The voice of longing
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The voice of longing |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Thomas Engel |
| script |
Maria von der Osten-Sacken Gerhard Metzner |
| production | Wega film |
| music | Gerhard Winkler |
| camera | Erich Claunigk |
| cut | Walter Wischniewsky |
| occupation | |
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The voice of longing is a German melodrama by Thomas Engel from 1956.
action
Tenor Stefan Berger does not spend the time shortly before an important concert rehearsing, but to the chagrin of his manager Pannecke in a hospital, where he visits his former nurse Luise and sings a song to the sick children. At the scarlet fever station, the orphan Eva hears Stefan singing and is so moved by the song that she sends Stefan a letter. Manager Pannecke, who reads the letter during Stefan's summer vacation in his villa on the Gulf of Naples , smells good PR. He invites Eva to Italy without Stefan's knowledge , where she is allowed to live in Stefan's villa for four weeks. Meanwhile, however, Stefan has fallen out with his wife Carola because she secretly met her admirer Enrico Alovanis behind his back - she only rejected him. Carola, on the other hand, is frustrated because Stefan never goes into company and doesn't want to get to know her friends, but prefers to live with the fishermen on Capri and his best friend Beppo. While Stefan is traveling to Capri, Carola goes to her mother. Eva, who appears while preparing to leave, is put into an expensive children's rest home by Pannecke.
Carola has a guilty conscience and would like to bring Eva to her home. When an employee of the Pannecke children's home reports that Eva is sad and would like to see Stefan in person, he makes an appointment in the villa, knowing full well that Stefan is on Capri. He himself also leaves, so that Eva is met by Stefan's secretary, Miss Wenig. When she sees Eva's grief, she spontaneously travels to Capri with her. Here she loses Eva in the fray while looking for Beppo's apartment. Meanwhile, Eva saw Stefan briefly, who went out to sea with the fishermen. With a fisherman boy and a broken boat she tries to catch up with Stefan's boat. The boat capsizes and Stefan, who has become aware of the distress of the two children, can just save Eva from drowning and hand it over to a boat of the coast guard .
Meanwhile, Carola has been looking for Eva and is shocked by the accident. She wakes up at Eva's bed until she comes to and promises never to leave her alone again. In the meantime, Fraulein Wenig is briefing Stefan about the events surrounding Eva, who knew nothing about Pannecke's entire plan. When Eva has recovered and is playing with other children, Stefan appears and, like Carola, takes Eva in his arms. Both drive back to Stefan's villa as a small family and watch the sunset together.
production
The shooting took place on location in Italy , including on the island of Capri . The film premiered on September 27, 1956 in Duisburg's Europa-Palast . It first ran on television on October 7, 1967 on ZDF .
Rudolf Schock sings numerous hits and operetta melodies in the film, some of which are repeated several times in different variations.
criticism
For the film service , The Voice of Longing was a “harmless touching piece with singing and many landscape shots; superficial dream factory entertainment. "
Cinema called the film a “frosting sponge, made for star tenor Schock (1915–1986). Conclusion: Children and songs: That's really conservative ”.
Web links
- The voice of desire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The voice of longing at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The voice of longing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de