The Bird Dealer (1962)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The bird dealer |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script | Géza from Cziffra |
| production |
Eberhard Meichsner for Divina |
| music |
Carl Zeller , Hagen Galatis |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Werner Preuss |
| occupation | |
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The Bird Dealer is a German operetta adaptation by Géza von Cziffra from 1962. It is based on Carl Zeller's operetta The Bird Dealer .
action
As every year, Elector August von Biberstein pretends to his wife to travel to Kreuzlingen at the invitation of Baron Luft and hunt wild boars . In reality he goes to Paris and plunges into the nightlife with his confidante Weckerli under the name of Philipp Bürger. Meanwhile, Count Stanislaus, Count Stanislaus, the nephew of Count Weps, steps in as elector and resides in the palace in Kreuzlingen, which in reality is one of the elector's numerous possessions. There he soon flirted with the women of the village, including the daughter of the mayor, Speck.
In the meantime, Electress Marie-Luise has learned from her maid Melanie that August has left with numerous costumes in his luggage, which he could never use for hunting. Both women suspiciously travel to Kreuzlingen and lodge in the mayor's inn. During their trip they made the acquaintance of Adam the bird dealer, whose great love is "Christel von der Post", the niece of Mayor Speck. However, she is not allowed to marry Adam because he is not an official . When she hears that the elector is looking for a menagerie director , she goes to the supposed elector Stanislaus to advertise Adam's employment with him. Adam, in turn, believes that Christel is having an affair with the elector, and enjoys the evening dance with the elector, who in turn has introduced herself to him as a maid. Marie-Luise hears about the numerous love affairs the Elector receives in his estate and sees, among other things, Speck's daughter disappearing into the building. She is leaving, but before that she has at least found out from Christel their motives for approaching the elector and also let Adam tip them that he could offer his birds at the market in Biberstein.
Back in Biberstein, Marie-Luise learns from the newspaper that her husband was actually in Paris because he was mistaken for the real Philipp Bürger and imprisoned there. She is now wondering who may have pretended to be elector in his place, but suspects the philosopher Count Stanislaus in this role. The Electress's birthday is approaching, and she wants to give her husband a lesson. She invites the nonexistent Baron Luft to her birthday and promises to take it as a personal insult if he does not appear. In his need, August looks for a replacement for air and finds him in Adam, who is currently selling his birds at the Biberstein market. He buys all the birds from him, and Adam agrees to play Baron Luft. At the birthday ball the dizziness is blown, and the Electress makes it clear to her husband that she knows everything about his tricks. She invited Christel, whom she is now bringing together with Adam, but August agrees to hire Adam "as promised" as the menagerie director. In the meantime, however, he has looked around for a civil service and becomes - at Christel's side - a civil servant postman.
production
The film was directed by the production company Co. KG DIVINA-FILM GmbH & manufactured. The company belonged to Ilse Kubaschewski , who was also the owner of the first distributor Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG . The outdoor shots were taken at Linderhof Palace , in the Nymphenburg Palace Park and in Alsfeld , the studio shots in the CCC Studios Berlin . The film had its world premiere on August 2, 1962.
Original operetta melodies are mixed with modern hits in the film.
criticism
In 1962, the film service found that "the original [...] would be degraded to a hit-and-run game of confusion through gaudy ingredients".
The lexicon of international films published by film-dienst in 1990 described The Bird Dealer as “a remake of Zeller's operetta, rich in slapstick and confusion comedy. Musically and dramatically hardly any mediocre. "
Cinema wrote: “The operetta comedy 'spiced up' with hits makes the moths dance in the box at best. Conclusion: This nonsense is not even to beep ”.
Web links
- The Bird in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The bird dealer at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The bird dealer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 8. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 4145.
- ↑ The bird dealer. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on July 21, 2018.