The black lightning
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The black lightning |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Grimm |
| script | Franz Geiger |
| production | Bavaria film art |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera |
Klaus von Rautenfeld (exterior shots), Ernst W. Kalinke (interior shots) |
| cut | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
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The black lightning is a German ski film by Hans Grimm from 1958. It was based on motifs from the novel Flags im Nebel by Kurt Maix .
action
The cabinetmaker and passionate skier Michael Kirchner meets the wealthy Uschi Bauer again after a year, who has come back from the city to Kirchner's Alpendorf and has stayed at the hotel there. While Uschi still believes in a mutual relationship, Michael has long since fallen in love with the new girl for everything in the hotel, the young Gretl Mittermayr. He rejects Uschi's offer to become a member of the ski club funded by her father.
Former ski star Herbert Thanner arrives at the hotel. He lives in the United States with his wealthy wife Daisy and had given up skiing by their side. He sees the journey back to the mountains as an escape from his life in wealth, which had degraded him to the mere chauffeur of his wife. He is trying to build on his old successes in town, as a big race is ahead. The competition is important because it is considered the elimination run for the national team . Michael also wants to take part in the race.
Foehn is predicted for the race . Herbert is delighted that he has brought a special wax from the USA that allows his skis to ski well on damp snow. A test run actually shows Thanner's big lead over all other runners. Thanner is keeping the secret of the wax and is already irritated when little Andi wants to find out more about the recipe. Michael tries to make a similar wax together with Andi. When Michael demonstrates it to some friends, he finds the bag of Thanner's wax in his hut, which was apparently stolen. His friends are clueless, so Michael wants to sort it out himself. When he secretly puts the bag in Thanner's jacket, Thanner surprises him. There is a fight.
Michael is now considered a thief. He accepts Uschi's offer to go into town with her. In the meantime he wants to move to a mountain hut. There in the evening the completely exhausted Gretl arrives, who believes in his innocence. Both spend the night together in the hut. The next morning the test run for the ski race takes place on the mountain. The route was relocated because of the foehn, whereby a particularly dangerous place is marked with a flag and secured with bales of straw. Little Andi wants to take revenge on Thanner, who shortly before had suspected him of being a wax thief and who also drove Michael into the mountains. When Thanner is on the route, Andi removes the warning flag with a friend, so that Thanner falls badly and remains injured. Andi sees what he has done in horror and flees to Michael's mountain hut, which is deserted.
Michael went skiing with Gretl and said goodbye to her at noon. When he comes to the mountain hut, he is already expected by two police officers who want to take him away. He escapes them on skis and voluntarily surrenders to the sergeant. When he is confronted with the suspicion of being to blame for Thanner's misfortune, the only alibi he can use is to have been to the mountain hut and to have a witness for it. He hides Gretl's name. Andi's friend is brought to the ward and reports on the common prank. Andi has also disappeared since this morning. Michael is also exonerated in front of Thanner in the hotel: Gretl announces that she has been with Michael for the night and the morning. Uschi then packs her things and leaves.
The men gather to look for Andi. You follow his trail and find him below a mountain slope. After all, it is Michael who can rescue the hypothermic boy. Michael's friend Hans Rofele confesses that he stole the wax and Michael forgives him. Meanwhile, Thanner decides to return to his wife. He broke his arm in his fall and realized that he could not regain his successful career as a skier or even force a victory.
The next day the big race takes place. Rofele, who holds the course record, is defeated by Michael, who starts in last position. Michael is celebrated and finally finds Gretl and Andi in the crowd, with whom he walks away.
production
The black lightning bolt was filmed in and around St. Christoph am Arlberg in Tyrol and Lech am Arlberg from April to May 1958 . The film had its world premiere on September 15, 1958 in the Gloria-Palast in Stuttgart .
After A Piece from Heaven, it was the second feature film in which ski racer Toni Sailer took part. For the first time, the three-time Olympic champion from 1956 played a skier. The film title The Black Lightning alludes to Sailer's nickname.
Olive Moorefield (* 1932) sings the songs Etwas leise Musik and Im Nachtlokal Klein-Chicago in the film . Horst Buchholz , Vico Torriani and Harry Valérien have cameo appearances in the film .
criticism
The film-dienst called The Black Lightning 1958 an “uncomplicated sport and love story” and found that “it was a good idea to use the naturally remaining Kitzbühel 'ski king' [Toni Sailer] in his second film where he was visibly feels good: as a magnificent skier ”.
The lexicon of international films published by film-dienst in 1990 described The Black Flash as a "friendly, clean, entertainment film with lacquered shots of beautiful winter landscapes", which "Skias Toni Sailer [gives] the opportunity to show his sporting talents and his acting inability".
Cinema remarked: “After Toni Sailer had won Olympic gold several times in 1956, he was subscribed to the winter cinema. He couldn't act, of course. Conclusion: On the idiot hill of acting. "
Web links
- The black flash in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The black flash at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Toni Sailer is dead: He was the "black lightning bolt from Kitz" - cf. faz.net
- ↑ CM .: The black lightning . In: film-dienst , No. 41, 1958.
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 7. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 3339.
- ↑ See cinema.de