A man goes through the wall
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | A man goes through the wall |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ladislao Vajda |
| script |
István Békeffy , Hans Jacoby |
| production |
Kurt Ulrich , Uors from Planta |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Bruno Mondi |
| cut | Hermann Haller |
| occupation | |
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A man walks through the wall is a comedy film by Ladislao Vajda from 1959. The screenplay was based on the novella Le passe muraille by the French writer Marcel Aymé .
action
The little tax officer, 3rd class, Mr. Buchsbaum, is basically a very satisfied person until one day he gets a new manager who doesn't like the extremely friendly reminder letters at all. By chance he meets his old professor, who is rather disappointed that his best student has only become a third grade civil servant. Buchsbaum tells him that although he has always been hardworking, conscientious and punctual, he has not become the best in life. There was always something missing. He had big plans, but it always felt like there was a wall. The professor replied that it was just an excuse for someone who was the best in each subject. There would be no walls, he would just lack confidence.
When there is a short circuit in his apartment and the whole apartment is dark, he tries to find the door to inform the caretaker, but suddenly he is in the stairwell and realizes that he can go through walls. He is very upset about this and seeks a doctor, who only gives him pills that satisfy him.
When he comes to the office the next day, his boss, Pickler, forces him to sort files. Boxwood is upset about it and sticks his head through the wall in the executive office and gives the boss his opinion. Pickler then suffers a nervous breakdown and is picked up by doctors.
Buchsbaum met his new neighbor, the piano teacher Yvonne Steiner, with whom he fell in love immediately. He walks through the wall for her to bring her seized watch back and pay the bill. Suddenly another man appears, young and handsome. Boxwood is disappointed because he thinks he has no more chances. He steals a chain for his neighbor, who wants to call the police.
Boxwood is disappointed in decency, kindness and love and from now on wants everything just for himself. He went into the bank and stole a million, but got a guilty conscience and had his friend, the painter, bring the money back so that he could get the finder's reward of 10%. However, his friend is not believed and he goes to prison. Therefore, Buchsbaum goes to the bank a second time to spend the night there and to get his friend off. When he kept going in and out of prison, he was locked in the tower and said to be put in chains. Boxwood, feeling innocent for bringing it all back, goes home again. There he is received by the neighbor who finds out that he is sick. The neighbor fetches her doctor, the young man who Boxwood thought was her lover. Buchsbaum makes an appointment with the neighbor and is very happy again, among other things because he was promoted to civil servant 2nd class because of his successful, friendly warning letters. When he rings her doorbell in the evening because he doesn't want to go through the wall, he suddenly realizes that he can lean against the walls again.
background
The premiere of the film took place on October 14, 1959 in the Theater am Rudolfplatz in Cologne .
Reviews
The Heyne -Filmlexikon (1996) commented: "entertaining film fun". The Catholic film service called the film superficial and a lot of irrational fun, “in the production, however, with a feeling for the social milieu and comedic effect.” The Protestant film observer also came to an overall positive verdict : “Using the example of a man who can go through all walls at once, the film teaches a little lesson in overcoming dissatisfaction. Despite minor weaknesses, it is possible from 16 onwards. "
Awards
Heinz Rühmann received the Ernst Lubitsch Prize in 1959 for the best comedic performance in German film and Ladislao Vajda received it in 1960 for directing.
Trivia
Most of the outdoor scenes were shot near Munich's Thierschplatz; you can see the church of St. Luke . Buchsbaum's apartment was at Thierschstrasse 41, the house where Hitler was registered from 1920 to 1929.
See also
literature
- Marcel Aymé: A man goes through the wall. Stories (“Le passe muraille”). Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1971.
Web links
- A man walks through the wall at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A man goes through the wall at filmportal.de
swell
- ↑ Cf. Heinz Rühmann: That's it. Memories . 13th edition. Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-548-20521-6 , p. 296.
- ↑ A man walks through the wall. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 694/1959