Eleven years and one day
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Eleven years and one day |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gottfried Reinhardt |
| script |
Jan Lustig Gottfried Reinhardt based on the novel A Way through the Woods by Roman Balchin |
| production | Luggi Waldleitner for Roxy-Film (Munich) |
| music | Hans-Martin Majewski |
| camera | Klaus von Rautenfeld |
| cut | Elisabeth Neumann |
| occupation | |
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Eleven Years and One Day is a German feature film by Gottfried Reinhardt from 1963 with Ruth Leuwerik , Paul Hubschmid and Bernhard Wicki in the leading roles.
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In the marriage between the stiff and extremely correct Salzburg lawyer Karl Rodenbach and his young wife Tina, things are not going well. You live side by side, the passion is completely lost. Your friend Tony Burger, a gallant and attractive charmer and womanizer, is completely different. He knows how to treat women so that he can land with them. And so he also proves to be a savior when the Rodenbach couple are not waved through when entering the Austrian-German border because Tina Rodenbach has forgotten her passport at home. But since her husband is expected punctually for an appointment in Munich, he unceremoniously unloads his wife with the remark that she should call a taxi for the return trip. Soon after, Burger appears in his fancy sports car, an old Jaguar, and offers Tina the ride home. She accepts. When he breaks into the Rodenbach villa on Tina's behalf, because she doesn't have the key with her and calls her home the following night to arrange a rendezvous with her, the lawyer's wife succumbs to his boyish Casanova charm. Tina assures Tony that this could only be a one-time affair, then they kiss.
A little later there is a serious accident. A cyclist is hit by Tony Burger's Jaguar. The man is killed as a result of the collision. The person who caused the accident commits a hit and run. The perpetrator is searched feverishly. The suspect initially seems to be Tina Rodenbach's lover. But things are different from what it initially seems. In the course of his research, Karl Rodenbach finds out that it was not Tony but his wife who knocked the cyclist over. Rodenbach is now doing everything possible to protect his wife. He makes false statements, lays wrong tracks and lies to the police. Plagued by a bad conscience, Tina not only confesses to her husband that she has hit the road, but also that she has made a mistake outside of marriage. In order to finally clear the table, Tina decides to make a confession and also to admit her guilt to the widow of the victim. This catharsis gives the Rodenbach's well-established marriage a new chance.
Production notes
Eleven Years and One Day premiered in Germany on September 6, 1963. The shooting took place from May 20 to July 5, 1963, the outdoor shots were made in Salzburg. The Federal Ministry of the Interior funded the film with 200,000 DM.
The buildings were by Willi Schatz and Wolf Englert , the costumes by Margot Schönberger . Ernst Steinlechner was in charge of production. The editor Adolph Schlyßleder assisted director Reinhardt.
It was first broadcast on television on March 16, 1971 at 8:15 p.m. on ARD .
Reviews
"Outdated problem film, fateful and unrealistic."
"Solidly made German film with a good cast that can be viewed and reconsidered from the age of 16."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eleven years and a day. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 503/1963
Web links
- Eleven years and one day in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eleven years and one day at filmportal.de