Have no worries for once
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Have no worries for once |
| Country of production |
Germany Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Georg Marischka |
| script | Georg Marischka Hans Weigel |
| production | Carlton-Film GmbH, Munich ( Günther Stapenhorst ) Carlton-Film, Vienna |
| music | Oscar Straus |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Irene Tomschik |
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Have no worries for once is a German-Austrian comedy film by Georg Marischka from 1953 . It is based on Johann Nestroy's farce. He wants to make a joke .
action
General store Zangler wants to pick up his bride Madame Knorr from the city for the wedding. Shortly before leaving, he hires old Melchior as the new house servant and sends him to town; the previous house servant Kraps resigned at short notice. Zangler announces that his little clerk Weinberl will become a partner after the wedding. He is less generous towards his niece Marie. She loves the young Gustav Sanders, who is not a good match in Zangler's eyes, even if he has rich relatives in Sweden . While Zangler is leaving, Marie and Gustav flee to town, where they want to find shelter with Sanders' relatives or in the Swedish consulate. However, the consulate is closed and the relatives cannot be found either. Both now make a virtue out of necessity and go to the theater.
Weinberl and apprentice Christopherl have meanwhile also left for the city. Weinberl has decided to have a joke in the absence of his master and in view of the promotion, which will allow him even less free time in the future. He dresses up nicely with Christoperl, walks through the city streets and goes out to eat. When they both see Zangler, they flee to the house where Zangler's future wife, Madame Knorr, works as a fashion merchant. They pretend to want to pay for clothes for a lady. The lady is Ms. Fischer - the first name Ms. Knorr reacts to because she has customers of that name. Weinberl pretends to be married to Mrs. von Fischer. This in turn appears shortly afterwards at Frau Knorr's, plays Weinberl's game and lets him and Christopherl take her and Frau Knorr first to the theater and later to a restaurant.
Mr. Zangler has also arrived at the theater with Melchior to look for Marie and Gustav. In the end, both men end up in the restaurant, where they take a seat at the next table from Weinberl, Christopherl and the ladies. Weinberl and Christopherl manage to escape, but end up in the Blumenblatt girls' boarding school, where Christopherl is mistaken for Marie. Gustav also appears at the pension to save Marie, while Zangler appears to take Marie with him. There is a great deal of confusion, chases, and mix-ups. In the end, Marie and Gustav manage to escape, even if they both realize that they are missing documents for a quick wedding that are still in Zangler's desk. Both travel back to the general store. Weinberl and Christopherl are exposed by Mrs. von Fischer, but not betrayed. She helps them to escape and they both rush back to the shop to be home before Zangler. At the shop they discover two burglars - Zangler's former house servant and his brother. Weinberl and the newly arrived Marie and Gustav succeed in catching the intruders. Zangler does not want to agree to a wedding of Marie and Gustav. Only when Madame Knorr agrees with his point of view does Zangler agree to a marriage. Weinberl is not suspected of any wrongdoing by Zangler, since he was officially in the store the whole time and turned in the burglar, but he wants to quit voluntarily, because in the end everything will come to light. Suddenly Frau von Fischer appears, who has lost her heart to Weinberl, and finally pulls him into the carriage.
production
Having no worries for once is loosely based on Johann Nestroy's farce. He wants to have a joke , which was filmed in 1935 under the title Das 101 der Liebe . In contrast to the drama, the names of the characters have been changed; that's the name of August Sonders in the film Gustav Sanders. Reference is made to the play by Walter Müller announcing the performance of the play He wants to make a joke at the beginning of the film , with Hans Moser and Walter Müller being shown instead of Wenzel Scholz and Johann Nestroy.
The film was made in the Atelier Wien-Schönbrunn with exterior shots from Vienna and the surrounding area. In the film the songs are Da I sing a song and He wants to make a joke with texts by Robert Gilbert . The costumes were created by Hertha Hareiter , the films were made by Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski . Producer Günther Stapenhorst also took over the production management. The film had its world premiere on May 21, 1953 in Wiesbaden's Walhalla . It was first seen in Vienna on May 22, 1953. On July 27, 1956, it was also shown in GDR cinemas.
criticism
"The round, turbulent hustle and bustle of the play [...] becomes even more colorful and foolhardy in the film, because all the scenes change quickly and there are no curtains to slow the pace," said the Berliner Zeitung . Nestroy could be “more satirical and sharper in scene and instead leave out a shot of traditional Viennese cosiness, but the good slapstick and the witty, lively ideas in the good folk piece let it be overlooked.” “Which attracts a large part of the audience to real salmon volleys That is thickly applied slapstick, funny mix-ups and misunderstandings, great chase scenes, rough situation comedy , funny but rarely witty play on words, etc. Partly lively, partly maudlin melodies help to paint a pink picture of the 'good old days' that have passed, like it Although it does not meet reality, it meets the imagination of every philistine and makes his heart beat faster ”, criticized the New Germany , and found that the film“ cannot open up any valid perspective for today's German comedy […] ”. “The fact that director and author Georg Marischka edited this Nestroy too freely and turned it into an exaggeratedly turbulent film amusement enriched with rumble effects must be resented,” stated the Neue Zeit .
For the West German service movie- was once not worry have a "mindless and unimaginative ... film whose humor has failed cramped pronounced." "We speak Urwiener dialect and operates soft, G'spaß-comedy ', in which, so to speak, the patch Nestroyismen be recited with a raised index finger ”, while Oscar Straus' melodies give the film a“ pleasant pink tinge ”, summarized the film sheets . Der Spiegel described the play in once no worries have been “carefully modernized and filmed with Viennese loquacity”, the result being “specifically Austrian comedy clothing”.
Web links
- Once any concerns have in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Have no worries at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 321 f.
- ↑ Have no worries for once . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 29, 1956, p. 3.
- ↑ Frank Sandau: The "good old days" are trumps . In: Neues Deutschland , August 2, 1956, p. 6.
- ↑ Me .: Nestroy between charm and slapstick . In: Neue Zeit , August 2, 1956, p. 4.
- ↑ Have no worries for once. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Quotation from Once you have no worries . In: Manfred Hobsch: love, dance and 1000 hit films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1998, p. 118.
- ↑ New in Germany: Have no worries for once . In: Der Spiegel , No. 23, 1953, p. 33.