The Carnival Fairy (1931)

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Movie
Original title The carnival fairy
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1931
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Hans Steinhoff
script Rudolf Oesterreicher ,
Adolf Lantz ,
Curt Wesse
production Emelka Hisa-Film GmbH (Berlin)
music Emmerich Kálmán
camera Friedl Behn-Grund
occupation

The Faschingsfee is a German operetta film from 1931 directed by Hans Steinhoff . The main roles are occupied by Anny Ahlers , Walter Janssen , Ernst Verebes and Camilla Spira as well as Viktor de Kowa .

The film is based on Emmerich Kálmán 's operetta of the same name , for which Alfred Maria Willner wrote the libretto.

action

The painter Viktor Ronai wins the main prize of 10,000 marks in a competition for a ceiling painting he created . He and his friends celebrate this important event in a relaxed atmosphere in his local "Goldener Kakadu". Lori, who is swarmed by the gentlemen, is also there and tells Viktor that she has asked her friend Alfred von Mützelburg to come as well. If he doesn't comply with her request, she wants to end the relationship with him.

However, von Mützelburg is forced to take action, since he has to accompany his cousin, Countess Alexandra, to a party that the aging attaché von Grefelingen honors because he wants to marry Alexandra. So Alfred drives up in his car in front of the "Golden Cockatoo" and explains to Alexandra that he has something to do in there. When he is still not back after a while, Alexandra also goes to the restaurant. There she is harassed by Count Meridith, the donor of the 10,000 marks, who is in the pub with his friends and who thinks Alexandra is a model. Viktor becomes attentive and frees Alexandra from her embarrassing situation. Insulting words fall between the two men on both sides, which for Viktor go hand in hand with the loss of his prize. However, Alexandra is more than just impressed by Viktor and his appearance and falls in love with him. Viktor is also carried away by the young countess and describes her as his Mardi Gras fairy. They spend a special evening together.

So it happens that Viktor, to his surprise, receives the 10,000 marks the next day. It was not until some time later that he found out that the money came from Alexandra, who had asked her cousin Alfred to hand over the amount to Viktor on behalf of Count Meridith. Before Alexandra and Viktor can finally find each other, various misunderstandings have to be cleared out of the way.

Production and film launch

Willy Roxin was the recording manager, Hans Grimm was responsible for the sound. Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil were responsible for the film construction. On February 9, 1931, the film was examined by the censors.

The film premiered on February 14, 1931 in Munich, and opened in Berlin on February 18, 1931. In Denmark it started on April 25, 1934 under the title En Karnevalsnat and in Portugal on February 25, 1935 under the title A Fada do Carnaval . In Austria it also ran under the original title Die Faschingsfee and in Greece under the title I neraida tis apokrias .

Music in the film

Karlheinz Wendtland says: “There is hardly a song that one of the main participants does not sing, often also in the choir of everyone in the picture. This is how you can hear the songs from the operetta during the funny carnival ":

  • Kiss me, lovely carnival fairy
  • Dear Heavenly Father, don't be angry '
  • Love, I long for you
  • Anything else forbidden for reasons of morality
  • I'm flying out today
  • Old Noah

criticism

For Karlheinz Wendtland it was "a typical operetta material, prepared for almost constant singing". Edith Hamann said in the film week : “They did it, as it is always done in film operettas, and did not have the ambition to fall out of the ordinary. You are neither surprised by the futility of the plot nor by the beautiful music, because the latter is from Kálmán. Furthermore, one is not surprised to find Verebes, Szakall and Falkenstein, because it is an operetta film. So you enjoy them and the rest ... all of them - how do you say? - did their best. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies, born in 1931, Medium Film Verlag Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, first edition 1989, second revised edition 1991, pp. 42–43, film 30/1931. ISBN 3-926945-09-5