The Spanish Fly (1955)

Movie
Original title	The Spanish fly
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1955
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Carl Boese
script	Edgar Kahn
production	Heinrich Klemme , Viktor von Struve
music	Werner Bochmann
camera	Willy Winterstein
cut	Johanna Meisel
occupation
Joe Stöckel : Heinrich Klinke Erika von Thellmann : Käthe Klinke Rudolf Platte : Hugo Sommer Gretl Schörg : Miss Hilton Jester Naefe : Hannelore Klinke Hans Richter : Dr. Gerlach Kurt Großkurth : Hartmann Hans Leibelt : Breilmann Albert Florath : Coldewey Lotte Rausch : Mrs. Semmelmann Helmut Ahner : Otto Semmelmann Paul Henckels : Dr. Ambrose Ruth Stephan : Jutta Sommer Stanislav Ledinek : Pollack Elena Luber : Secretary Holger Hildmann : Fritz Klinke Elisabeth Flickenschildt : Helene Sommer Ursula Herking : Mrs. Hartmann Hans Stiebner : Oexle

The Spanish Fly is a German feature film by Carl Boese from 1955 based on the Schwank of the same name by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach from 1913.

action

Four gentlemen from the better society of a small town appear one after the other at the lawyer Ambrose's. These are the mannequin manufacturer Heinrich Klinke, the leather goods manufacturer Breilmann, the fashion house owner Hugo Sommer and the sawmill owner Hartmann. Except for Hugo Sommer, they belong to the Daxburg city council. Ambrosius informs each and every one of his visitors that they have conceived a child with a dancer who used to work in the night bar “Clou”. All four agree to pay the child support due, but on the condition that no one finds out about it. The "Spanish fly", as the dancer was called, has since left the city.

Twenty years later, the city council has to decide whether Daxburg should have its own local court or not. Approval can actually be foreseen, but Hugo Sommer is the first to think about it, because then the files on his fatherhood would come to the city. In confidence he turns to his friend Heinrich Klinke and lets him in on his secret. They are amazed to find that they have paid for one and the same child for many years. But that's not the only reason why Klinke is furious, when he learns that he has lost a lawsuit against the sculptor Pollack, who is employed in his company. His lawyer was the young Dr. Gerlach, who turned his daughter Hannelore's head. But he cannot put the lawyer in his place that easily, because the lawyer came into possession of the files relating to the payment of the alimony in an “dishonest” way. With a heavy heart, Klinke wants to give consent to his daughter's connection with the lawyer, but wants the requested documents from him. But even if Dr. Gerlach wanted to give him this, it would not work because two other respected citizens of the city are also involved in the case. So there are four fathers who paid for the same child.

But that is not enough of the embarrassment. It turns out that the Daxburg charity is supposed to pay taxes. Namely for the donations made by unknown patrons for over 20 years. Since the four gentlemen, whose wives sit on the board of the charity, do not want them to understand the connections under any circumstances, Dr. Gerlach now the strings in hand. The turbulence that is now emerging cannot be put into words, but everything will be fine.

production

The film premiered in Germany on March 1, 1955 in the Capitol cinema in Göttingen.

criticism

The lexicon of international films writes about the film that the "ancient topos of the staid philistine who gets into trouble because of alleged or real affairs, is already dealt with at the lowest level in the indestructible stage farce of Arnold and Bach silly film adaptation [but] at its lowest point. "

Web links

• The Spanish fly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Spanish fly at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Spanish fly. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .