The last pedestrian
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The last pedestrian |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Wilhelm Thiele |
| script | Wilhelm Thiele, Eckart Hachfeld |
| production | Fritz Hoppe, Otto Meissner |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Kurt Grigoleit |
| cut | Martha Dübber |
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The Last Pedestrian is a film comedy starring Heinz Erhardt , which premiered on September 15, 1960 in the Grand-Palast in Frankfurt am Main .
action
Gottlieb Sänger, archivist at the Zeitblick magazine , detests trams, automobiles and bicycles as well as elevators and paternosters - he prefers to walk. The annual summer vacation that he will spend in the Black Forest this year will be the enjoyable highlight of his otherwise modest existence . When Gottlieb boarded the train going south, an old lady asked him to take care of her granddaughter Christine "Kiki" Cornelius. Shortly after leaving, Kiki causes some confusion for Max and Rudi, two young students who are on their way to Constance . Although Kiki was supposed to go to her boarding school in Geneva , she, like Gottlieb, gets off the train in Baden-Baden to go to the casino . After a few hours, the two of them leave the casino, completely broke with the exception of a small reserve.
Gottlieb finally wants to get rid of Kiki, but she accompanies him on his hikes. On the way he takes pictures which he sends to the editorial office of his magazine, to his friend, the photo reporter Hiss, for development. When Hiss shows the photos to his editor-in-chief, he turns them into the big series “The Last Pedestrian”. The cover picture of the next issue will be the unsuspecting Gottlieb and his companion Kiki. Gottlieb is very angry about the misuse of his photos, and the publication is not a success with Kiki's grandmother, who believes her granddaughter has been in Geneva boarding school for days.
But after Gottlieb's return, all anger quickly evaporated when he was offered 3,000 marks and an editorial post, which he didn't want. Kiki's grandma can also be convinced of the harmlessness of the holiday. So Gottlieb Sänger returns to his silent archive, trying hard never to attract attention again.
Reviews
“Heinz Erhardt as a backpack hiker in the Black Forest with involuntary holiday joys. Modest comedy that was re-released during the Erhardt Renaissance in the 1980s and achieved astonishing success in cinema and television. "
"Idyllic comedy with gentle swipes at the hectic pace of modern life."
"An almost perfect reflection of the belittled instincts and permitted longings."
"Off-the-shelf entertainment film, without mess, but also without humor."
Locations
The film was shot in the film studios in Göttingen that existed at the time . Exterior shots with city views were taken in the city center of Kassel , for example, one of the opening scenes shows the stairs street . You can see the casino and Kurhaus with spa gardens and the old station (today's festival hall) in Baden-Baden , as well as the market square of Freudenstadt . The view from the window of his office shows Stephansplatz in Hamburg .
Web links
- The last pedestrian in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last pedestrian at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The last pedestrian. At: filmposter-archiv.de.
- ↑ The last pedestrian. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Manfred Hobsch: Love, Dance and 1000 Schlagerfilme , Berlin, 1998, p. 157
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Critique No. 631/1960