Three days of central arrest (1930)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Central arrest for three days |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carl Boese |
| script |
Heinz Gordon Karl Noti Bobby E. Lüthge Géza from Cziffra |
| production | Arnold Pressburger |
| music |
Nico Dostal Artur Guttmann |
| camera | Walter Robert Lach |
| cut | Max Brenner (sound editor) |
| occupation | |
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Drei Tage Mittelarrest is a German small town and military amusement game from 1930 by Carl Boese . The main roles are played by Max Adalbert , Ida Wüst and Gretl Theimer .
action
Prussia-Germany from 1914. The previously sleepy Nest Flowinkel has been a garrison town for a year, much to the displeasure of Mayor Hoffmann. Hoffmann and the jagged battalion commander von Faber usually get into each other's hair, because the mayor doesn't think much of military display anyway and because Faber's claim to leadership threatens to overtake him as the most important personality of Flowinkel. To make matters worse, von Faber's soldiers prefer to put on women's skirts instead of concentrating on exercising. Faber and Hoffmann give each other nothing, everyday life between the two power-conscious men is determined by taunts and small wars.
The situation threatens to escalate when the rumor spreads that Hoffmann's maid, Auguste, was impregnated by one of Faber's soldiers. The mayor is boiling with rage and is determined to find the child-to-be, who must certainly belong to the garrison. Hoffmann challenges Major von Faber again and demands a comparison between Augustes and all the recruits and officers. But the delinquent in question, a young man named Max Plettke, has avoided this embarrassing confrontation and, as a precautionary measure, called in sick to simulate it. Of course, this does not go well for long, and the attractive young Fusilier receives the title-giving three days of arrest for this “cowardice in front of the enemy”.
Major von Faber then seeks revenge: With immediate effect he forbids his men to deal with the female village population, which means that Flowinkel suddenly becomes de facto largely “manless” and the women no longer go for one or two dances with the fesch Officers can look forward to. Thereupon the female population of the place begins to make Mayor Hoffmann hell. The innkeepers also join their campaign, because suddenly the taprooms remain empty and the sale of beer and wine is falling rapidly. The mayor's wife Adelheid tries to mediate in order to restore peace. She organizes a city festival at which everyone should reconcile with one another. Auguste is lucky too, as she finally finds the right man with whom she wants to get together and raise her unborn child, since he had stood by her loyally and firmly in the past.
Production notes
The comedy was shot in September and early October 1930 in the UFA studios in Berlin-Tempelhof . The world premiere took place on November 10, 1930 in the Berlin movie theaters Primus-Palast and Titania-Palast. In Austria, the Schwank was called three days of barracks arrest and started on December 8 of the same year in Vienna.
Emil Hasler designed the film structures, Fritz Seeger provided the sound.
The two songs were played "Why are you so sad?" and “The soldier is faithful”. Charlie Amberg provided the lyrics.
According to a survey of Germany's cinema owners, Drei Tage Mittelarrest was the most successful German film of the 1930/31 season after Die Drei von der Gasstelle.
Reviews
On the Lichtbild stage read “If you want to laugh from the heart, this film is definitely recommended. Without running the risk of exaggeration, it can be described as a top performance in the art of Schwank. (...) A military film, without the dubious aftertaste that could sometimes attach to such films. (...) Carl Boese has once again proven that he is able to create something that is genuinely popular in an exemplary manner, that he has unrestricted control over the fluctuating genre. "
In the cinematograph it was written: “... the authors ... know the recipe for such military cocks well and with a sure hand they have strung together drastic and funny situations that are sure to have a laughing effect. (...) There are comic elements that are mixed up there. The Schwank wants to entertain and make you laugh, and it would not be appropriate to come up with heavy, critical artillery. Carl Böse directed the film with skill and routine. He arranged for a bomb occupation. (...) Felix Bressart shoots the bird, who splendidly portrays the fusilier Nowotni, this sloppy man who is laughed at by his comrades for his shyness towards the girls. "
In Der Bildwart it was said “A military piece from the good old days, with a partly harmless, partly a little clumsy plot, but very neatly staged and quite entertaining because of some shiny numbers.”
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung stated: “It is a solid comedy in which humor, and the strongest soldier humor, comes into its own, a string of drastic-comical situations over which Carl Boese's steadfast hand rules and which do not allow boredom to arise . "
Oskar Kalbus saw nothing more than "solid coarseness" in the sway.
filmportal.de calls the film a “farce with prominent figures, which stages Prussian militarism as a laughing stock”.
Individual evidence
- ^ Movie song on youtube.com
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 1st year 1929/30. P. 50 (24.30), Berlin 1988
- ↑ Lichtbild-Bühne, No. 270 of November 11, 1930
- ↑ Kinematograph, No. 264, November 11, 1930
- ↑ Der Bildwart, No. 6 from June 1931
- ^ "Three days in barracks arrest". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , December 13, 1930, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).
- ^ Oskar Kalbus: On the becoming of German film art. Part 2: The sound film. Berlin 1935. p. 91
- ↑ Three days of central arrest on filmportal.de
Web links
- Three days means arrest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Central arrest for three days at filmportal.de