Thirteen under one hat

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Movie
Original title Thirteen under one hat
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1950
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Johannes Meyer
script Ernst Keienburg
Kurt E. Walter
production Young Film Union Rolf Meyer , Hamburg
music Lothar Bruhne
camera Albert Benitz
cut Martha Dübber
occupation

Thirteen Under One Hat is a German comedy film from 1950 directed by Johannes Meyer . Inge Landgut , Volker von Collande , Ruth Leuwerik and Alfred Cogho play the leading roles in this turbulent film about an old bus and its thirteen passengers.

The film is based on Paul Alfred Müller's novel Society Travel - All Included .

action

Inge Schumann and Wolfgang Huth run a car recycling workshop together. Their mutual friend Rudi Finkenschlag, a poster painter, is there to help.

When Evelyne Winterthur, the daughter of a rich factory owner who loves Wolfgang, comes back into his life, she causes all sorts of turbulence. Shortly after Evelyn's visit, old Mr. Mühlmann appears in the workshop and sells Inge and Wolfgang his very old, extremely original family bus. After both of them have overhauled the bus with Rudi's help, Inge's idea of offering a trip to the Rhine for DM 99.50 per person is realized . The trio distributes advertising slips that actually lead to success. Nine fellow travelers are waiting for the bus with the three-man team, only the number thirteen, which reserved their ticket over the phone, is missing. Even if the small company is initially shocked at the sight of the bus, one decides to embark on the adventure. On the way, the bus is overtaken by Evelyne's car with chauffeur, who identifies herself as the thirteenth guest. When Wolfgang does not want to continue the journey, Inge and Rudi can change his mind. Relatively, he means to them that they would regret it if Evelyne took the trip. Other guests on the bus are the competing owners of a hat salon, Lydia Hempel with daughter Evchen and Minna Wiese, the elderly Fraulein Klara Hagemeister, the active Ricardo Brause, the bailiff Otto Tielebein and the opaque Otto Bollmann. In addition, a newly married couple rides in the “balcony compartment”, but they are only busy with themselves.

Even the first stopover turns into a financial fiasco, as Evelyne knows how to guide the fellow travelers to the “Fürstenhof”, the most expensive hotel in town, which is beyond the scope of the budget right at the beginning. Since Wolfgang then gets involved in a test of strength with Evelyne, which means that in addition to accommodation and food, drinks are also included, the trio ends up with a remaining change of 8.40 DM. The sheer enthusiasm of the fellow travelers is of no use either. A coincidence comes to the aid of the trio. They are asked by the local Lore to take them to the next village, because a big wedding is being celebrated there, to which the largest winegrower in the area has invited. There would be plenty of food and drink for three days and no one looked through who was related to whom. Rudi persuades Inge and Wolfgang to smuggle the travel company there in order to gain time. That works well, until Evelyne ensures that there are various misunderstandings that end in a mass brawl. But here, too, one pulls out of the affair well and is sent by the bride's father with plenty of food and with thanks on the further journey.

Since there is food available, but no money for a hotel, the trio pretends to have a gearbox damage in a deserted area, where only an old port building offers shelter. Of necessity, the fellow travelers settle down there and soon fall asleep one after the other. Here too, Evelyne's intervention leads to a number of incidents. In the end, however, the bus continues because Bollmann organized gasoline for selfish reasons, although his original plan did not work out. As they drive through a small town, the vehicle is stopped because the strange vehicle is assigned to a variety company that was booked for an anniversary. There the travelers are actors in a staged stage show without being aware of it. When Bollmann lets his suitcase, which he has been guarding like the apple of his eye, briefly out of sight, and the cognac chocolates in it fall victim to the members of the tour company, everyone is out of control because the chocolates contained intoxicants, the Bollmann wanted to smuggle across the Swiss border in this form. He is arrested and the tour company receives an invitation to an old castle where everything is included. The castle turns out to be a first-class property and the guests are once again delighted. Wolfgang is asked to the hostess in the tower room and is there across from Evelyne, who explains to him that her father has bought the property. Again Wolfgang refuses Evelyne's help. Disappointed, she locks him up in the tower room. The young woman receives advice from her father to get Wolfgang to run after her. Evelyne stages a little confusion and in the end she gets her beloved Wolfgang and Inge now also knows that she and Rudi belong together.

Production, publication, background

It is a film by Junge Film Union Rolf Meyer, Hamburg, which was shot in the Bendestorf studio . The outdoor shots were made in Bacharach , Aßmannshausen , Kaub and Oberwesel . The so-called exchange film between West and Central Germany premiered on February 27, 1950 in West Berlin and on August 11, 1950 in East Berlin. The film was withdrawn in the GDR in November 1951. In Austria it was released on July 13, 1951. Alternative title: 13 under one hat .

Franz Schroedter was responsible for the buildings ; Martha Dübber did the editing .

This film was her screen debut for Ruth Leuwerik. She was still listed here under her maiden name Ruth Leeuwerik. The actress herself spoke about the film in an interview in 1984, and about the fact that she only stepped in as a replacement for a colleague who was sick. It was a film that she often shamefully withheld because it was a rather silly comedy. She was the only "serious" actress among twelve comedians.

In the film, Volker von Collande and Inge Landgut sing the song Love hearts go on a journey .

criticism

Kino.de spoke of a "predictable journey into happiness" and found that it was a "conventionally knitted swank without big surprises". The Danish director Johannes Meyer “knowslittle of what to dowith his ensemble around Beau Volker von Collande (' Hochzeit auf Immenhof '), which is also due to the extremely thin script by Kurt E. Walter […] and Ernst Keienburg […] [e] . "

The Lexicon of International Films also gave a negative verdict and spoke of a "thin-blooded swank" with Ruth Leuwerik in her first film role.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 102
  2. ↑ 13 under one hat adS vintagemovieposters.de
  3. ↑ Ruth Leuwerik Interview with zauberspiegel. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Interview with Ruth Leuwerik at dw.de. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ Thirteen under one hat at kino.de. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ Thirteen under one hat at zweiausendeins.de. Retrieved March 17, 2014.