The wrong Adam

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Movie
Original title The wrong Adam
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1955
length 82 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Géza from Cziffra
script Peter Trenck
Oliver Hassencamp
production Arionfilm GmbH (Hamburg)
music Charles Nowa
camera Albert Benitz
cut Alice Ludwig-Rasch
occupation

The false Adam is a German film swaying by Géza von Cziffra from 1955 .

action

The head of the New York company Radio Corp. Mr. Th. Th. Th. Meyer intends to meet his Hamburg branch manager Adam Waldemar Meinecke, known as Waldi, on Capri . He and his boss have never met before, because Waldi only got his post through the good acquaintance of his wife Renate with Meyer's daughter Mabel. Arriving on Capri, Waldi notices that he has forgotten his briefcase with the business documents in Hamburg and immediately goes to the post office to send a telegram to his company. His authorized signatory Bullinger, known as Bulli, immediately goes to Italy with the briefcase. In the hotel, he happened to meet Mabel in the elevator, who had just returned from visiting Renate.

Meyer's wife Luise has since learned that a former lover of her husband, the singer Dolly Dobbs, is also on Capri. Since she cannot find her husband on the yacht "Atlanta", she suspects him to be with Dolly and goes on a search. Meyer and Waldi, they still don't know each other, meet at the post office because they both want to send a telegram. This leads to a dispute over the only existing writing instrument, in the course of which Waldi gives his boss a black eye. When he learns who he's blacked out, he decides to swap roles with Bulli. Th. Meyer is desperately looking for his opponent, but not to take revenge, but to convince his wife that the story he told about the black eye is true. Luise thinks he got this from Dolly. But Waldi has since parted with his goatee and changed his name to Bulli.

It is becoming apparent that this cannot end well, because Bulli has been keeping an eye on Mabel since the ride in the elevator. Meyer invites Renate, Waldi and Bulli to live on his yacht. Now the chaos is slowly reaching its climax. That Mr. Meinecke lives in the same cubicle as his wife is actually normal, but Mr. Meinecke is no longer Mr. Meinecke, but Mr. Bullinger, and he doesn't feel at all comfortable in his new role because it prevents him from approaching Mabel, without her considering him a libertine. The top is reached when Mr. Meyer has to see how his "branch manager" kisses his daughter and Mrs. Luise sees how the alleged Bulli shaves in Renate's cabin.

The confusion can only be resolved through a general confession and ends with a wonderful trip, in a good mood, to the Mediterranean .

production

The play Three Blue Eyes by Geza von Cziffra was filmed in 1941 by director Hubert Marischka under the title Oh, these men . Under his author's pseudonym Peter Trenck and together with Oliver Hassencamp , von Cziffra adapted his own play under the title The False Adam himself for the screen. The Hamburg-Wandsbek studio served as the film studio, and the outdoor shots were taken on Capri. The song melodies were composed by Michael Jary . The film was shot in black and white and had its premiere on June 16, 1955 in the Lichtburg (Essen) .

With minor deviations, von Cziffra filmed the play again in 1959 as Ich bin kein Casanova . The cunning office servant Jan Piepenbrink, who slips into the role of a steward, and the jealous wife of the company boss are missing in the more recent film adaptation. Bullinger, who is then called Keller, also works as a butler for the young couple. The color film from 1959 is set in San Remo and, although the most important scenes take place in the hotel, offers beautiful shots at the sea and some hits.

criticism

The lexicon of international films describes the film as an undemanding comedy with comedy situations and small frivolities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , pp. 501 f.
  2. ↑ False Adam. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used