The golden bridge
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The golden bridge |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Verhoeven |
| script |
Juliane Kay , Werner P. Zibaso |
| production | Utz Utermann |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Werner Krien |
| cut | Gertrud Hinz |
| occupation | |
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The Golden Bridge is a German black and white feature film directed by Paul Verhoeven in 1956 with Ruth Leuwerik and Curd Jürgens in the lead roles. The screenplay by Juliane Kay and Werner P. Zibaso is based on motifs from the novel of the same name by Lajos Zilahy . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was first released on May 31, 1956.
action
Two years ago it looked as if the singer Tima Sombor was about to have a glamorous career. But then suddenly the tide turns when her husband has a bad accident in a car race and she now has to take care of him more. One day she receives a surprising phone call; she is supposed to stand in for the sick singer at a private performance in the villa of industrialist Henrik Balder. At the party, the two get a little closer. Tima takes the opportunity and asks the manufacturer to do something for her injured husband. During a conversation between the two men, however, Stefan asked Balder to give his wife the chance to resume her career, which was interrupted because of him.
So it is that Tima is offered a film role. Soon people in the studio are whispering that Tima is Balder's lover and that he has bought her the role. When asked about this, Balder frankly admits that this is the case. But he still firmly believes in Tima's talent.
When one night in Balder's holiday home, Tima cannot meet his requirements. She confesses to her lover that she cannot forget her husband. Balder believes that Tima is only sticking to Stefan out of pity. He then makes sure that Stefan should take the first trip in a turbine car, even though he hasn't been behind the wheel for two years. Tima absolutely wants to prevent the test drive. So she offers Balder to stay with him. When the couple meet at the racetrack, however, Tima feels that her real place is at Stefan's side. Balder has to realize that his adventure with the singer is finally over.
Production notes
The film was directed by the production company KG Divina GmbH & Co. produced. The company belonged to Ilse Kubaschewski , who was also the owner of the first distributor Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG . The outdoor recordings were made in Hamburg, the studio recordings in the Bavaria Film studios in Geiselgasteig . The buildings were created by the film architects and production designers Max Mellin and Wolf Englert . Brigitte Scholz contributed the costumes. Erwin Lange took care of the special effects.
criticism
The lexicon of international films does not think much of the strip: "A dream product based on the motifs of a trivial, everyday novel by Lajos Zilahy."
Web links
- The Golden Bridge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The golden bridge at filmportal.de (with pictures)
- An excerpt from the film on youtube
- Pictures from the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1367