The Tired Theodor (1957)
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| Original title | The tired Theodor |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script |
Franz Gribitz , Géza von Cziffra (as Peter Trenck) |
| production | German film Hansa |
| music | Heino Gaze |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Martha Dübber |
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The Tired Theodor is a German comedy film from 1957 with Heinz Erhardt in the leading role. The script was based on a play by Max Neal and Max Ferner .
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Theodor Hagemann is under the control of his bossy wife Rosa Hagemann, owner of a jam factory. His efforts to promote young artists have long been a thorn in her side. However, her seek advice from a psychiatrist fails when the latter also turns out to be an art lover. The mother's aversion to art is also the reason that daughter Jenny hides her engagement to the composer Harald Steinberg from her. Harald is looking forward to the premiere of his latest work, which will be decisive for his career.
When Theodor loses a lawsuit because he has vouched for an unsuccessful poet, his wife has him declared underage shortly before she has to travel. However, Theodor urgently needs money, because he has paid the debts of the young singer Lilo Haase, whose belongings including the piano would otherwise have been seized. He received the money for this from the pawnbroker, with whom he deposited a gold watch and a gold cigarette case. When the advice of his former school friend to bet on horse races was unsuccessful, Theodor found a job as a waiter in the hotel "Schwarzer Adler". When Lilo Haase, who is engaged to Felix, meets Theodor as a waiter in the hotel, she is sad that Theodor now apparently has debts because of her and has to work as a waiter.
In the Hagemann house it arouses suspicion that he sleeps so long during the day. Rosa Hagemann travels home with her daughter a few days earlier than planned and meets the biscuit manufacturer Walter Steinberg, the father of Jenny's fiancé, on the train. He asked his father to put in a good word for him with the future mother-in-law. Steinberg Sr. and Mrs. Hagemann agree that the marriage of two factory owner families would be an advantage; to dissuade Harald from his artistic ambitions, Walter Steinberg wants to sabotage the concert by buying up all the concert tickets.
Theodore gets into trouble when his waiter's tailcoat ends up in the dry cleaner. In the cleaning department, he exchanges the tails that Dr. Karl Findeisen, a guest of the “Black Eagle”, for a reception at the Prime Minister's office, argues against his everyday jacket. In this jacket, however, there is still the pawnbroker's note. In the "Black Eagle" please Dr. Find the room waiter Theodor for help so as not to have to appear before the Prime Minister without tails. The author of the mix-up, so Findeisen, could soon be determined, because he had forgotten his promissory note in his jacket! Theodor helps Dr. Findisen, simulating an accident, bandages him and anesthetizes him to get the promissory note back out of his jacket.
In the meantime, Harald's concert is a disappointment as there is no audience. Jenny is desperate, Harald hides in the hotel. There Jenny meets him in a misunderstanding situation with Lilo, while Rosa finds out about Theodor's waiter work. After the misunderstanding with Jenny has cleared up, Theodor, Harald, Jenny, Felix and Lilo team up to put an end to Rosa's lust for power. She is told that she mistook the waiter for Theodor. Later she found out that she had been swindled, but is glad that her husband is no longer working as an art sponsor but is running the company.
Reviews
"Strongly dialog-heavy film fluctuation, funny just because of Heinz Erhardt in the title role."
"Bieder, harmless, but somewhat lively and humorous comedy."
Web links
- The tired Theodor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The tired Theodor. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .