Three Men in the Snow (1955)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Three men in the snow |
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| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Kurt Hoffmann |
| script | Erich Kaestner |
| production |
Ring-Film , Vienna ( Karl F. Sommer ) |
| music | Alexander von Szlatinay |
| camera |
Richard Angst , Alfred Westphal |
| cut | Paula Dworak |
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Three Men in Snow is an Austrian black and white film by director Kurt Hoffmann from 1955. The comedy film was based on the novel by Erich Kästner . The script , written by Kästner himself, usually follows the original book exactly. Several sentences or sequences of sentences are taken literally from the book. However, the name of the main actor Tobler was changed to Schlüter . In 1974 the material was filmed again by director Alfred Vohrer , see Three Men in the Snow (1974) .
action
The eccentric and good-natured privy councilor and millionaire Schlüter wants to study people. He participates under the name Schulze in a contest of his own company, the world-famous Schlüter works. Schulze wins second prize: a ten-day stay at the Grand Hotel zu Bruckbeuren in the Alps . Schlüter drives there disguised as a poor man to experience how people react to a poor man in such an environment. He takes his long-time servant Johann with him as a companion, who is said to play a "wealthy private man" during the hotel stay and who does not know him.
Schlüters worried young daughter Hildegard prepares the hotel by telephone for the visit of the disguised millionaire before he leaves, but does not manage to give his name. Wrongly, Dr. Fritz Hagedorn, an unemployed advertising specialist who won first prize in the competition, was mistaken for the rich man and showered with amenities by the hotel management. Schlüter, on the other hand, is put in a small attic room without heating, harassed by the staff and used to do odd jobs because they hope to scare him off. Already on the first day he becomes friends with Hagedorn, although the horrified staff tries to prevent any conversation between the two. Hildegard is informed by Johann about the mix-up and its consequences. She can no longer stand it at home and appears in the hotel, accompanied by Schlüter's housekeeper, Frau Kunkel (as Aunt Julchen ), to check on her father.
Fritz meets Hildegard “Schulze” by chance, and they both fall in love. He suspects nothing of Hildegard's true identity and her relationship to the "old Schlueter".
Since hotel guests had complained about Schlüter, the hotel management asked him to leave the hotel. He returns to Berlin with his daughter, butler Johann, and housekeeper Frau Kunkel . The departure is so hasty that Hagedorn can no longer be informed about it. Before she leaves, Hildegard informs the hotel manager and porter that she has taken the wrong prize winner for the millionaire. The hotel manager and porter are appalled and fear for the reputation of their grand hotels.
The desperate and unsuspecting Hagedorn also returns to Berlin and searches, albeit in vain, for his Hildegard, who he must assume is called Schulze. Schlueter invited him and his mother over to him; he confesses his true identity, but this does not end the friendship. Hildegard also reveals herself as Schlüter's daughter. During the course of the following feast, Schlueter was told by telephone that he already owned the Grand Hotel - he intended to buy it and then kick out the porter and director.
Production notes
The film was produced from February 10 to mid-March 1955 in the Ringfilm studio and in the Wien-Film studio in Vienna. The outdoor shots were taken in Kitzbühel and the surrounding area. The world premiere took place on June 30, 1955 at the 5th Berlin International Film Festival , before the film was first shown in cinemas on July 14, 1955 in the Ufa-Palast in Cologne.
The assistant director had Alfred Solm .
Reviews
"Conventionally smoothed but entertaining comedy based on Erich Kästner."
“A cheerful comedy based on Kästner's story about the rich man who has preserved his human heart. Due to its natural freshness, I would like to recommend it as a nice entertainment from 14.
Web links
- Three men in the snow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Three men in the snow at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for three men in the snow . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2010 (PDF; test number: 10 011 V).
- ↑ u. a. in the former Grand Hotel .
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 495
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Kurt Hoffmann
- ↑ Three men in the snow. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 705/1955