The dream of the Rhine

Movie
Original title	The dream of the Rhine
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1933
length	97 minutes
Rod
Director	Herbert Selpin
script	Herbert Eulenberg Herbert Selpin
production	Robert Neppach for RN Filmproduktion GmbH
music	Willi Ostermann Ludwig Schmidseder
camera	Sepp Allgeier Richard Angst Heinz von Jaworsky
cut	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
occupation
Gay Christie : Mary Steinweg, daughter Eduard Wesener : Hein Fries Peter Erkelenz : Pharmacist Filsen Käthe Haack : Grete, Dellhausen's wife FW Schröder-Schrom : Jupp Steinweg Hugo Fischer-Köppe : Karl Baumann Paul Beckers : Keppich Paul Henckels : Dellhausen, landlord to the 'silver plug puller' Friedrich Ettel : Mayor of Niedernheim Hubert von Meyerinck : Conny Ilse Stobrawa : Lene, Hamm's daughter Walter Steinbeck : Professor Dr. Holzheim Fred Immler : Ferryman Hamm

The Dream of the Rhine is a comedy film and a music film by director Herbert Selpin , who also worked on the script , from 1933. In the lead role , FW Schröder-Schrom embodies the financially independent German-American Jupp Steinweg, who after many years uses the opportunity to play his To pay a visit home in the Bonn area.

action

The wealthy German-American Jupp Steinberg happened to meet a German vocal quartet in the States. Although he suffers from a heart disease, he takes this opportunity to pay a visit to his German homeland. He and his daughter Mary set off on a trip to Germany. During the trip he hires a now worn out teacher for his daughter so that she doesn't have to catch up too much in school after the trip. He also hires an unemployed chauffeur. What he does not know at this point is that the teacher and the chauffeur otherwise earn their living with sometimes illegal means. As a result, he himself gets into a mess .

Film music

Among other things with the song “Sehnsucht nach dem Rhein” by the Rhenish composer Willi Ostermann , whose melody with a new text (1936) became the unofficial Cologne city anthem under the title “ Heimweh nach Köln ”.

Release dates and different film titles

The film was released in German cinemas on October 18, 1933 . In the USA this happened over two years later, on December 8, 1935 (there under the title The Dream of the Rhine ). It was released for Austrian film distribution under the title What would the world be without love .

Review by the Nazi regime

The Nazi regime checked the film on September 6, 1933 on possibly detrimental to the regime content. No complaints were found, which was rather unusual for films produced during this period.

Reviews

"Ready-made folk piece with well-known Ostermann songs (...)"

- Lexicon of international film

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• The dream of the Rhine in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The dream of the Rhine. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 24, 2015 . 
2. ↑ The dream of the Rhine. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .