A hopeless case
| Movie | |
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| Original title | A hopeless case |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1939 |
| length | 92 minutes |
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| Director | Erich Engel |
| script | Jochen Huth |
| production | Eberhard Klagemann |
| music | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
| camera | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| cut | Carl Otto Bartning |
| occupation | |
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A Hopeless Case is a German feature film from 1939. It was directed by Erich Engel based on a script by Jochen Huth . Jenny Jugo , Karl Ludwig Diehl and Hannes Stelzer played the leading roles .
action
Jenny, a spoiled industrialist daughter, finds herself in the hospital after a car accident caused by her carelessness. She has suffered facial injuries that require a two week hospital stay. During this time she succeeds in annoying all the nurses by excessive use of the bell. Upon discharge, the attending physician, Prof. Dr. Bruchsal and says that she has not yet achieved anything, knows nothing and cannot do anything. Angry about this, she decides to do everything herself at home from now on and not to use the bell for the servants. However, this results in more work for the servant as she gets it all wrong in the process.
To show Professor Bruchsal, Jenny decides to study medicine herself. Her attempts to cope with life at university are initially unsuccessful. In the process, she met Hans Faber, doctoral student and assistant in Bruchsal, and managed to annoy him too. She only receives support from Gotthelf Matthias, who has an auxiliary job at the institute and also rents apartments to students. She soon tries to diagnose in her father's house, which initially annoys the servants, but soon also her father. Therefore, she takes a room with the Matthias couple. On the very first day, she got into trouble with her roommate. As it turns out, it's Faber.
After a certain amount of time, she managed to gain a certain respect from Faber and also from Bruchsal. She also gets along better and better with Faber. This distracts Faber in his final preparations for completing his dissertation and for the final exams that he cuts his finger. In the process, he contracted blood poisoning, which Jenny initially took care of alone, and later Professor Bruchsal, who was called by Emma Matthias.
After Faber has successfully completed his training, there are many indications that Jenny and Faber will get married. Bruchsal, who would like to continue promoting Faber, sees this as a threat to Faber's career, after all, he was once in Faber's situation and preferred medicine. He therefore found a position for Faber in Argentina, which he will not have to take up immediately, but will soon. When Jenny found out about this, she found out about the job posting and realized that an X-ray assistant was also being sought and was trained by Bruchsal in the remaining time. Finally, she and Faber can embark on the voyage to Argentina.
music
The hit I'm not worried was written by Hans-Otto Borgmann (music) and Hans Fritz Beckmann (text) for Ein hopeless case and played in it several times. The song was also released as a single in 1939 by Erhard Bauschke and his orchestra.
publication
A Hopeless Case premiered on March 7, 1939. The production company was Klagemann Film GmbH. According to the opening credits, the film was distributed internationally by Deutsche Filmexport GmbH .
Reviews
A contemporary review in Paimann's film lists praises A Hopeless Case . It is "a lifelike, delightful film despite its cheerful tone". In addition to the direction and the equipment, the performance of Jenny Jugo is particularly emphasized. The overall impression given is “above average”.
The lexicon of international film writes that it is "[e] in an undemanding, entertaining film with a rather old-fashioned moral claim" and is impressed by Jenny Jugo's performance.
See also
Web links
- A hopeless case in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A hopeless case at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A hopeless case. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Erhard Bauschke and his orchestra - I don't worry / Bel Ami. In: Discogs. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
- ↑ A hopeless case. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ First performances. A hopeless case. In: Paimann's film lists . April 7, 1939, archived from the original on October 3, 2017 ; accessed on September 2, 2019 .
