A day that never ends
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| Original title | A day that never ends |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Peter Wirth |
| script |
Walter Forster , Joachim Wedekind |
| production | Utz Utermann for Divina |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera | Helmut Ashley |
| cut | Walter Boos |
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A day that never ends is a German feature film from 1959 directed by Franz Peter Wirth . The leading roles are cast with Ruth Leuwerik , Hansjörg Felmy and Hannes Messemer .
action
The Republic of Ireland , where Maureen Backett lives with her young son Oliver, was a neutral country during World War II . Her encounter with the German submarine captain Wissmann on September 17, 1943 brought her life up to now a lot mixed up. Maureen takes Robert Wissmann with her little horse and carriage into town. When they have reached their destination, the taciturn man politely thanks them, asks when a bus is going back to the coast and says goodbye. When Maureen, who runs a small grocery store in Galway , walks into her shop, Bill Robson, an American pilot, pays another visit. He visits the beautiful young woman frequently. Bill was the best friend of her husband, Mike, who was shot down by the Germans and a United States Air Force bomber pilot .
Robert is now trying to get money from a pawn shop . He pretends to be Swiss Robert Fueggli. After the pawnbroker's wife, Mackintosh, stood up for him, Mr. Mackintosh gave him £ 5 for his Swiss watch. Robert then calls the German embassy, where he is given the number of a Tom Limrick with whom he is to get in touch. When Robert passes Maureen's shop, a ball shot by Oliver passes by and lands in the shop. Robert takes the blame. He later learns from Bill Robson that Maureen's husband was shot down by the Germans. Robert's statement that he is interested in thoroughbred horses turns into a boomerang when Maureen asks him to test a horse for her. On the first try, he falls down and injures his shoulder. When Maureen tries to look at them, she sees his dog tag. She now knows that he is German. The affection she felt for him from the start prevents her from betraying him. At his request, she even continues to help him. When Maureen, Robert and Bill watch a film in the cinema, recordings of Robert are shown in the newsreel , he is honored for special services. Despite the full beard he wore at the time, Bill recognizes the lieutenant captain immediately. The Mackintoshs are also in the cinema, and Mr. Mackintosh thinks he recognized Robert Fueggli in Robert, but his wife dissuades him from doing so.
Bill doesn't know how to behave now, he goes to McGlade's bar and arranges a call to Dublin . Maureen follows him with Robert. Just as he is on the phone with Belfast in an adjoining room, where his squadron is, Maureen arrives. She stops the conversation. So that Police Inspector O'Brien, who is also in the bar and who has been courting Maureen for a long time, doesn't pay attention and Robert can go quietly, she asks the inspector to dance an Irish folk dance with her. She can still whisper to Robert that Bob did not betray him. Robert, who can hardly tear himself away from the sight of Maureen, leaves the bar and Maureen follows him a little later. She drives him to the coast with her team of horses, where Robert wants to talk to two comrades from the submarine. When Maureen and Robert run into a police checkpoint on the way, she kisses him to pretend to be lovers. Since Maureen is well known, Robert is not checked either. On the way back, the two continue to approach each other. Robert says that yesterday he didn't even know that she existed. Maureen asks what will be tomorrow and what will happen when the day is over. “It's not going to end,” replies Robert. "How beautiful you can lie," says Maureen with tears in his eyes. Robert takes her tenderly in his arms.
Mr. Mackintosh has since reported his suspicions to the police inspector, even though his wife tried to stop him by all means. It wasn't until O'Brien read the morning bulletin that reported the nightly incident with Maureen that he became suspicious. He tells Maureen everything that has happened in the past few hours. Maureen says that the Swiss went on to Dublin tonight. O'Brien then wants her house to be searched. He also tells her that so far he has turned a blind eye to Bill Robson, who he knows is an American aviator and therefore not allowed to be in the country, but now he will also grab Bob.
Maureen's desperate attempts to convince Robert not to return to the submarine are unsuccessful with the dutiful man, he takes responsibility for his comrades at sea. To protect him, Maureen resorts to betrayal. Robert would then be interned in Ireland until the end of the war and then free, as she learns from O'Brien. However, the two men have left the hiding place known to Maureen, so that a police action has now come to nothing. The young woman finds no rest, she has to go back to the coast to see Robert and to explain herself. She does not know that Robert’s boat is already in sight, it is to be destroyed together with the supply boat in the early hours of the morning. Maureen calls for Robert, he answers and they hug one last time. They encourage each other and whisper imploringly that the war cannot last long. Then Robert has to go for good. Maureen remains lost on the beach with a blank look.
Production notes
The film was directed by the production company Co. KG DIVINA-FILM GmbH & manufactured. The company belonged to Ilse Kubaschewski , who was also the owner of the first distributor Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG . The outdoor shots were made in Ireland, the studio shots in the Bavaria Film studios in Munich- Geiselgasteig . For the Filmbauten was ROBERT HERLTH responsible. The English title is The Day That Will Never End . Song in the film: Cowboy-Hillbilly , text: Willy Dehmel , music: Franz Grothe.
The premiere of the film took place on December 22, 1959 in the Gloria Palast in Munich .
criticism
The lexicon of international films said: “In 1943, a German submarine captain who had to land in neutral Ireland finds humanity in an enemy aviator and the affection of a woman. The resulting conflicts adapt to the entertainment intention mildly, but mostly also boring. "
Der Spiegel said: “The whole thing is presented by 'Helden' director Franz Peter Wirth with a blandness that is unusual even for local conditions. The red hair of an extras is responsible for the local Irish flavor. "
The television magazine prisma found: “This early directorial work by Franz Peter Wirth (1919–1999, 'Operation Walküre', 'Wallenstein') is a rather artificial melodrama about an episode in World War II in which human feelings for a few hours of hatred and enmity let forget. However, the later 'Tatort' commissioner Hansjörg Felmy and Ruth Leuwerik in the role of lovers who overcome boundaries are great. "
The Süddeutsche Zeitung drew the conclusion: "Gripping war drama about the most violent feelings of man: love and hate!"
Web links
- A day that never comes to an end in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A day that never ends at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ A day that never ends. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ A day that never ends - Der Spiegel 1/1960
- ↑ A day that never ends at prisma.de
- ↑ A day that never ends In: Süddeutsche Zeitung