In the main role , Vivellence Eickstedt embodies the skier Tielko Groots.

action

Pontresina in Switzerland, at the beginning of the 20th century. A ski jumping race is imminent. The German team is training feverishly for victory in the high mountains. When Tielko Groots, a favorite on the ski slopes, meets the young Englishwoman Violett Moore, who is spending her vacation there with her father, he falls in love with her. He accompanies her to the hotel and spends an evening there with her and her father. Team captain Uli Boeker does not like such “excursions” of his protégé, he sees the team’s sporting spirit in danger, especially when Tielko does not return to the training camp until late in the evening.

The following day Uli and Tielko meet in St. Moritz, who is accompanied by the young lady Violet. Uli takes Tielko aside and tries to talk into his conscience. After the conversation, the team captain believes that he has his protégé under full control again. But he's wrong: Tielko only has thoughts for his new love affair, he has nothing in mind with training.

The following evening, Tielko sneaks out of the training camp in a borrowed evening dress and into the Grand Hotel in St. Moritz, where a ball is taking place. However, the team captain Uli notices that Tielko is already missing from the camp and tracks him down in the hotel. He leads him back to the training camp. Of course, Tielko's regular “excursions” are not hidden from the rest of the team, and the athletes are starting to get annoyed with their teammates. When the team captain Uli is seriously injured in a sports accident, one word leads to the other, and finally the team mates blame Tielko for the team captain's accident. Uli's colleague, Marlen, takes care of Uli in the hospital, and finally the two find each other.

In the meantime, Lies tries to calm down the angry team that Tielko blames for their team captain's accident. Tielko himself also returns to normal when he learns that his new love affair, Violetta, has announced his engagement to her cousin Henry MacPherson.

Team captain Uli, who cannot leave the hospital for the time being due to his accident, transfers the management of the team to Tielko. This leads the team, together with Lies, into further training.

Release date and different film title

The film premiered on May 23, 1934 in the Berlin atrium. In Austria it was shown in cinemas under the original title, while in Switzerland it was shown under the title Love in St. Moritz and in other countries under the English title The Champion of Pontresina .

Production notes

The locations of the outdoor shots, taken from January to April 1934, were St. Moritz , the Corviglia and Diavolezza ski areas , the village of Samedan , the municipality of Pontresina and the Morteratsch Glacier . The interior shots were taken in the second half of March 1934 in the Terra-Film Studios in Berlin-Marienfelde . Herbert Maisch assisted director Herbert Selpin. Robert A. Dietrich designed the film structures executed by Bruno Lutz . The lyrics are from Günther Schwenn's pen . We especially want to be friends for life ! gained notoriety beyond the film. The production line was Walter Zeiske , who was in the manufacturing group, Rudolf Brix was still photographer. Sepp Ketterer assisted the two chief cameramen Allgeier and Angst. The violin solo was played by the actor Walter Rilla ( The Violinist of Florence ), an enthusiastic violinist since his youth.

Review by the Nazi regime

The Nazi regime checked the film on May 15, 1934 on possibly detrimental to the regime content. No complaints were found. With the decision B.36414 it was declared as free for young people by the regime , which was rather unusual for a film drama or romance film at the time.

Reviews

"A winter sports comedy that was filmed in connection with the international ski jumping of the FIS on February 16, 1934."

- film.at

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Some sources also name Karl Schulz and Robert Wuellner as co-producers, which seems unlikely, however, since this producer duo had their own company since 1931 with Schulz & Wuellner Filmfabrikation.
  2. ↑ Der Springer von Pontresina (1934) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 23, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b The Knight of Pontresina. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 23, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Der Springer von Pontresina - movie - film.at. In: film.at. Retrieved July 23, 2015 .