Derby (1949)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Derby |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roger from Norman |
| script |
Stefanie von Below Roger von Norman |
| production |
Real-Film GmbH, Hamburg ( Gyula Trebitsch ) |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Ekkehard Kyrath |
| cut | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
| occupation | |
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Derby is a German fictional film from 1949 by Roger von Norman with Hannelore Schroth , Willy Fritsch and Heinz Engelmann in the leading roles.
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The veterinarian Dr. Benningsen is called to the Gut Lindenhof stud farm because of an urgent case. There are problems with the mare Atalante there. Benningsen is surprised when he sees Barbara Hessling again on site. They both know each other from before, and their reunion clearly shows that the last time they separated could not have happened without any problems.
Flashback. Dieter Benningsen and Barbara had met four years earlier when he had successfully worked as an obstetrician on one of their horses, Ariadne, who she assumed was suffering from colic. The young foal is christened by the landowner Dahlen Atalante. These days, Dr. Know and appreciate Benningsen and Barbara better. Dahlen, who was friends with Barbara's father, gives her Atalante. The significantly older gentleman seems to have (probably not just paternal) interest in the young woman. Barbara has already given her heart to Dieter, but Dieter has to move to Hanover for a year to complete his veterinary studies there. Some time later Dahlen invited Barbara to go to the yearling show with Atalante. Dieter Benningsen also appears there. While the guests are attending the derby, Benningsen proposes to Barbara, which she accepts. A little later, Atalante is gradually trained to become a racehorse. Master jockey Hans Rönning even allows Barbara to try the sulky herself . Finally, Atalante's first derby start is imminent. In fact, Rönning can win with Atalante. While Barbara begins to dedicate herself more and more to her horse and racing, Benningsen is increasingly annoyed that his future woman obviously hardly knows any other topic. In order to put them under pressure, Benningsen announced to Barbara that he would not see each other for a while.
Meanwhile an acquaintance of Dahlens, Evelyn Nauman, who has the strongest competition horse with “Hannibal”, tries to sow intrigues against Barbara. From then on, Barbara decided to train Atalante herself. After all, at a test race there is a direct comparison between Atalante and Hannibal, which Atalante just wins. To make matters worse, Atalante pulled a tendon a little later, so Rönning refused to lead the ailing horse in the upcoming big derby. Instead, he plans to direct Hannibal. Barbara is disappointed. In this situation, the worn out, aging jockey Konny Schmidt Barbara offers himself, who hopes to get out of his lows again. He says that you only have to handle Atalante correctly, then he could win tomorrow's derby with her. Barbara lets Konny on the sulky of her horse, although Dieter Bennigsen had urgently advised her not to. Hannibal just wins the race because Atalante begins to lame shortly before the finish. Barbara realizes that she has overwhelmed her horse, which can probably never run a race again. Dahlen offers her to stay with Atalante at his stud. End of flashback.
Again in the present. Benningsen and Barbara spent the night with Atalante, who gave birth to a foal. Dieter and Barbara decide to try again together.
Production notes
The shooting of Derby took place in the spring of 1949 in the Hamburg-Wandsbek studio , in the Altes Land and on the Hamburg-Farmsen trotting track . The film premiered on August 27, 1949 in Hamburg, the traditional location of the German Derby , and premiered in Berlin on October 14, 1949.
The costumes come from the hand of Trebitsch's wife Erna Sander . Mathias Matthies designed the film structures . Director Norman was also the line producer. For him, this was the last full-length feature film, even if he never let go of the horse: Roger von Norman later ran his own horse breeding in Bavaria.
Trotting legend Hänschen Frömming plays himself in the film as jockey Hans Rönning.
Reviews
“This is a benign story of a lovely young girl (Hannelore Schroth), two lovers (Willy Fritsch, Heinz Engelmann), a rival (Gerda Maria Terno) and a trotting mare ('Altmärkerin'). Stefanie von Below and the director Roger von Norman, an unlikely young man in his early 40s, shot the story without any major complications. Only occasionally, with a few inserts of dubious amusement and limited originality, does it smell of the mothballs of the ordinary. But in general nothing thunders the direction. The people in this film are amazingly outdoors and naturally behaving. The animals too. "
“The obstacle-filled love story of an enthusiastic young horse lover and a personable veterinarian - closely linked to the fate of a racehorse. German post-war film from the milieu of trotting, without great sensations, but with human warmth and charming documentary images of trotting. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Derby. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- Derby in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Derby at filmportal.de