One night in Venice (1953)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | One night in Venice |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 76 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Georg Wildhagen |
| script | Rudolf Austrian |
| production |
Nova-Film Vienna-Film ( JA Vesely ) |
| music |
Nico Dostal Johann Strauss |
| camera | Walter cloth |
| cut |
Paula Dvorak Leopoldine Pokorny |
| occupation | |
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One Night in Venice is an Austrian comedy film by Georg Wildhagen from 1953 . It is based on the operetta of the same name by Johann Strauss and also ran under the alternative title Komm in die Gondel .
action
The Duke of Urbino's fame as a heartbreaker has already wilted slightly, because he is no longer the youngest, but is not yet completely harmless in all areas. Therefore, the senators of the city of Venice decided to present him with an exquisite range of seasoned beauties and more mature vintages for the official visit to the Carnival.
But the Duke of Urbino had already set his sights on the young wife of Senator Delagua, of whose beauty he had already heard. The senator was also aware of the Duke's preferences, and he pulled out all the stops to get his Barbara to safety in the monastery of Murano. Barbara wasn't enthusiastic about that, because she wanted to spend the carnival with her lover Enrico. So she sent her half-sister Annina, who is engaged to Caramello, the duke's valet, to the monastery as a deputy. Precisely this Caramello, who did not recognize the masked Annina, takes her for Mrs. Delagua, kidnaps her and takes her to the Duke. He is enthusiastic, in contrast to Caramello, who has now recognized his bride and now wants to free him from the duke's clutches. He even has to hold himself very tight so as not to slip near the larynx when the Duke shaves.
The jealousy murder turns out to be superfluous. The senator personally brings the adopted woman Delagua number 2 to the Duke so as not to lose his favor. Number 2 was taken over by the chambermaid Ciboletta, but it is no more real than number 1. Now the Duke is already slightly confused, which only increases when suddenly Mrs Delagua number 3 appears. This time it's even the real one, and everyone involved thinks it's time to lift the masks and put an end to the mess.
production
The operetta was filmed in 1934 by director Robert Wiene . The film was shot on Agfacolor in Venice and in the ateliers of Wien-Film am Rosenhügel . The Vienna Symphony will play .
It had its world premiere in Salzburg / Austria on August 14, 1953. The GDR premiere took place on March 16, 1954 and the premiere in the Federal Republic took place on October 16, 1953 in Essen under the title Come to the gondola . The film was later shown in the Federal Republic under its original title, under which it was always shown in the GDR.
The film was shown for the first time on March 1, 1960 on ARD , and it was shown for the first time on July 31, 1954 in the test program of the East German television center .
criticism
The lexicon of international films describes the film as a cumbersome and pointless adaptation of a Johann Strauss operetta.
Web links
- A Night in Venice at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A night in Venice at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 348
- ↑ One night in Venice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .