A great day
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | A great day |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 75 (1954 version) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Oscar Fritz Schuh |
| script |
Walter Lieck after the comedy The great day or Figaro's wedding by Beaumarchais |
| production | Walter Bolz (production group) for UFA (Berlin) |
| music |
Wolfgang Zeller using old Spanish motifs |
| camera | Carl Hoffmann |
| cut | Walter Wischniewsky |
| occupation | |
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A great day is a German color fictional film from 1944 with Ilse Werner and Kurt Meisel in the leading roles, based on a template by Beaumarchais . It is the only cinema production by the theater director Oscar Fritz Schuh .
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Great excitement at the court of Count Almaviva: Today the wedding of the count's valet Figaro with Susanne, the countess's maid, is on the program. Even before the marriage, the shocked Figaro learns that the count is thinking of reintroducing the old (and once abolished for the sake of his wife) right "the first night" - that is, Susanne should go to bed with the old man first.
Now the two future spouses try to set heaven and hell in motion so that it doesn't come to extremes. They find a natural ally in Countess Rosina, the wife of the aristocrat who loves to stroll abroad, because she wants nothing more than that her husband takes care of her again.
Without further ado, a plan is hatched. Susanne is supposed to meet with the Count's Serious Eraser for the “first night” in the park. Instead of her, however, the page Cherubin disguised as Susanne is sent who is loyal to both the Countess and Susanne. Said and done. Rosina and Susanne dress up Cherubin as the maid.
The count, in turn, has just received an anonymous letter in which he is warned of a rival who intends to approach his wife in an all too indecent manner. Count Almaviva does not yet suspect that the letter comes from Figaro, who in this way wants to steer the count's perspective away from his Susanne and more towards his own wife. Almaviva is upset and confronts his wife. Rosina makes every effort to appease her husband and dispel his doubts.
Marcelline, the count's cook, cooks her own soup to thwart Figaro's wedding at the last minute. She once received a written marriage promise from him and granted him a loan in return. It is now demanding that this promise be kept.
Figaro's wedding is postponed, a count's arbitration court should decide. This brings Susanne into a serious conflict of conscience: she could repay Figaro's loan because she would be rewarded princely for her love service with the noblewoman. Countess Rosina knows what to do, however. Instead of the absent cherub, this time she slips into Susanne's role herself and licks out the money Susanne needs from her lustful husband.
The old man notices too late that he is being tricked by his own wife and he stands there embarrassed. Now nothing stands in the way of the marriage of Susanne and her Figaro.
Production notes
A great day was filmed from May 26th or June 2nd, 1944, depending on the source. Filming ended in mid-September of the same year. At the end of the war, the strip was in the music synchronization. The production costs amounted to around 1.6 million RM.
The original length of the film was 2954 meters and for its world premiere on September 27, 1954 in Hameln, it was shortened to 2047 meters, which corresponds to a reduction of over half an hour.
Production group leader Walter Bolz also took over production management. The buildings come from Walter Röhrig and were implemented by German Herbricht, who also served as a camera assistant. Reingard Voigt designed the costumes. Cutter Walter Wischniewsky also served director Schuh as his assistant. Screenwriter Walter Lieck died just two months after the shooting ended.
Reviews
"Despite careful direction by an experienced theater connoisseur and good cast, the result is matt."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boguslaw Drewniak: 'Der deutsche Film 1938–1945', a total overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 479
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 13th year 1944/45. P. 235 (073.45), Berlin 2002
- ↑ Drewniak ibid., Klaus ibid.
- ↑ Drewniak ibid., Klaus ibid.
- ↑ A great day. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- A great day in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A great day at filmportal.de