The treasure chest

Movie
Original title	The treasure chest
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	1948
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Karl Kurzmayer
script	Ernst Henthaler Karl Kurzmayer
production	Karl F. Sommer
music	Hans Hagen
camera	Sepp Ketterer
occupation
Theodor Danegger : Alois Pirker Anton Lehmann : Karl, called Avenarius Karl Skraup : Trimmers Rudolf Carl : Koidl, shoemaker Isolde Kaspar-Czejke : Cilly, his wife Peter Czejke : Peterl, both son Hugo Gottschlich : Landlord Gustav Dieffenbacher : Lenz, baker Heli Lichten : Burga Edith Prager : Resi, your daughter Kurt Bülau : Hannes, Holzknecht Ralph Boddenhuser : Teacher Johannes Roth : Postman Ilse Hanel : Kathi, waitress Karl Pammer : Mayor Harry Nestor : Bank Director Ernst Macht : bank employee Harry Kupetz : Detective officers

The Treasure Chest is an Austrian film swing from 1948 by the cameraman Karl Kurzmayer with the popular local screen batches Theodor Danegger , Rudolf Carl and Karl Skraup in rare leading roles.

action

The pensioner Alois Pirker, who lives in the small Austrian town of Trems, is guarding a chest like a treasure, so that the other villagers soon suspect that the piece of furniture is actually valuable and that Alois must be a very rich man. Since Alois has no other family members, numerous Tremser are starting to get on particularly well with him in the hope that one day they will be considered as the heir to the alleged “treasure chest”. When one day it turns out that roommate Pirker is really a very poor eater, he immediately leaves Trems in order to escape the anger of the people, for which he is actually nothing. Then, contrary to expectations, luck strikes, and Alois wins a considerable fortune in a lottery ...

Production notes

The treasure chest was created between 1948 in the Lower Saalachtal and in Lofer near Salzburg and was premiered in Vienna on December 17th of the same year. In Germany, the film ran on September 16, 1949 in Munich.

criticism

"A forgotten comedy about possessions, greed, avarice and the quirks of the country folk."

“Greed and deceit are among the favorite subjects of the post-war period ... Here is a treasure chest that is said to be in the possession of a pensioner who brings out the worst in an arsenal of peasant stereotypes. Incidentally, the film is one of the first post-war works to be shot in Lofer; The landscape of the Lower Saalach Valley to be admired here was to serve as a projection surface for Austrian film production through the following decades until the end of industry, ranging from grim homeland wests such as Gustav Ucicky's masterpiece DER JÄGER VON FALL (1956) to the jolly pleasure cinema á la Siggi Götz 'ALPENGLÜHN IM DIRNDLROCK (1974) is enough. What makes THE TREASURE CHEST a pioneering act. "

The lexicon of international films gave a succinct verdict: "Average, rural comedy."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief review on falter.at
2. ^ Criticism on filmarchiv.at
3. ↑ The treasure chest. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2020 .  

Web links

• The treasure chest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The treasure chest at filmportal.de