The Years Go By (1945)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The years go by |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1945 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Günther Rittau |
| script |
Richard Nicolas , Erich Ebermayer |
| production |
Herbert Engelsing (production group) |
| music | Wolfgang Zeller |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Ilse Voigt |
| occupation | |
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The years go by is a 1944 Reich German family drama by Günther Rittau . Heidemarie Hatheyer , Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe Dyckhoff play the leading roles . The story is based on the play Romanze by Erich Ebermayer , published in 1936 , who was also involved in the script.
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The senator and major shipping company Ferdinand Kersten has come a long way with his family business that has existed for generations, and his whole pride is his granddaughter Viktoria, who presents her new, great love on the 75th birthday of her grandfather: It is Peter Behrendsen, the son of the shipowner Georg Behrendsen, who has become considerably prosperous in South America, and his significantly younger wife Irene. Since Georg passed away some time ago, Irene, who traveled to Germany to negotiate a contract, has taken over the management of the company. It revolves around the extension of a cooperation agreement with Kersten's shipping company, but surprisingly Irene Behrendsen is not ready to extend this contract that was concluded 50 years ago. Peter gets into a tight spot because of his mother's decision, to which he reacts with great incomprehension, as he sits between two stools: that of his own family and that of the family whose member Victoria he intends to marry. One day old Kersten takes him aside and explains the reasons for Irene's behavior.
Once the contract was signed between him, Senator Ferdinand and his business friend Georg. Since Irene felt neglected by her husband Georg at the time and the marriage was considered very unhappy, Ferdinand Kersten commissioned his son Wilhelm to look after Irene a little during the negotiations. Both fell in love instantly, and Irene promised Wilhelm that she would divorce her unloved husband and then marry him. The old Behrendsen saw the business relationship with Georg Behrendsen massively disrupted by this announcement and ordered that son Wilhelm should immediately go on a longer business trip to East Asia. Father Ferdinand's will was stronger than Wilhelm's love for Irene, and so he bowed and left the country without at least saying goodbye to his lover. Irene, who had already announced to her husband that she wanted to separate from him, then sought an interview with Senator Kersten to make bitter accusations against him. But the latter replied coolly that a woman who wanted to leave her husband for someone else was not the right one for his Wilhelm. Irene returned to South America with her husband, bitter and deeply disappointed.
The years go by. Wilhelm Kersten died in the war, and any hope of the old senator of ever getting a male owner who would one day continue the family business has been dashed. That's why all of his love is for his granddaughter Victoria. The fact that fate now wants her to bring a young man and possible company heir into the house would be the solution to all of his problems, if this Peter Behrendsen were not the son of the woman who has hated the senator since they met Irene blames old Kersten for her love affair. For Irene it is the ideal opportunity to take revenge for the injustice suffered at the time. Now she threatens to make the same mistake by making it clear to her son Peter that he cannot possibly marry a member of the Kersten family. But Peter has more character than Viktoria's lover Wilhelm once did. He stands by his girlfriend Viktoria, even when Irene Behrendsen threatens to disinherit him. Irene realizes that she is about to lose Peter and jumps over her shadow. In order not to destroy her son's happiness in love, after half a century she extends her hand to Senator Kersten and makes peace with him.
Production notes
The Years Go By was filmed between January 15 and the end of March 1944 in the Althoff studio in Babelsberg and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (exterior shots). The censorship took place on November 27, 1944, the premiere was on February 6, 1945 in Dresden .
Walter Zeiske was production manager. Karl Vollbrecht and Willy Schiller created the film structures, Hildegard Order the costumes.
A little song was played as the only song .
criticism
The lexicon of international film says: "Conventional social drama with a noble attitude."
Individual evidence
- ↑ The years go by. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 1, 2019 .
Web links
- The years pass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The years go by at filmportal.de