The mail is off (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The mail goes off |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Helmuth M. Backhaus |
| script | Helmuth M. Backhaus |
| production | Piran-Film + Televisions GmbH (Egon Haebe) |
| music | Christian Bruhn |
| camera | Gerhard Kruger |
| cut | Anneliese Artelt |
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The Post Goes Off is a German hit film by director Helmuth M. Backhaus . The premiere took place on September 21, 1962 in the Cologne Capitol .
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Actually, trumpeter Willy from the Bamboo Band was hoping for a great inheritance, but his uncle only bequeathed him a scrap-looking bus . Nevertheless, he is planning a vacation trip to the south with his friend Franz. In the bamboo bar run by Willy and his people, a talent competition is held, which Barbi, the daughter of the famous pop singer Rudolf Lothar, wins. Young Till comes in second and they both receive a voucher for a two-week bus vacation trip to the south. Willy has already distributed the prizes when Franz informs him that the travel agency where you bought the vouchers is broke. As they fear having to close their bar in the event of lawsuits, they both decide to take the winners with them on their vacation to Trieste and Yugoslavia in the junk-old bus . Various friends of the winners join in: Barbi takes Harry and the secretary Wilma and they out of necessity their boss Mr. Ratsam with them, Till takes his good friend Petra with him and on the way they pick up the almost adult Anja, who is in front of her parents and her British Fiance John has fled.
While the bus is slowly rolling south, Barbi's fathers, Harry and Petra take up the chase, especially since Rudolf has to give a concert in Trieste anyway. Harry's father Walter in particular is worried that his son is out and about with so many young women because he actually wants to couple him with the factory owner's daughter Gina. Since Harry has always refused to even get to know Gina, Walter uses a trick. When the bus arrives in Trieste, the fathers have it escorted to their hotel. There, in turn, Walter shows up with the young Gina at his side and makes Harry think that she is his new lover. Harry does not understand, tries to convince her to give up on his father, and finally falls in love with her. In the end, more couples are found: After some chaos, Anja's parents are happy to get rid of their fiancé John and agree to marry Anja and Franz. Till and Petra become a couple, Mr Ratsam makes Wilma a successful marriage proposal and Barbi and Willy also fall in love.
History of origin
Helmuth M. Backhaus , who also directed, wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Hans Billian . The working title of the film was initially Nobody Sin in a Bikini . The shooting took place in Yugoslavia , among others . The film architects Johannes Ott and Mirko Lipuzić were responsible for the film construction. Ingrid Neugebauer designed the costumes . As a cameraman you committed Gerhard Kruger . Production manager was Alfred Bittins .
The following hits can be heard in the film Die Post geht ab sich , which the Stuttgart film company Piran-Film produced in collaboration with Gloria Filmverleih:
- Gerhard Wendland : Look me in the eye again (Music: Karl Götz ; Text: Kurt Hertha )
- Gerhard Wendland: Are you sleeping yet? (Music: Karl Götz; Text: Heinz Hellmer and Kurt Hertha)
- Chris Howland : Cleopatra (Music: Heinz Gietz ; Text: Georg Buschor )
- Jack Ross: Happy-Jose (Ching, Ching, Ching) (Instrumental; Music: Norman Malkin and Jesse Gonzales)
- Vivi Bach: When we two meet again (Music: Christian Bruhn )
- Vivi Bach: Please, please take me with you (Music: Christian Bruhn)
- Peter Fritsch: A small tent (music: Christian Bruhn)
- Vivi Bach and Peter Fritsch: The Ladders of Life (Music: Christian Bruhn)
The premiere of the film took place on September 21, 1962 in the Cologne Capitol . The film first ran on television on April 11, 1964 on DFF 1 .
Reviews
The lexicon of international films said: “Instead of a narrative story: gags, puns, hits, dances. The film attempt by an emcee. ”The film dienst described Die Post as“ brightly colored 60s vacation cinema ”.
Cinema found: “Schlager, Scherzchen and Bella Italia: too flat even by genre standards. Conclusion: Trallala road movie with very flat jokes. "
Web links
- Goes off the post in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The mail goes off at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 6. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 2981.
- ↑ The mail is off. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 21, 2018 .
- ↑ The mail is off (1962). In: Cinema , accessed July 21, 2018.