A star falls from the sky (1934)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | A star falls from the sky |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1934 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Neufeld |
| script |
Fritz Zoreff Arthur Rebner Heinrich Berthé H. Lauterstein |
| production | Heinrich Haas |
| music | Hans May |
| camera |
Adolf Schlasy Zoltan Vidor |
| cut | Ladislaus Vidor |
| occupation | |
as well as Ernst Heinz Häussermann , Trude Krishaber , Ernst Rollé , Friederike Kiesewetter , Ludwig Koranda and the Viennese Bohème Quartet | |
A star falls from the sky is an Austrian song and love film by Max Neufeld with Joseph Schmidt in the leading role.
action
Josef Reiner is a Viennese music student, extremely talented as a tenor , but not particularly vigorous. The young Annerl Bachinger, a piano teacher by trade, secretly adores Josef because of his bell-like, dreamlike voice. Reiner has just lost a vocal role in a cinema production with the popular vocal tenor Lincoln, because Reiner fails to play the magnificent operatic voice every time he sees someone bite into a lemon. This is the chance for Annerl to show her love to “her” Josef. She goes to the film production company to warmly recommend Josef to the director. By chance she ends up in a film set in which Lincoln is currently staying. She thinks she sees the head of the film company in this room designed as an office. Lincoln takes a liking to the dashing Maderl and invites her to a wine tavern evening , where Josef Reiner is supposed to perform. As luck would have it, Lincoln's manager Tomson is also present at this time, but he is not allowed to know that the film favorite is also here.
When Tomson hears Reiner's voice, which bears great resemblance to the Lincoln's, he is mad as hell because he believes that the film favorite, Lincoln, is indulging in a simple wine tavern. Promptly, the star and manager clash the following day, and as a result of the argument, Lincoln picks up a bottle that he suspects is whiskey. But it contains a caustic liquid that temporarily makes it impossible for the artist to sing. That is now Josef Reiner's hour. Although he initially refuses to lend Lincoln his own voice for the rest of the film shoots, he finally lets himself be persuaded to do so. While Lincoln opens and closes his mouth, Josef sings for him behind the curtain. The whole affair threatens to be exposed soon, since Josef now has to find out that Lincoln, more than Josef can please, is beginning to be interested in the pretty Annerl. Now Tomson and Josef clash, and the press present hears all of this. To save the precarious situation, Lincoln claims that everything was staged this way because he wanted to introduce the new singing talent Josef Reiner to the general public in this way. After all, Josef not only gets the chance for a great singing career, but also the heart of his Annerl.
Production notes
A star falls from the sky was created in Vienna-Sievering from October 1934 and was premiered on December 28, 1934 in the Austrian capital. There was no German premiere due to the Jewish main actor Schmidt until 1945.
Hans May used foreign compositions in his music and also took over the musical direction. Anton Schmid designed the film structures, Alfred Norkus was responsible for the sound. Karl Ehrlich was the unit manager. The lyrics were written by Ernst Neubach .
The later famous theater director and director Ernst Heinz Häussermann made his film debut here at the age of 18 at the side of his father Reinhold Häussermann .
useful information
In 1936, a British version of the film was shot as A Star Fell From Heaven , directed by Paul Merzbach . Joseph Schmidt also took on the leading role here.
music
The following music tracks were played:
- A star falls from the sky
- I'll sing you a love song
- There is something unique in a song from Vienna
- Mandrulinata di Napoli
- When the wine sounds like a waltz
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Xth variation of the 'Singer Fate', staged with nice ideas but at a not too brisk pace. Schmidt is used according to his skills ... A good medium film. "
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: "The voice of the singer is reproduced softly and melodiously through the microphone."
On film.at it says: “What is beautiful and absolutely appropriate to the best of all Joseph Schmidt films: Neufeld could do something like no other with the squat, visually not particularly conspicuous, but warmly charismatic tenor and cantor. This is particularly evident in the range of the film, its mood and feeling register. "
Web links
- A star falls from the sky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A star falls from the sky at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ A star falls from the sky in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from August 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "A star falls from the sky". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , January 4, 1935, p. 2 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ A star falls from the sky on film.at
