The weird Otto
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The weird Otto |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script | Gustav Kampendonk |
| production |
Kurt Ulrich for Berolina-Film |
| music | Michael Jary |
| camera | Willi Sohm |
| cut | Ingrid Wacker |
| occupation | |
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The weird Otto is a German revue film by Géza von Cziffra from 1956.
action
Review chief Alexander Korty is said to have had numerous affairs, of which the magazines report regularly. He himself has a hard time convincing his wife Gertie of his loyalty, but he is in fact constantly monitored by his employee, Mrs. Sauerbier. In Korty's place, his press agent Otto Schiene must always receive the ladies' visit. When Korty's new singer Lilian Amado asks for Korty to rehearse the songs of the revue, Otto goes to the hotel with his friend Fritz, where he meets the beautiful Topsy Müller at the newspaper stand. She takes him for Alexander Korty and dances to him. Her father Blasius is not enthusiastic about his daughter's ambitions and when he sees Otto kissing Topsy, his worst fears about the life of the revue are confirmed. He throws Otto out and writes a letter to Alexander Korty in which he denies him his daughter in all respects.
Mrs. Sauerbier receives the letter and suspects Alexander of having an affair with Topsy despite her surveillance . He denies it and Topsy, who has been invited to the theater, doesn't know what to do with the real Alexander either. In a confrontation in which they the impostor is to expose, she has compassion for Otto, who would be released in detection of fraud, and does not betray him. She then dances to the right Alexander, who immediately wants to hire her for his revue.
The contract is to be drawn up, but Blasius initially refuses to sign it. Only when Frau Sauerbier promised never to let a man in Topsy's cloakroom did he agree to Topsy's probationary period. Ms. Sauerbier posts Ms. Miefke at the door to Topsy's cloakroom, but she is constantly asleep, so that Topsy soon sees herself swarmed by men: Singer Viktor Lani wants to rehearse with her at night and publisher Alfons Rhoden poach her from Alexander's revue. Ms. Sauerbier decides to entrust Otto with the surveillance of Topsy, whom she least trusts to flirt. In fact, he does his best, but Topsy has not forgiven him for his identity cheat and is now consciously dating other men. Since she is inexperienced, Otto has to save her time and again from Lanis and Alfons' intrusiveness. When she once fled to Alexander and weeps at him, Alexander's wife Gertie promptly appears, who now sees the affair between the two confirmed. She doesn't want to forgive Alexander until the impostor who pretended to be Alexander has been found.
Otto and Topsy secretly become a couple because they fear Blasius' anger. He, in turn, refuses to sign the contract after all the bad experience with Topsy's admirers. Frau Sauerbier ensnares him and finally even accepts his marriage proposal . When both Topsy want to bring the good news of their marriage to Topsy, they catch Topsy and Otto together in the cloakroom. Alexander and Gertie also join and Blasius identifies Otto as the man who pretended to be Alexander. Since Otto and Topsy announce their marriage plans, Blasius is satisfied. And Alexander and Gertie also get together again, since the real "culprit" for all entanglements has now been found in Otto.
production
The film was shot in Berlin and in the studio. The premiere took place on January 10, 1957 in Essen's Lichtburg . The film was shown in the GDR cinema under the title Confusions about Topsi ; it was shown here for the first time on July 5, 1963.
Various hits can be heard in the film, which are sung several times and in part by different interpreters:
- Again straight to the heart - sung by Germaine Damar, Walter Giller
- The Young People of Today - sung by Nana Gualdi and Eddie Pauly ; Paul Hörbiger and Grethe Weiser
- That night, baby ... - sung by Gerhard Wendland
- Rose of Tahiti - sung by Gerhard Wendland
- Schräger Otto - sung by Germaine Damar, Walter Giller a. a.
- At Kilometer 107 - sung by Walter Giller and Gunther Philipp
The 3 Peheiros and the Ping-Pongs also sing . The musical accompaniment comes from the RIAS dance orchestra under the direction of Michael Jary, from the Spree City Stompers and from Fritz Schulz Reichel. In addition to Germaine Damar, Erwin Bredow, Wolfgang Leissner, Robby Gay and Heinz Holl dance. The young people of today will be accompanied by the original rock'n roll dancers.
criticism
The lexicon of international film rated Der schrag Otto as a "clichéd, casually constructed revue game for undemanding friends of brisk German show entertainment in the style of the 1950s". In the new edition of the lexicon 2001, Der weird Otto was described as a "film with moderate entertainment value".
Cinema found: "What was considered funny back then is just old today."
Web links
- The oblique Otto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The weird Otto at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 7. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 3311.
- ↑ The weird Otto. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 7, 2018 .
- ↑ The weird Otto. In: Cinema , Hubert Burda Media , accessed on August 7, 2018.