Fireworks (film)
Fireworks is a film comedy based on the High German version of the Swiss dialect comedy The Black Pike . The first performance was on September 16, 1954 in Düsseldorf.
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In 1908 a traveling circus appeared in a small German town. Its director Sascha Obolski is none other than the brother of the local garden gnome manufacturer Albert Oberholzer, who disappeared twenty years ago. Alexander Oberholzer, as Sascha Obolski is actually called, has now come to congratulate his brother on his birthday. In this way, the confused petty bourgeoisie get to know his charming wife Iduna, who sings about her papa, a famous clown. She turns the heads of some honest husbands, which causes conflicts with the wives.
On the other hand, Anna, Albert Oberholzer's daughter, is fascinated by the circus and its director. Although she actually loves the gardener Robert, she breaks away from home to join the circus as an artist. She also wants to avoid the impending deportation to an unloved aunt Paula. Iduna, however, suspiciously observes the rapprochement between Anna and her husband. She is torn and experiences herself in a nightmare as a daring circus artist in dangerous situations.
Finally all troubled minds calm down and the circus gives a glamorous farewell performance. The circus moves on, and at the very end it becomes apparent that a family member, Uncle Gustav, has joined the circus after all.
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The musical comedy The Fireworks by Erik Charell and Jürg Amstein was premiered in Munich in 1950 and was a great success , not least thanks to the chanson O mein Papa . Charell brought Lilli Palmer , like him a Jewish émigré, back to Germany and gave her the lead role as a co-producer in the film adaptation of the play.
The film was produced from May 11th to July 12th 1954 in the studios of Bavaria Film in Geiselgasteig . The outdoor shots were taken in and around Munich. The film itself is very colorful and unusually fast for German standards at the time. The choreography was done by Sabine Ress . The circus and artist scenes go to the account of Circus Brothers Belli, 7 Leotaris, Rudi Lata Comp., Los Pilars and Pilade Cristiani. It premiered on September 16, 1954 in the Apollo in Düsseldorf, followed by performances in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main on September 17.
Fireworks made Lilli Palmer a star . Also noteworthy are the dancing, singing and artistic interludes of the then little-known Romy Schneider . Peter Rühmann , the son of Heinz Rühmann , has his only film appearance as her little brother who throws firecrackers.
Awards
- Predicate valuable from the Wiesbaden film evaluation office
- Prize of the Punta del Este International Film Festival, Uruguay (January 14–31, 1955)
Reviews
“After a musical stage play by Erik Charell, with the sparkling and soulful melodies of Paul Burkhard, a lovable, cheerful entertainment film was created; for the young Romy Schneider and the émigré Lilli Palmer the start of a German film career. "
"With fireworks, West Germany's film production is at its current best and has thus created one of the best German musical comedies of the post-war period."
“Entertainment pleasure of the cheerful and contemplative kind with a large number of German cinema stars. (Rating: 2½ out of 4 possible stars - above average) "
“Funny mixture of hit, revue and ring numbers. Significantly more successful than similar attempts at home and abroad. Except for a dance performance, also wearable for young people. "
DVD release
- Fireworks . Kinowelt Home Entertainment 2004
literature
- The firework. Director's book . Music by Paul Burkhard . Musical comedy in three acts by Erik Charell and Jürg Amstein . Based on a comedy by Emil Sautter . Song texts by Jürg Amstein and Robert Gilbert . Music publishing and stage sales Zurich, Zurich 1949, 80 pp.
Web links
- Fireworks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fireworks at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 410
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Kurt Hoffmann
- ↑ Fireworks. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ quoted from Manfred Hobsch: Liebe, Tanz und 1000 Schlagerfilme , Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89602-166-4 , p. 120
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 228
- ↑ 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958 . Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 113