The blue straw hat
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The blue straw hat |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Viktor Tourjansky |
| script |
Emil Burri , Viktor Tourjansky |
| production | Georg Witt |
| music | Alois Melichar using numerous operetta melodies by Johann Strauss Sohn, Richard Heuberger, Carl Millöcker, Franz von Suppè, Karl Zeller, Paul Lincke and others |
| camera | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| cut | Werner Jacobs |
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The Blue Straw Hat is a German comedy film from 1949 by Viktor Tourjansky , which was the first German post-war production. The main roles are played by Margot Hielscher and Karl Schönböck . The story is based on the play of the same name by Friedrich Michael .
action
Germany at the turn of the century. The operetta singer Isabella was once a celebrated diva of the stage, swarmed and adored. Today she is, as they say, decently married to a man named Caesar von Waldau, who comes from a “serious” environment. She renounced the stage world because of him, but now her old stage partner Paul contacts her again and wants to persuade Isabella to return to the boards with him, because a new operetta is to be performed. Isabella's latest acquisition is a stylish, chic blue straw hat that she bought from hat seller Lola in a corresponding shop. Much to the displeasure of her boss, Mr. Ciapollini, Lola has the habit of wearing the hats she is supposed to sell herself before they are sold to customers. That Lola has a handsome voice and wants to seize the opportunity and instrumentalize Isabella to pave her career path. Isabella should enable Lola to get to know the famous operetta composer Paul Lincke and to sing to him. While Lola pursues her desire to achieve her breakthrough as a chanteuse, the wife of Mr. Kammersänger has a completely different goal. She is angry with Isabella because she believes that she has snatched the smart blue straw hat from under her nose. In order to wipe out Isabella, the envious woman unceremoniously slandered the retired operetta diva.
Hat seller Lola supports the diva of yore, hoping that this friendship service will help her to get to know Mr. Lincke. Singer Paul, on the other hand, hopes to get Isabella to return to the stage and therefore meets with Isabella in a private setting. However, husband Caesar notices this. That Isabella obviously intends to return to the stage makes him anything but happy. Now Caesar is also firmly convinced that Paul's intentions towards his wife are more than just the desire for a professional partnership. Both must have an affair! Caesar observed a lady in a blue straw hat who was meeting Paul privately. Caesar and Isabella's marriage seems existentially threatened. Isabella, who actually wore the fashionable accessory on her head that day, now has to ensure that Lola wears the eponymous item of clothing next time in order to reassure her husband Caesar. She brings the saleswoman with the hat on and Paul together and sees Caesar witness. Lola believes that the Paul introduced to her must be Mr. Lincke. Caesar, however, does not allow himself to be led off so easily; he demands to meet Lola with a blue straw hat at 7 a.m. in the Kur-Café, otherwise he would challenge Paul to a duel. His wish, however, will be impossible, because Lola has meanwhile sold the blue straw hat to Mathilde, a lady from the demi-world. Yes, oh wonder: exactly at 7 a.m., the new owner, Mathilde, appears in the cure café with her new headgear. Caesar is reassured, because Isabella has proven to be a loyal wife, and instead of her the little hat seller Lola becomes the singer and at the same time the star of the new operetta. And she gets her Paul ... even if his last name is not Lincke.
Production notes
The shooting took place in mid-1949 in the studios of Munich-Geiselgasteig and in the Nymphenburg Palace Park (Munich). The world premiere took place on December 22, 1949 in Berlin (West).
Producer Georg Witt also took over the production management. Max Mellin and Max Seefelder were responsible for the film construction, Ursula Maes designed the extensive costumes of the Belle Epoque. Film editor Werner Jacobs also worked as Tourjansky’s assistant director.
criticism
In the lexicon of international film it says: "Confusing comedy in sophisticated artistic circles around 1900 - a rough plagiarism of Eugène Labiche's stage farce 'The Florentine Hat'."
Individual evidence
- ↑ The blue straw hat. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 5, 2020 .
Web links
- The blue straw hat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The blue straw hat at filmportal.de