A life long
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | A life long |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav Ucicky |
| script | Gerhard Menzel |
| production | Erich von Neusser (production group) |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera | Hans Schneeberger |
| cut |
Rudolf Schaad Arnfried Heyne |
| occupation | |
and Vally Heidt , Fritz Götzke , Richard Marcell | |
A lifetime is a German melodrama from 1940 by Gustav Ucicky with Paula Wessely and Joachim Gottschalk in the leading roles.
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Austria-Hungary in 1910. The Ennstal landlord's daughter Agnes Seethaler comes from the simplest of backgrounds. When she met the German diplomat Hans von Gallas one day, it happened to the two young people: A brief affair between the two of them has no future, however, because Hans was soon recalled because his country had transferred him to the embassy in Beijing. There, the handsome embassy employee met an American, whom he eventually married. From this connection a common son with the name Paul emerges. The affair with Agnes did not remain without consequences, because she also became pregnant by Hans. The young mother went to Vienna, where she found a livelihood as a servant in an inn for herself and the boy Hansl, named after his father. After two long years, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, Agnes and Hans meet again. The fire between the two is still glowing, and Agnes knows after a week of vacation together in Hungary that Hans will always be her dream man. His marriage to the American is unhappy, but he does not want to get divorced because of their son Paul. Under these circumstances, Agnes thinks it better not to tell Hans about her and his son Hansl. Then Hans has to go again because he has a new mission that will take him to the United States. You promise to write to each other regularly. When Hans did not receive a letter from Agnes for a long time, he was seriously worried. Rightly so, because Agnes was hit by a tram and was in a coma for a while in the hospital. Now that she has recovered, she doesn't write anything to Hans about it in order not to worry him.
August 1914, the war in Europe has started. Hans has separated from his wife and wants to go home to Germany by sea. They have to leave the ship for a stopover in Bermuda , because both father and son Paul are sick with the highly infectious yellow fever . Now Agnes again hears nothing from her beloved Hans. Although she is told that he will probably no longer live, an inner voice tells Agnes that this cannot be true. The two only meet again after the end of the war. Agnes meanwhile runs her own restaurant in Vienna. One day she sees a man in a garden restaurant who is sitting in a wheelchair: it is Hans who appears to be completely broken in spirit. The former diplomat lost his son Paul as a result of yellow fever, which caused him to suffer from paralysis as a long-term consequence. Hans has been living in Vienna for a while, but had stopped contacting Agnes because he didn't want her to see him in this sorry state. But he is wrong about Agnes: her love for him lasted a lifetime, as the film title suggests, no matter how he feels. Now Agnes tells him that he has a son who is now eleven. In view of this joyful news and Agnes' never-ending feelings towards him, Hans finally blossoms too. He learns to walk again and knows that there is now another perspective in life for him.
Production notes
The shooting of A Lifetime began with the studio recordings in the Vienna Rosenhügel studios on April 10, 1940. The outdoor recordings were made between mid-June to early July 1940 in Admont (Styria) and in the vicinity of Vienna. The film premiered on October 9, 1940 in Vienna. The Berlin premiere took place two days later.
The production costs amounted to about 1,252,000 RM and the income up to January 1942 was 3,802,000 RM. That was a huge box office hit for a lifetime . The film received the state rating “artistically valuable”.
Erich von Neusser also took over the production management, Ernst Garden the production management, Josef A. Vesely the production management . Werner Schlichting and Kurt Herlth designed the film buildings. Alfred Kunz was responsible for the costumes. Alfred Norkus set the tone. The Vienna Philharmonic is playing .
A piece of music was played: Go Vogerl, fly over mountains and valleys .
Reception and reviews
“Ucicky, Menzel, Wessely, a very big hit from Wienfilm. Moving and touching the heart. What films we're bringing out now! One is always more beautiful than the other. "
In the lexicon of the international film it says: "Emotional drama: An apology for great and unconditional love, which thanks to Paula Wessely's portrayal remains bearable."
In film.at it says: "The story of the single mother who waits for years for her father to return is tailored to the star Paula Wessely."
"A woman must wait faithfully and patiently for her husband, that was the simple lesson of this film."
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 11th year 1940/41. P. 94 f. (045.40), Berlin 2000
- ↑ For a lifetime. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Short review on film.at
Web links
- A lifetime in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- For a lifetime at filmportal.de