The Imaginary Sick (1952)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The conceited sick man |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Hans H. King |
| script | Hans H. König LAC Müller |
| production | Königfilm GmbH, Munich ( Richard König ) |
| music | Heinz Sandauer |
| camera | Bruno Stephan |
| cut | Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg |
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The Imaginary Ill is a German comedy film from 1952 directed by Hans H. König . König designed the comedy based on Molière's comedy of the same name.
action
Dr. Hartwig has established himself as a doctor in a small town. One day the enchanting Ursel Daxenmeyer appears in his practice. Dr. Hartwig falls in love with her and wants to marry her. Before doing this, however, various obstacles must first be cleared out of the way. A very special obstacle is Ursel's father, Eusebius Daxenmeyer. He trades in general goods and is also hypochondriac , i.e. an imaginary patient. Nobody can talk him out of his imagination that he is terminally ill. To make matters worse, it falls into the hands of the self-proclaimed healing artist Alexander Mordius. The conceited patient swears by the arts of the charlatan , because Mordius not only knows how to speak to his patients by the mouth and smear honey around their mouths, but also supplies drugs they have made themselves. These are expensive, but mostly consist of ordinary potting soil or peppermint water that smells like medicine.
Ursel and her uncle hobbyist try to open Daxenmeyer's eyes, but have no success. For this reason, Ursel Daxenmeyer sought out Dr. Hartwig up. Ursel also succeeds in persuading her father to move away from Dr. To have Hartwig examined. After Dr. Hartwig has carried out a detailed examination, he comes to the diagnosis which is devastating for the hypochondriac: perfectly healthy. But he would have preferred to keep that to himself, he can't see how quickly he is in front of the door. Mordius now gets even more upper hand and wants to marry off his son Kuno to the wealthy Ursel. Daxenmeyer feels honored and invites the relatives to be engaged. Now Ursel, Uncle Bastelmann and Dr. Hartwig get active and develop a battle plan. You can put Mordius down at the end and Eusebius is no longer an imaginary sick person either.
background
The film was shot in the Bavaria Filmstudios in Geiselgasteig near Munich. Hans H. König wrote the script very loosely based on Molière's comedy The Imaginary Sick .
It was King's first feature film as a director. As in most of his subsequent films, his brother Richard König acted as producer and production manager .
The buildings were designed by Max Mellin and Rolf Zehetbauer . The premiere of the film took place in Austria on March 14, 1952 and in the Federal Republic of Germany on March 27, 1952 in Nuremberg.
Reviews
“Molière's last, perhaps most famous, stage play was relocated to picturesque Bavaria by director Hans H. König (' Das Forsthaus in Tirol ') according to his own script and reworked the popular three-act act into a thigh-thumping party. The people degenerate into types and even seasoned actors like Joe Stöckel (The Sick) and Oscar Sima (Kurpfuscher) are unable to tear their characters out of the cliché. Inge Egger ('Fanfares of Love') as 'daughter' has little more to do than look smart. "
“The plot of Molière's comedy about the hypochondriac, who forgets all human relationships through his imaginary suffering, is transferred to a Bavarian village. Dry type fluctuation of rustic naivete. "
Web links
- The Imaginary Invalid at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The imaginary sick person at filmportal.de
- The Imaginary Sick movie poster
- The Imaginary Sick IFB No. 1461
Individual evidence
- ↑ The imaginary sick person at kino.de. Retrieved April 9, 2012
- ↑ The conceited patient. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .