Gabriele Dambrone

Movie
Original title	Gabriele Dambrone
Country of production	German Empire
original language	German
Publishing year	1943
length	101 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16 f
Rod
Director	Hans Steinhoff
script	Per Schwenzen Hans Steinhoff
music	Michael Jary
camera	Richard fear
cut	Hans Domnick
occupation
Gusti Huber : Gabi Berghofer Siegfried Breuer : Paul Madina, painter Christl Mardayn : Erika Madina Ewald Balser : Georg Hollberg, actor Eugen Klöpfer : Gotthardt, director of the Reichsgautheater Theodor Loos : Dr. Christopher, lawyer Fritz Kampers : Prof. Muhry, painter, Paul's teacher Annie Rosar : Mrs. Lauch, mother of Franz Lauch Käthe Dobbs : Countess Clementine von Roggenbühl Egon von Jordan : Baron Stefan von Hamsa, hobby painter Pepi Glöckner : Mrs. Greinert, Gabi's maid Maria Hofen : Walpurga, housekeeper at Muhry Alexander Trojan : Franz Lauch, innkeeper, Gabi's groom Karl Etlinger : Anton, servant at Stefan's Georg Vogelsang : Anselm, postman Edelweiss Malchin : Pauline, apprentice with Madame Yvonne Jenny Liese : Miss Windweiser, sewing room manager Maria von Höslin : Pia, seamstress at Madame Yvonne Renate Honsing : Ludmilla Lauch, wife of Franz Frieda Niederhofer : Josefa Platt Lotte Martens , Erika Helldorf , Friedel Hoffmann : Olly, Karoline and Erna, seamstresses at Madame Yvonne Mizzi Griebl : Rosa, housekeeper at Erika Madina Karl Harbacher : Waiter in the "Lauch restaurant" Agnes Esterhazy : Madame Yvonne, boss in the fashion salon

Gabriele Dambrone is a German melodrama from 1943 directed by Hans Steinhoff . The main roles are occupied by Gusti Huber and Siegfried Breuer as well as Christl Mardayn and Ewald Balser .

The script is based on the play of the same name by Richard Billinger , which premiered in 1939 at the Staatliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin under the direction of Jürgen Fehling . In 1941 it ran under the same title at the Vienna Burgtheater . As in the film, Gusti Huber also played the title role there.

action

When the theater-loving seamstress Gabi Berghofer returned to her workplace in the Yvonne fashion salon, the word quickly spread that the innkeeper Franz Lauch left her shortly before the wedding because of another woman. Although this first day at work is a gauntlet for Gabi, it ends in a conciliatory way because it brought her the encounter with Baron Stefan von Hamsa. The baron and his fiancée Clementine are guests in the fashion salon to choose a wedding dress. When he sees Gabi, he is immediately fascinated by her appearance. With the consent of his bride, he gets Gabi to model him, the enthusiastic hobby painter, as Iphigenia . In the baron's studio, Gabi meets the painter Paul Madina. Both are immediately drawn to each other.

When Gabi and Paul meet again during a performance in the Burgtheater in which Madina's friend Georg Hollberg plays the role of Egmont , Paul makes his friend stand up for the young woman who would love to be on stage. He asks him to test Gabi's talent and how serious she really is about acting. For now, however, Paul and Gabi are going to a small mountain village and living their love without thinking about tomorrow. Paul, who is married, gets a visit from his wife's lawyer after a while and goes home to ask for a divorce. Back in his family's lap, however, everything turns out to be much more difficult than expected from a distance. Erika Madina is clever and has two strong assets: their two children. In the end Paul decides against Gabi and for his family.

Gabi can hardly be seen from the outside, but is deeply hurt and desperate. So on a winter night she goes to a place that corresponds to her interior, the local cemetery. There she comes across the grave of Gabriele Dambrone, who was predicted to have a great future as an artist. Since she could not live her love, she chose suicide. Gabi thinks for a long time and then comes to the decision to fight for what is really important to her: the stage - there she wants to perform under the name Gabriele Dambrone . At the theater in Graz she begins with small roles that gradually get bigger and bigger, up to leading roles. She is seen in one of these roles by Georg Hollberg, who then brings her to the Burgtheater. There she sees Paul Madina again after a performance, who is staying there with his wife. At peace with herself, Gabi is sure that the great happiness of a love, but also the bitter suffering have helped her to become a real actress.

Production notes

The shooting took place in Vienna and Tyrol in what is now Austria , and the outdoor shots began on November 21, 1942. From the beginning of December, the studio shots were made in the UFA town of Babelsberg. From mid-February to the end of April 1943, there were more outdoor recordings (in Vienna's Burgtheater and in Tyrol). The production company was Terra Filmkunst GmbH (Berlin), on whose behalf Günther Regenberg took over the production management. With a length of 2,818 m, the film lasts 101 minutes. The sound comes from Walter Rühland , Willi Eplinius and Herbert Nitzschke were responsible for the buildings . The film was examined on August 19, 1943. Despite the shortage of raw materials in the midst of the war, it was premiered with 200 copies on November 11, 1943 in the Scala in Vienna; on December 10, 1943, Gabriele Dambrone ran into Berlin's marble house . The film was also shown in Denmark, France, Portugal and Greece.

Template author Billinger was granted the sum of RM 23,000 for the seven-year filming rights.

The production cost amounted to 1,627,000 RM. Gabriele Dambrone was therefore a comparatively expensive film. However, within just six months, by May 1944, he grossed 3,483,000 RM. The strip was therefore a great box-office success in the season from June 1, 1943 to January 31, 1944. Only Immensee and Das Bad auf der Tenne made even more money during this period.

The former silent film actress Agnes Countess Esterhazy , who had completely withdrawn from the screen since the beginning of the sound film age in 1929/30, appeared in front of the camera for the last time in a tiny role. For Edelweiß Malchin, the role of the teacher Pauline meant her film debut.

criticism

The lexicon of international films found: "Skillfully played and photographed stirring piece based on a play by the Nazi author Richard Billinger."

Karlheinz Wendtland wrote about Gusti Huber's performance: “It is Gusti Huber's first dramatic role that she does justice to with splendid liveliness. It is a pleasure to witness her change from little seamstress to great actress! The scene in which the artistic director tests her talent with the help of the alphabet will be unforgettable. ”Wendtland confirmed that Siegfried Breuer, in the role of the painter Paul Medina, was delivering“ a character study ”. Wendtland commented on Ewald's Balser performance as the great mime Georg Hollberg: "excellent". In conclusion, he judged: “This is how every role fits. A film full of excellent performing arts. No trace of misogyny! "

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Gabriele Dambrone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gabriele Dambrone at filmportal.de
• Gabriele Dambrone murnau-stiftung.de
• Gabriele Dambrone Illustrated Film-Courier No. 3333
• Gabriele Dambrone movie poster

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies born in 1943, 1944 and 1945, Verlag Medium Film Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, Film 66/1943, pp. 61, 62. ISBN 3-926945-05-2
2. ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme, 12th year 1942/43, p. 143. Berlin 2001.
3. ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938-1945 . A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 607.
4. ↑ ibid. P. 549.
5. ^ Klaus, p. 143 f.
6. ↑ Drewniak, p. 631.
7. ↑ Gabriele Dambrone. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .