The Beloved (1939)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The beloved |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1939 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| script | Walther von Hollander using an idea from Eva Leidmann |
| production | Bruno Duday |
| music | Kurt Schröder |
| camera | Reimar Kuntze |
| cut | Axel von Werner |
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Die Geliebte is a German love drama from the Prussian officer milieu of the imperial era about an inappropriate relationship, with Willy Fritsch and Viktoria von Ballasko in the title role. Gerhard Lamprecht directed this film at the end of 1938 in the Ufaststadt Babelsberg.
action
Berlin, in the last few years before the outbreak of the First World War. The delicate and somewhat shy Therese Slesina, a pretty Viennese woman, has lived with her uncle Gustav Küpper since the death of her parents. He has taken over the guardianship and runs a small flower shop where Therese works as a saleswoman. Her best friend Pauline is also her colleague. One day, when both women go on a paddle excursion on a lake, their rowing boat capsizes. The handsome Oberleutnant Adalbert von Warp and his buddy Lieutenant Hans von Haacken see the two women kicking in the water and rush to their aid, very gallant Prussian officers, with a pedal boat. From this encounter a fleeting romance emerges between von Haacken and the somewhat down-to-earth Pauline, while the feelings between Adalbert and Therese soon become very serious. But her blossoming love has no chance, because she is only a flower girl and a marriage between the aristocratic officer and the Viennese Frollein from a humble background is by no means befitting.
Therese is ready to put up with the fact that she can only be Adalbert's lover, especially since she had already had an affair with an officer, the young Rittmeister von Diewitz, which broke up for exactly the same reasons. However, Adalbert does not want to give up his Therese, whom he visits regularly in the flower shop and even buys all the plant goods once. He would rather give up his officer career. When Adalbert's superior learns of his intention, he advises him to reconsider the upcoming decision. Adalbert now asks Therese in writing for her hand, but the flower girl does not want to stand in the way of Adalbert's brilliant military career and seeks him out at a horse show. There she meets Diewitz and talks to him. Adalbert, who has just won the tournament, sees the two standing together and draws his conclusions, namely that the two once had a relationship. Warp is deeply disappointed because Therese has never told him anything about it and he withdraws. Instead of trying to talk to her, von Warp goes to his manager and wants to reverse his resignation. The next day von Warp thinks better of it, and he is now looking to talk to Therese - but by then it is too late: the previous night the mistress took her own life.
Production notes
The beloved was made from the end of October 1938 until February 1939 in the studio as well as in Berlin and the surrounding area (external shoots, including on the Havel in front of the Schildhorn peninsula, in Nedlitz / Saxony-Anhalt and a night shoot in the Unter den Linden State Opera ). The film passed the censorship on May 25, 1939 and received the rating "artistically valuable". It was premiered on July 28, 1939 in the Berlin Capitol Cinema. On May 9, 1982, the first television broadcast took place in the third program of Bayerischer Rundfunk.
The film, which cost only about 941,000 RM, grossed 1,459,000 RM by January 1941. This made Die Geliebte a moderate box office success.
Erich Holder took over the production management. The film structures were created by Max Mellin , while Fritz Thiery provided the sound .
The only music track was: " You know too, remember that life goes by ".
useful information
Although the film was made during the so-called Reichskristallnacht ( Reichskristallnacht) , which brought in extremely bad press for Adolf Hitler's German Reich abroad, Hollywood star Gary Cooper traveled to Berlin immediately afterwards and visited Willy Fritsch on November 23, 1938 while filming in Babelsberg .
Writer and screenwriter Eva Leidmann was originally supposed to write the screenplay, but she died nine months before shooting began. Walther von Hollander finally developed the manuscript from their traditional idea.
Lída Baarová was actually supposed to take on the title role, but shortly before shooting began, she had to leave Germany at the behest of Adolf Hitler due to the love affair with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels .
Because of the Prussian officer milieu with its military formalisms and habits, which play an important role in this film, Die Geliebte was banned by the Allies in 1945.
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “All the characters found convincing interpreters. (...) The director managed to balance the tragic and cheerful moments seamlessly. ”Summary:“ Well above average ”
The lexicon of international films saw the film as a "love drama in a neat chamber play-like cut from everyday and officer milieu"
Boguslaw Drewniak saw the film mixed with "a strong shot of sentimentality".
Web links
- The lovers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The mistress at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ The UFA book, edited by Hans-Michael Bock / Michael Töteberg, 1992 Verlag Zweiausendeins, p. 401
- ↑ German sound films, 10 1939 vintage 031.39, p 67, Berlin 1999
- ↑ ibid., P. 68
- ↑ Filmwelt No. 49 of December 2, 1938
- ↑ Fritsch (l.) And Cooper (r.)
- ↑ Fritsch (l.) And Cooper (r.) At the welcome in the studio
- ↑ The Beloved in Paimann's Film Lists ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Beloved. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 1, 2018 .
- ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938–1945 . A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 216
