The Bat (1962)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The bat |
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| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script | Géza from Cziffra |
| production | Herbert Gruber ( Sascha film ) |
| music |
Johann Strauss (compositions) Erich Becht (musical direction) |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Arndt Heyne |
| occupation | |
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Die Fledermaus is a film adaptation of the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, shot in Austria . The color film produced by Sascha-Film in Eastmancolor and Ultrascope premiered on February 2, 1962.
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Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, Counsel at Arabayam & Co., has for insulting a public official to take an eight-day prison term in the county jail of Grinzing. At the same time he is supposed to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife for his employer Basil Arabayam. Said woman is supposed to persuade the prince to give her oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea, which are to be passed on immediately to Arabayam.
The Pista von Bundassy, who is friends with Eisenstein, gets the necessary tickets and claims to have got Eisenstein a day off so that he can attend the ball. As he wants to get revenge on Eisenstein for a prank - Eisenstein once left the sleeping Pista in a bat costume in the Viennese city park to his fate - he forces Eisenstein to pass Adele, the maid of his own wife, as his wife during the ball.
Instead of Eisenstein, Alfred, Adele's lover, is found at the Eisenstein's doorstep, personally arrested by the Grinzing prison director and taken to the prison by the police.
Prison director Frank also has an invitation to Prince Orlofsky's farewell ball under the false name Chevalier Chargrin.
Eisenstein's wife Rosalinde notices her husband's swindles and appears at the ball in disguise as her own twin sister Sonja, who is already known to the prince. When Eisenstein is faced with the supposed Sonja, he fears for his marriage and ensures an intimate meeting between Rosalinde and the prince.
The next day, Rosalinde reveals herself to her husband. The inevitable marital conflict is followed by reconciliation. Prince Orlofsky gives Rosalinde 1000 hectares of land, but retains the oil production rights.
Songs
- The bird house (Peter Alexander, Hans Moser, Willy Millowitsch)
- Happy is he who forgets (Peter Alexander, Marianne Koch)
- Adieu over (Peter Alexander, Marianne Koch)
- I like to invite guests (Boy Gobert and Chor)
- My Mr. Marquis (Peter Alexander, Marika Rökk)
- Little brother and sister (Peter Alexander)
- I'm having a bumvidibum (Peter Alexander, Hans Moser, Willy Millowitsch)
Reviews
- "Loosely based on the Johann Strauss operetta, of which little more was left than a fluctuating Peter Alexander show with superimposed gags." - Lexicon of international film (rororo edition from 1987)
- “Johann Strauss didn't deserve a film like that. The more or less musical film pleasure game follows his operetta quite freely. ” Heyne Filmlexikon, 1996
- “Free adaptation (...) as an Alexander / Rökk vehicle; professional entertainment. ”(Rating: 2 out of 4 possible stars = average) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz
DVD release
- The Bat (1961) . Cinema World 2006
Trivia
- The Ultrascope format (2.35: 1) has so far been ignored on TV and DVD and the film is only shown in 1.77: 1.
Web links
- The bat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The bat at filmportal.de (with photo gallery)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The bat. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 232