Radio magic
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Radio magic |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1927 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Oswald |
| script |
Jane Bess Nino Ottavi |
| production | Richard Oswald |
| camera | Axel Graatkjaer |
| occupation | |
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Funkzauber is a German silent film directed by Richard Oswald from 1927 with Werner Krauss in the leading role. The silent film diva of the 1910s Fern Andra gave her farewell performance in a German production and then returned home to the USA via Great Britain.
action
Theophil Schimmelpfennig is a radio enthusiast who has fallen for the radio, which was only recently launched. He listens to all reports and broadcasts with great enthusiasm, so that everywhere he is only mockingly called the “Funkaugust”. In his private life he was impressed by the typist Gerda Reiner, with whom he suddenly fell in love. But he has powerful competition in the form of the elegant and slick Mr. Haßdorf, who is determined to marry Gerda. Their mother, in turn, has her eye on the self-proclaimed inventor. Gerda's heart, however, belongs to the quiet Georg Lenz, a fine character. When the “fine” Mr. Haßdorf is arrested with the help of the radio for various frauds, Theophil, the “Funkaugust”, wants to confess his great love to Gerda. But it is the good Georg who will eventually lead his Gerda home, and Funkaugust has to realize that he has to reorient himself.
Production notes
Funkzauber , occasionally with the subtitle Ein Volksstück von der Liebe und der Rundfunks Wellen , was created in July / August 1927 in the Efa studios. The production passed film censorship on September 22, 1927. The first performance of the six-act act with a length of 2,486 meters, de facto an advertising production for the gradually establishing radio, took place on September 30, 1927 in the Phoebus Palast for the opening of the Berlin radio exhibition . The strip was released for the youth.
The film structures were designed by Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller , the subtitles were written by Paul Morgan .
criticism
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: “The Oswald film“ Funkzauber ”was amusing. This is a fictional film with teachings that one likes to put up with. Alfred Braun… appears personally and introduces the radio enthusiast Werner Krauss to the world of flying sparks. (...) Richard Oswald has done his best work in recent years in this film. "
Web links
- Funkzauber in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Funkzauber on filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Funkzauber". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , October 15, 1927, p. 15 (online at ANNO ).