French beds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | French beds |
| Original title | Count your blessings |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean Negulesco |
| script | Karl Tunberg |
| production | Karl Tunberg |
| music | Franz Waxman |
| camera | George Folsey Jr. |
| occupation | |
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French Beds is an American comedy film from 1959 . The novel "His Son Sigi" by Nancy Mitford served as a literary model . It's an MGM film in CinemaScope and Metrocolor.
action
It is the time of World War II in 1944. The French captain Charles Edouard von Valhubert visits Miss Grace Allingham in London to convey greetings from her fiancé Hugh, who is fighting on the front lines.
But Charles quickly no longer thinks of limiting himself to the role of "Postillon d'Amour". He's caught fire, and Grace is also very fond of him. And it comes as it has to come: they get married.
But they cannot enjoy their happiness for long. There is no time for a honeymoon, Charles has to go back to the front. When he finally returns home after nine years, there is a boy: Sigi, his son. The couple want to catch up on their honeymoon, but Sigi proves to be an obstacle, he has measles. So mom has no choice but to play a nurse.
The von Valhuberts move to the home of Charles, to Paris. Grace now heads a very wealthy household and realizes that she has an important noble name. And she finds out that her godly husband is not so strict about loyalty.
Charles' amiable uncle, the Duke of St. Cloud, tries to make it clear to Grace that his nephew loves his wife very deeply, in spite of all the affronts. But when her husband's antics never end, she packs her bags and goes home with her son. From England she tries to get a divorce.
This twist, which is sad in itself, is entirely to Sigi's taste. Half a year with mother, half a year with father, that means: to be spoiled by both of them alternately. Of course, he tries to stop all attempts at reconciliation by his father.
But then Sigi's opinion changes. After gradually getting to know and love his fun-loving father and the old duke, he gives up his scheming games. And so his parents can start all over again.
Reviews
"Despite the elegant comedic tones in the middle section, stylistically half-baked."
Web links
- French beds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ French beds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 5, 2017 .