The Saint and Her Fool (1957)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The saint and her fool |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 102, 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 (1957), 6 (today) |
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| Director | Gustav Ucicky |
| script | Erna Fentsch |
| production |
Sascha-Film Produktion GmbH, Vienna ( Herbert Gruber ) |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut | Herma Sandtner |
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The Saint and Her Fool is an Austrian film from 1957 directed by Gustav Ucicky . The story is based on the novel of the same name (published in 1913) by Agnes Günther, who died in 1911 .
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The plot of the Günther novel, set in the Kaiser era, was moved to the modern era (1950s).
The young princess Rosemarie von Brauneck lost her mother at an early age and grew up as a half-orphan under the care of her strict father, the Prince of Brauneck. As a child, she began to adore the neighboring property, a noble painter named Baron Harro von Thorstein. Over the years, crush became love. For several reasons, however, there is a great shadow over this young happiness: Not only is Rosemarie seriously ill, but her stepmother Charlotte was Harro's lover some time ago, and she is not ready to cede the young artist to her stepdaughter without a fight.
When Harro asks the prince for Rosemary's hand, Charlotte intervenes, trying to prevent this marriage and instead want to resume her extramarital relationship with Harro von Thorstein. But she is unlucky with her intrigue and receives a rebuff from Harro. Instead, he and Rosemary get married. The marriage is happy and soon this relationship is crowned by a child together. Charlotte still cannot accept this relationship, and when she sees how happy Rosemarie is with Harro, one day she invites her to take a car ride together. She races into Lake Garda with suicidal intent . But Rosemarie survives and finally heals at the side of her loving husband.
Production notes
The Saint and Her Fool was written in the summer of 1957 and had its German premiere on October 31, 1957 in Hanover.
Karl Schwetter took over the production management. The married couple Werner Schlichting and Isabella Ploberger designed the film structures, the costumes are by Charlotte Flemming . Otto Untersalmberger and Herbert Janeczka took care of the sound.
Reviews
“A very free remake of the antiquated successful novel by Agnes Günther in the lying gazebo style. The extremely wooden staging mixes sentimentality with contemporary ingredients from the 50s. "
The Cinema Online editorial team found this remake to be “wooden”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Saint and Her Fool in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed December 24, 2018
- ↑ Cinema review
Web links
- The Saint and Her Fool in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The saint and her fool at filmportal.de