There comes a day
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | There comes a day |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Jugert |
| script |
Ernst Penzoldt Rolf Thiele Hans Abich Fritz Graßhoff Thea von Harbou |
| production | Film construction GmbH, Göttingen (Hans Abich, Rolf Thiele) |
| music | Norbert Schultze |
| camera | Igor Oberberg |
| cut |
Alma Let Erwin Marno |
| occupation | |
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There comes a day is a German feature film from 1950 directed by Rudolf Jugert . The script is based on the novella Korporal Mombour by Ernst Penzoldt . For Maria Schell and Dieter Borsche it was their first film together. They were the first and most successful dream couple in the post-war film.
action
In 1870, near the French town of St. Godard, the German corporal Friedrich Mombour shot a young French lieutenant during the Franco-Prussian War . He takes a small handwritten sheet of music that lies next to the fallen man .
On the orders of his superior office, Mombour is to make quarters for his regiment in St. Godard. In the city, he spontaneously enters a house whose residents, like himself, have the surname "Mombour". In the house he meets the elderly lady of the house, who tells him that members of her family once left France and emigrated to Germany because they were persecuted for their beliefs. Friedrich is astonished to note that he is a descendant of the Huguenots . Madame Mombour tells Friedrich about her son Gaston, who, like him, is a soldier. She hopes to see him again. The old lady is very sick and is lovingly cared for by her daughter Madeleine. Friedrich and the young woman quickly fell in love with each other and they soon became very close. When Madeleine was playing a little composition by her brother one evening , Friedrich realized with horror that it was the song on the sheet of music that he had found next to the Frenchman who had been shot. He leaves the house in despair and wanders aimlessly.
Madeleine looks for Friedrich and enters Gaston's room, where she finds her brother's handwritten sheet of music. She realizes that she loves her brother's killer. When Friedrich comes back to the house after many hours, Madame Mombour is struggling with death. The thought of her son does not allow her to calm down and so Madeleine Friedrich implores her mother to fulfill her last wish: Friedrich meets Madame Mombour's bed in Gaston's uniform, who now believes that she sees her son healthy and dies peacefully. Shortly thereafter, the war takes an unexpected turn: the French begin a counterattack on the Germans and Friedrich, alarmed by gunfire, rushes out of the house headless, without even thinking that he is wearing Gaston's uniform. A bullet fired by a German soldier hits him on the doorstep. Friedrich dies in Madeleine's arms after they have both assured each other of their love for one another.
Production and Background
The script is the product of a joint effort by Ernst Penzoldt , Rolf Thiele , Hans Abich , Fritz Graßhoff , Fritz Langs and his ex-wife Thea von Harbou . Penzoldt wrote his novella Corporal Mombour during the Second World War . The film adaptation of the subject in 1950 represented a risk for the Göttingen Film Construction Society , as the West German public was busy suppressing all issues that had anything to do with war. Pacifism wasn't popular.
The film was produced by the Göttingen Film Construction Society ( Göttingen ), which was founded in 1946 by Hans Abich and Rolf Thiele. Filming began on June 27, 1950 and ended in August 1950. The film was shot in Göttingen and Bad Sooden-Allendorf as well as in the Göttingen film studio . The film had three different working titles: Once upon a time the day will come , Enemies , Corporal Mombour .
The buildings were designed by Walter Haag , the costumes were designed by Alfred Bücken, and Heinz Martin was responsible for the sound.
The premiere of the film took place on October 17, 1950 in the premiere theater Weltspiele in Hanover . The film was first broadcast on German television by ZDF on March 19, 1967.
For Maria Schell it was her fifth film and her first role in a German film. For Dieter Borsche it was his second big appearance in a film after the role of the Catholic clergyman in Nachtwache . Borsche plays the corporal in a way that shows how much he suffers from his guilt. Jugert's camera work helps to underline the inevitably developing tragedy. The pictures, mostly in shades of gray, which find their French models in the films by Marcel Carné and Claude Autant-Lara , do the rest. Maria Schell plays her role very expressively and with an acting quality of high quality. She lets the viewer feel that Madeleine suspects from the start that her love will not last. She knows how not to let her figure sink into a lake full of tears and thus gives it a depth of its own. Maria Schell was the discovery of the film and made a decisive contribution to its quality. The fact that the film also became a commercial success is primarily thanks to Schell. It was celebrated as a revelation at the time. She was considered an unrivaled star in the industry. However, it was then also mercilessly marketed according to the rules of commerce. There was also no stopping at her private life and her affair with her twenty years older (and also married) colleague Dieter Borsche was widely published in the press.
Historical background: The Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871 lasted from July 19, 1870 to May 10, 1871. Place of the event: France and Rhenish Prussia; Result: victory of Prussia and its German allies; France cedes most of Alsace and part of Lorraine. The peace was sealed with the Peace of Frankfurt .
Huguenots is the name in use for the French Protestants in pre-revolutionary France since around 1560. From 1530 the practice of the Protestants' faith was strongly suppressed by the Catholic clergy and the king.
Reviews
“A tragic-romantic love story with a lot of feeling. The film, a great success with the public and the press, made Maria Schell and Dieter Borsche stars. "
“The anti-war film by Rudolf Jugert, which received a lot of attention from the critics and is also popular with the public, learned his trade as assistant director to Helmut Käutner. The tragic love story meant the decisive career boost for the two main actors Maria Schell and Dieter Borsche. Although a total of five authors adapted the novel of the same name by Ernst Petzold for the screen, the saying of the many cooks who spoil the broth should not come true in this case. "
“The encounter between a German soldier and a French family in the war of 1870/71 breaks the friend-foe relationship. The film contains a call to humanity, despite the somewhat constructed script and the sometimes emotional direction. "
Web links
- There comes a day in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- There comes a day at filmportal.de
- There comes a day illustrated film stage No. 914
- There comes a day poster for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ There comes a day In: "Der Spiegel" No. 25/1953 of June 17, 1953: Maria Schell
- ↑ a b quot. from Herbert Spaich: Maria Schell - your films - your life , Heyne Film Library No. 32/99, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1986, pp. 7, 33, 34, 35
- ↑ There comes a day In: Kinowiki , Hanover World Games.
- ↑ A day will come. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ There will be a day at kino.de. Retrieved May 22, 2012
- ↑ Review No. 305/1950