The adventures of Count Bobby
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The adventures of Count Bobby |
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| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script |
Albert Anthony , Helmuth M. Backhaus |
| production |
Sascha film , ( Herbert Gruber ) |
| music | Heinz Gietz |
| camera | Sepp Ketterer |
| cut | Arnd Heyne |
| occupation | |
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The Adventures of Count Bobby is an Austrian comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra . The film, produced by Sascha-Film , premiered on April 1, 1961.
action
Count Bobby's aunt, Countess Ratzeberg, is supposed to accompany the daughter of the American millionaire Piper as a chaperone on a trip across Europe for a lot of money . Unfortunately the old lady is seriously ill. Since the money is urgently needed, her nephew Bobby disguises herself as Countess Ratzeberg and starts the trip. Count Bobby falls in love with his ward Mary and now makes contact with her as a man. To Bobby's chagrin, his best friend, Baron Mucki, is also in love with Mary. And this puts all kinds of obstacles in his way. At some point Count Bobby is hopelessly overwhelmed with constantly changing clothes and Mary finds out. Of course, she can't be angry with him for long, and the young happiness is perfect.
History of origin
Pre-production
The Constantin Filmverleih had already announced Count Bobby's adventures for the 1958/59 cinema program. Under the direction of Kurt Früh , Heinz Rühmann was to take on the leading role. The scriptwriter was Hans Jacoby and the film composer Heinrich Sutermeister . The announcement promised: “A real Rühmann story: The legendary figure of the much laughed at Count Bobby becomes reality with a wink in the masterful design by our most popular comedian. All the delicious anecdotes that fill the life of this adorable joker are turned into a film festival of full humor. A box office hit of the first order. "
Ultimately, the decision was made to produce a typical Peter Alexander film. The proven director Géza von Cziffra also wrote the script under his pseudonym Albert Anthony, which was revised by Helmuth M. Backhaus .
production
Filming began on January 18, 1961 in Vienna . The studio recordings were made in the Sievering studio . The Design designed the set designer Alexander Sawczynski and Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff . Gerdago was responsible for the costumes . The cameraman was Sepp Ketterer , assisted by Kurt Junek . Herbert Janeczka and Rolf Schmidt-Gentner acted as sound engineers . Production manager was Karl Schwetter .
music
The original film music was penned by Heinz Gietz . The following songs were used in the film:
- Peter Alexander and Gunther Philipp : Graf-Bobby-Lied (music and text: Hugo Wiener )
- Peter Alexander: Paris is worth a trip (Music: Schmitz / Haenchen ; Text: Kurt Feltz )
- Peter Alexander and Bill Ramsey : I'm always drawn to her (cover version of Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go ; music: Hank Ballard ; text: Kurt Feltz)
- Peter Alexander: Don't go away from me (Music: Heinz Gietz; Text: Kurt Feltz)
- Peter Alexander: Can love be a sin? ( Zarah Leander parody; music: Lothar Brühne ; text: Bruno Balz )
- Bill Ramsey: Pigalle (The Great Mousetrap) (Music: Heinz Gietz; Text: Hans Bradtke )
The hit Paris is worth a trip , always attracts me to her , Do not go away from me and Pigalle (The great mouse trap) were 1961 different singles of the label Polydor marketed. The remaining titles appeared in 1997 in the film versions on CD .
Label of the single Paris is worth the trip , 1961
Label of the single I'm always drawn to her , 1961
Label for the single Don't go away from me , 1961
Label of the single Pigalle (Die Große Mausefalle) , 1961
reception
The Adventures of Count Bobby premiered on April 1, 1961. In the German-speaking countries, the film was one of the great successes with the public in 1961. In the polls carried out by the trade journal Filmecho / Filmwoche , in which cinema-goers rated current films on a scale from 1 (excellent) to 7 (very bad), the film scored with a grade of 2.4.
In 1962 the film was continued with Count Bobby's Sweet Life .
Reviews
"Indestructible jokes and, reminiscent of" Charley's aunt ", disguise situations, Alexander [...] knew how to steer past the cliffs of the Klamauks and to ensure that the strip, which was also pleasant in terms of color photography [...], had a rather amusing effect."
“A young man in women's clothes works as a travel companion for an American woman. Comedy enriched with hits that does not leave out even the most nonsensical punchline. "
Web links
- The Adventures of Count Bobby in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The adventures of Count Bobby at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 93 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 90 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2555 meters
- ↑ Constantin-Film's distribution program: Announcements for the 1958/59 season
- ↑ Peter Alexander: Filmtreffer, 4 . Bear Family Records . 1997. Order no. BCD 15995 AH
- ↑ The Adventures of Count Bobby. (No longer available online.) In: old.filmarchiv.at. Paimann's film lists , No. 2622_2, April 19, 1961, archived from the original on October 12, 2016 ; accessed on October 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Adventures of Count Bobby. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 12, 2016 .
