The three from the gas station (1930)
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| Original title | The three from the gasstation |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Wilhelm Thiele |
| script |
Franz Schulz , Paul Frank |
| production | Erich Pommer |
| music | Werner Richard Heymann |
| camera | Franz Planner |
| cut | Viktor Gertler |
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Die Drei von der Gasstelle is a German sound film operetta by Universum Film from 1930 , which premiered on September 15, 1930 in the Gloria Palast in Berlin . The music is by Werner Richard Heymann , the lyrics were written by Robert Gilbert . In addition to Willy Fritsch , Oskar Karlweis and Heinz Rühmann , Lilian Harvey played the main female role.
The film was remade in 1955 under the same title with Adrian Hoven , Walter Müller , Walter Giller and Germaine Damar . Willy Fritsch also plays in this film, this time in the role of Consul Kossmann.
action
The three friends and bon vivants Willy, Kurt and Hans return from a long trip. In doing so, they discover that they are broke and have to do serious work for the first time in their lives. After all of their furniture has been seized by the bailiff, all they have left is their dog and their car, which they sell - after they run out of gas on a busy country road - to open a gas station called "Zum Kuckuck" at this very spot. While on duty, they take turns every eight hours and get to know the rich and attractive Lilian Cossmann independently of one another. All three fall in love with her and keep their acquaintance a secret.
Lilian finds all three likable, but only loves Willy and invites everyone to an expensive bar at the same time to clarify the situation. The friendship of the three is broken by Lilian. Willy could have Lilian, but is annoyed that she had all three as suitors at the same time. But Lilian has a plan and asks her father to found a tank company whose director Willy is to become. He agrees on the condition that his two friends Kurt and Hans are also part of the party. But when Lilian sits in front of Willy as the new secretary, Willy angrily dictates his resignation and signs without reading. In reality, however, he has signed a marriage contract with Lilian. So in the end he has to come to terms with a marriage.
music
- First comes a big question mark
- A friend, a good friend
- Hello, you sweet woman, don't drive alone
- The song of the cuckoo (Dear, good bailiff)
- Darling, my heart sends greetings
Most of the songs achieved notoriety beyond the film. The song Dear, good Mr. bailiff quotes the nursery rhyme Kuckuck, Kuckuck, calls's aus dem Wald as well as the middle part funeral march from the 2nd piano sonata op. 35 by Frédéric Chopin , which is also the basis of the Bavarian folk song vom Hintertupfer Bene . A friend, a good friend was covered by the Böhse Onkelz in 1988 under the title A good friend .
French version
At the same time as the German, a French-language version film was also made under the title Le chemin du paradis . This was a common practice in the early 1930s as France was considered a lucrative film market. In the French version, the multilingual Lilian Harvey also took on the role of daughter Cossmann, while the role of Willy was played here by Henri Garat .
Locations
The shooting took place from June 17 to July 31, 1930 in Berlin-Zehlendorf, Steinstücke and in the Babelsberg studio . At the location where the gas station was filmed at Lindenthaler Allee 42 in Berlin-Zehlendorf, there is still a gas station today (location:) . The house at the beginning of the film was built by Erich Mendelsohn in Steinstücke in 1927/28 for the doctor Curt Bejach . Today the Erich-Mendelsohn-Foundation has its seat in the Landhaus Bejach at Bernhard-Beyer-Straße 12.
Aftermath
- The film was banned by the film inspection agency on October 1, 1937 without justification, after it had only been approved almost two years earlier.
- In 2002 the musical anniversary revue Heartbreaker - a friend, a good friend on the 100th birthday of Heinz Rühmann was premiered in the Festspielhaus Wittenberge as part of the Elbland Festival. Director: Hans Hermann Krug, idea: Heiko Reissig
- On September 22, 2005, the musical Die Drei von der Gasstelle premiered in Berlin .
- Since February 2006 Die Drei von der Gasstelle has been staged as a play in the Dresden comedy .
Reviews
“The lively, very entertaining film invented what was then a new cinematic form through the virtuoso handling of storytelling, dance and integrated music. He had the little plot celebrated with songs that became extremely popular and helped establish the success of the film. "
“The lively, very entertaining film invented a cinematic form that was new at the time through its virtuoso handling of storytelling, dance and integrated music: the musical. He had the little plot celebrated with songs that became extremely popular ('A friend, a good friend', 'Dear good bailiff', 'Darling, my heart sends you greetings') and contributed to the success of the film. "
"[The film includes] apparently incompatible set pieces [such as modernist montages, slapstick numbers, tap dancing and Brechtian alienation effects] [...] and established the genre of the 'sound film operetta'."
literature
- Joe Hembus , Christa Bandmann : Classics of the German sound film. 1930-1960 . Goldmann Magnum / Citadel film books. Goldmann, Munich 1980, 262 pages, ISBN 3-442-10207-3
- Gregor Ball, Eberhard Spiess , Joe Hembus (eds.): Heinz Rühmann and his films . Goldmann, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-442-10213-8 .
- The three from the gas station . Ufa-Magazin No. 9. German Historical Museum, Berlin 1992, 16 pp.
- Michael Hanisch The three from the gas station . In Günther Dahlke, Günther Karl (Hrsg.): German feature films from the beginnings to 1933. A film guide. Henschel Verlag, 2nd edition, Berlin 1993, p. 232 f. ISBN 3-89487-009-5
- Malte Hagener: The three from the gas station. In: Heinz-B. Heller , Matthias Steinle (ed.): Film genres. Comedy (= RUB . No. 18407). Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-15-018407-3 , pp. 89-92 [with references].
See also
Web links
- The three from the gas station : the first German blockbuster
- The three from the gas station at filmportal.de u. a. with contemporary reviews, premiere poster, drafts, photos
- Three of the gas station in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- deutscher-tonfilm.de: The three from the gas station ( Memento from December 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The three from the gas station Recommended reading etc. adS virtual-history.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ A friend, a good friend adS coverinfo.de
- ^ The three from the gas station - one film, two versions adS cinema-arte.tv/de
- ↑ Le Chemin du paradis French-language version of the film from the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ BZ series about the districts of the capital bz-berlin.de
- ↑ Berlin houses: The sun should look in here, not the Gestapo tagesspiegel.de
- ↑ Censorship decision ( Memento of September 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 57 kB)
- ↑ The three from the gas station. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ The three from the gas station. In: Prism Online. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Malte Hagener: The three from the gas station. In: Heinz-B. Heller, Matthias Steinle (ed.): Film genres. Comedy (= RUB . No. 18407). Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, pp. 89–92, here 91.