The Swedish Virgin
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Swedish Virgin |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Wilhelm |
| script |
Ilse Lotz-Dupont Georg Laforet |
| production | Franz Seitz junior for Thalia-Film, Berlin |
| music | Rolf Wilhelm |
| camera |
Heinz Schnackertz Heinz Pehlke |
| cut | Jane Seitz |
| occupation | |
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The Swedish Virgin is a German love comedy directed in 1963/64 by Kurt Wilhelm with Paul Hubschmid and Letitia Roman in the leading roles.
action
The young Swede Siri comes to Munich to study , where an old friend of her father teaches behavioral research as a professor. Siri immediately falls in love with this man, the handsome Martin Wiegand. She tries with all means to get closer to the convinced bachelor and finally manages to move in with him. Siri finds out that Martin has been in a relationship with the Stuttgart publisher Margret for years and is now doing everything in its power to thwart and torpedo this liaison.
To make the professor jealous, she gets herself a supposed lover. The very young Philipp slips into this role. Gradually, the blonde Swede can actually make the professor fall in love with her. But he doesn't want to show anything, plays the cool, serene man of the world and makes a good face for Siri's little games. Siri, for her part, is beginning to believe that Martin is actually not interested in her and uses a deceit: she claims to be pregnant ... by him. But of course this is just another trickery of the “Swedish Virgin”. Then Siri returns home to Sweden, and the amorous, professorial rooster travels after her immediately. That's where the happy ending finally comes.
production
Most of the shooting took place in Munich. Filming began on August 27, 1963, but had to be stopped the following month. They were not taken up again until October 31, 1964, and were finally completed on November 24, 1964. The German premiere took place on June 4, 1965.
The reason for the abrupt interruption of the shooting in September 1963 is given in the biography Letitia Romans, printed in Kay Weniger's Das Großes Personenlexikon, because the leading actress was seriously ill: "Suspected of having a liver infection and jaundice , she closed in the fall of 1963 while shooting "The Swedish Virgin" was taken to hospital and was only able to continue filming the following year. "
In terms of content, the film, which was quite banal and not very lavishly designed, shows a remarkable collection of well-known and at the time very popular actors. Also unusual is the fact that the architect and film architect of the 1950s, Arne Flekstad , a native of Norway, was given the supporting role of a Swede. This was probably due to the Scandinavian accent he needed for this part.
Max Mellin and Walter Haag designed the film structures, Ina Stein the costumes. Hans Terofal , the younger brother of the producer Seitz, took over the production management.
criticism
- The lexicon of international films judged: "German comedy entertainment, often on the verge of embarrassment."
- The Protestant film observer drew the following conclusion: “A harmless German comedy film without the freedom of movement so emphasized in the advertising, with clichéd exaggerations. Without recommendation. "
Web links
- The Swedish Virgin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Swedish Virgin at filmportal.de
- The Swedish virgin at Seitz film production
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 607.
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexikon des Films Volume 7, p. 3361. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.
- ↑ Critique No. 234/1965, p. 425