The landlady to the Golden Crown

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
Original title The landlady to the golden crown
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1955
length 85 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Theo Lingen
script Karl Farkas
Hugo Maria Kritz
production Paula Wessely
for Paula Wessely-Filmproduktion GmbH, Vienna
music Hans Lang
camera Sepp Ketterer
cut Paula Dvorak
occupation

Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone is an Austrian mix-up comedy by Theo Lingen from 1955 , which also played a leading role. Paula Wessely , who also produced the film with her company, can be seen in the double role of the landlady for the “Golden Crown”, Maria Lindner, and the princess Pia Maria . Fritz Schulz as Oberhofmarschall Clewing, Oskar Sima as Prime Minister Barthel, Hubert von Meyerinck as Weckenberg, the confidante of the princess and Christiane Hörbiger as daughter Lore the landlady and Albert Rueprecht as Prince Karlheinz play leading roles .

action

In the small town of Sonnenthurn-Weißenfels, the seat of the ruling duchess, people have long stopped saying that Duchess Pia Maria and the landlady of the Zur golden Krone inn , Maria Lindner, look like each other. Rather, the rumor that the beer tax is to be increased is causing a lot of noise and resentment. Maria Lindner does not respond to rumors, but would personally go to the Fürstinnenschloss and protest should it turn out to be true. The princess herself knows nothing of the displeasure of her subjects, nor of the planned law. Prime Minister Barthel and Finance Minister Bollemann are pushing this forward, who want to convert the state brewery into a GmbH whose owner is none other than the two ministers. Officially, the conversion, which is supposed to enrich both, serves to reorganize the state budget, which is in debt with a six-figure sum. In addition to the tuition fees of the princess's nephew, Prince Karlheinz, Barthel also blames the princess's many trips, who is scientifically active. She is very interested in fossils and is regularly invited to speak at congresses.

One day Pia Maria travels to Vienna with her scientific confidante Weckenberg to have a dinosaur bone identified. When she leaves, a film team appears around the American Blackwell who wants to make a report about the princess. This refuses brusquely. However, Oberhofmarschall Clewing learns that the fee for the short shoot would immediately reorganize the state budget and persuades Maria Lindner to mime the princess for the film team. Since a restructured state budget would also mean the end of the beer tax, Maria agrees. She completes the first scenes without any major problems when Prince Karlheinz suddenly stands in front of her after shooting has ended. In Vienna he fell in love with Maria's daughter Lore, who is currently working as a volunteer at a hotel management school in a hotel. Karlheinz asks Maria, who he thinks is Pia Maria, for permission to marry a commoner. Maria agrees and drives Clewing to despair. Because Karlheinz also wants to ask the landlady Maria for the wedding permit, Maria quickly changes her clothes and sets the condition that the princess herself should tell her that she approves the connection between Karlheinz and Lore. When Karlheinz now wants to visit the princess again, he learns that she has traveled to Vienna. There, in turn, he realizes that she has been in Vienna for a few days, so he couldn't have talked to her. Confused, he, the princess and Weckenberg drive back to Sonnenthurn-Weißenfels.

Here Barthel and Bollemann tried to have the beer law signed by “the princess” with a trick. They gave Maria the document that she was supposed to sign for the camera as a supposed historical contract. Maria fakes a signature and then calls both ministers into her office. She makes it clear that she has seen through her tricks, but reveals herself as the landlady. Now she explains that she will get the princess to be against the law. Barthel and Bollemann arrange for Maria to be arrested, but instead of them the guard arrests the princess, who is arriving at the castle. In the city there is now a rumor that the landlady has been arrested and an angry crowd heads for the castle. Karlheinz is meanwhile with Lore, who has also arrived in town and cannot explain her mother's behavior. Clewing appears and reports that the landlady has been arrested, but Maria enters the room shortly afterwards. She realizes that the princess has been imprisoned and slips into the role of princess one last time. At the castle she lets the prisoner come to. Both speak out, so the princess has recognized that as regent she must hold the scepter in her hand and must not hand over her authority to her ministers. She too is against the increase in the beer tax. She has no objection to a marriage between Karlheinz and Lore, especially since it is clear to both women that they are half-sisters due to the exuberant love life of the former prince. When the angry crowd reaches the castle, Pia Maria steps in front of the crowd. She reassured the masses that the landlady had never been arrested and that the beer tax would not be increased. She also announced that the ministers responsible for the chaos have been dismissed and that she will take care of official business herself in the future. The people are reconciled and celebrate the princess.

production

The landlady of the Golden Crown was filmed in Hainburg , Vienna and in the Rosenhügel film studios. You can see the main square with the still existing guest house "To the golden crown". Another location was the Höhenstrasse in Vienna near Klosterneuburg-Weidling. The interior shots were made in the studios of Wien-Film in Sievering and on Rosenhügel. The costumes were created by Hilde Reihs-Gromes and Fred Adlmüller , the films were made by Julius von Borsody , Heinz Ockermüller and Felix Smetana .

In the film, Horst Winters song Pia Maria heard.

reception

publication

The film premiered on December 20, 1955 in Nuremberg and was shown for the first time in Vienna three days later. The landlady of the Golden Crown has only appeared on VHS so far.

criticism

For the film service , Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone was a “bland confusion”, in which Paula Wessely disappointed twice due to her dual role. “Weak-chested confusion”, was also Cinema .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The landlady of the Golden Crown Fig. CD cover (in the picture: Paula Wessely, Christiane Hörbiger)
  2. The landlady of the Golden Crown. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. The landlady of the Golden Crown Cf. cinema.de