One day is more beautiful than the other

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Movie
Original title One day is more beautiful than the other
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1969
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Kurt Hoffmann
script Kurt Hoffmann
Hertha von Eichborn
Reinhard von Eichborn
production Heinz Angermeyer
for independent film
music Franz Grothe
James Last
camera Fritz Schwennicke
cut Jane Hempel
occupation

One day is more beautiful than the other is a German literary film adaptation by Kurt Hoffmann from 1969.

action

The Bender family lives with seven children in a large house near Cologne with numerous horses. The youngest daughter Isabelle, called Pluto, is just seven years old, the eldest Clarissa 20. They all still live at home, although the twins Wolfi and Holli in particular rob their mother's last nerve. The daughters Jackie, Evie and Pucki are just going through puberty and are having their first experiences with boys. Unnoticed in the hustle and bustle, Pucki in particular is going through a difficult time as her boyfriend Rolf is moving to Heidelberg . One day, Mother Bender is invited to the sea by her aunt Claire. She decides to take the three weeks vacation and father Bender invites her friend Kirsten from Denmark to help him with the children. The seven benders initially reject Kirsten, as she is a teacher. However, she turns out to be personable and young, especially since Denmark is more open than in Germany.

Kirsten proves to be a good soul in the house. She helps Wolfi to get his bike back, which was stolen from him at the fair, and puts the chaos into order with an extended family. When it becomes clear that the family has financial problems, the father wants to sell two horses. Instead, all children begin to make themselves useful in their environment and to earn money. The musical Puckie, who shortly before had already performed at the Teenage Fair in Düsseldorf with her band and the self-written song Ein Tag ist kinder than the other , now forms a trio with her sisters Evie and Jackie and performs a song at a festival . So they get more money that they pass on to their father. While Jackie meets a friend a little later on a horse ride, Puckie suffers from the spatial separation from Rolf. Kirsten gets her father through that Puckie can visit Rolf in Heidelberg. There Puckie stays with her friend Carla, who suggests that she move to Heidelberg. Financial problems could be solved if she lived with her. Back in Cologne, Puckie is thrilled, but her father is strictly against moving Puckies out before her 21st birthday. Puckie reacts hurt and unnecessarily rude and again Kirsten intervenes. The compromise is soon found: Puckie will start her studies in Munich.

All the children are cleaning the apartment together when the mother returns from her vacation. After a while, everyday life at the Benders has returned. Kirsten lets know in a letter that she will be back next year. When the children left for school together in the morning and mother Bender was left with the chaotic dining table, she sensed that the brief change in Bender's house under Kirsten's direction would not last.

production

One day is more beautiful than the other is based on a book by the von Eichborn family. The parents Hertha and Reinhard von Eichborn wrote the script with director Kurt Hoffmann, while the seven children of the family also took on the roles of the children Bender. The film was shot from August 28 to October 7, 1969 in Bergisches Land , Cologne , Düsseldorf and Heidelberg . The Spirits of Sound and Justina von Eichborn with the title No day is more beautiful than the other can be heard in the film . The recordings were made during the first youth fair in Germany, the Teenage Fair 69 in Düsseldorf. The Eugen Cicero Trio also plays.

The film premiered on December 19, 1969. The film evaluation agency awarded the film the rating “valuable”. It was the last feature film in which Vivi Bach played a role. As in most of the late Hoffmann productions, Eberhard Junkersdorf took over the production management.

criticism

“In the middle of the apo time, the Immenhof romance raised its mossy head again,” wrote Der Spiegel in 1989 looking back on the film. The film service criticized the film, which was full of “friendly, lacquered pseudo reality and ideal world optimism” and “only offers well-intentioned entertainment from escaping the world.” Even the Protestant film observer does not think much of the film: “Family- Kurt Hoffmann's film, in which the 'ideal world' celebrates triumphs. The director's claim that this schnulze reflects our world is lying and also - in this case - not to be rewarded as entertainment. What 'beautiful' pictures (evening sun, old Heidelberg fuss) could be seen better shortly beforehand in the advertising credits. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See fight of the bacteria . In: Der Spiegel , No. 34, 1969, p. 66.
  2. ^ TV preview, Monday, February 20 [1989]: One day is more beautiful than the other . In: Der Spiegel , No. 8. 1989, p. 242.
  3. ↑ One day is more beautiful than the other. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 6/1970