Harvest (1936)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | harvest |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 89 minutes |
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| Director | Géza from Bolváry |
| script | Philipp Lothar Mayring |
| production | Vienna film |
| music | Heinz Sandauer |
| camera | Franz Planner |
| cut | Hermann Haller |
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Harvest is a film produced in Austria in 1936 and directed by Géza von Bolváry with Paula Wessely , Attila Hörbiger and Artúr Somlay . It is also known under the title Die Julika . The premiere took place in Hungary on October 25, 1936, the German premiere on December 1 in Berlin, in Vienna the film was not released until 1937.
action
Austria-Hungary , the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Large landowner Georg von Tamassy was abandoned by his lover and now wants to travel after her. Despite the warnings of his coachman Johann and his daughter Julika, he ignores a heavy storm with high water and dies while driving with Johann, who had given in out of a sense of duty. Since he had run down his property, his son and heir, Rittmeister Karl von Tamassy, had to sell more than 90% of the land and lay off the entire servants. Together with Julika, who refused to give notice, he farms the remaining land with the aim of rebuilding the estate. Since the two now live there alone, the previously popular Julika is now cut by the villagers. After just one year, he can buy back part of his land.
After the young noblewoman Grit von Hellmers, who is staying with a neighbor, has ridden her horse through a field that is almost ready for harvest and has hit Tamassy, who wanted to prevent her, with her riding crop , Tamassy rushes to the neighbor for satisfaction in one Get duel . Julika wants to come along ( she can hit a woman), but has to stay in the yard. Grit apologizes immediately and, together with her host Talmassy, forces them to stay at the party that is just beginning. Talmassy falls in love with Grit and wants to propose to her. Grit has to go back to Vienna . But she wants to come back the next day, so Talmassy promises not to start the upcoming harvest until she is back.
Talmassy waits several days, but Grit doesn't come. The harvest workers, who are supposed to get a share of the harvest and see their yield dwindling, begin with the harvest against the order. Talmassy can only make them stop with a rifle. Finally he wants to clear up the situation with a letter to Grit that Julika is supposed to take to the train station. But she goes straight to Vienna to bring Grit to Talmassy, but she refuses and tears the letter up. Back at the estate, Julika wants to quit because of her failure. But this time Talmassy refuses and the harvest begins now. Just in time, as it turns out. While still in the field, Talmassy asked for Julika's hand. She gladly accepts, goes to the next floor cross and declaims a prayer of thanks:
Lord up there, I stand before you to praise you. You
gave me rich blessings of all ways
That I will become fruitful, homeland and earth.
Lord of the worlds, so my thanks go to you today.
backgrounds
Harvest was one of two feature films made by Paula Wessely's Vienna-Film production company founded in 1935 . mb H. were produced. It was also their first film together with her husband Attila Hörbiger .
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film saw a "[ubiquitously maudlin and down-to-earth home piece."
In the criticism on Film.at , harvest is described as "tearful scraps" and as "genuinely fake". Today the film is convincing "mainly because of its involuntary, but overwhelmingly funny elements."
Harvest was also referred to as an Austro-Fascist trend film ; even the then German Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels found it "kitschy" and "too thickly applied."
Web links
- Harvest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Julika. Harvest at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Georg Markus : The Hörbigers: Biography of a family . Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902998-56-9 ( limited preview in the Google book search [accessed July 8, 2017]).
- ↑ The Julika. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Harvest (aka. The Julika) (A 1936). In: Film.at. Retrieved July 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Karin Cerny: On Wednesday the actress Paula Wessely was buried at the Grinzinger Friedhof in Vienna. Kaiserwetter for the doyenne . In: Berliner Zeitung . May 26, 2000 ( online [accessed July 8, 2017]).