Lucky Mushrooms (1935)

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Movie
Original title Lucky guys
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1935
length 93 minutes
Rod
Director Robert A. Stemmle
script Robert A. Stemmle
production Georg Witt
music Walter Gronostay
camera Robert Baberske
cut Fritz Mauch
occupation

Glückspilze is a German feature film from 1935 directed by Robert A. Stemmle , who also wrote the screenplay. The plot is based on Horst Biernath's novel Seven Under One Hat (subtitle A boy novel ). Albert Lieven and Clara Savio play the leading roles.

action

The holidays are over and the students of the Schiller-Gymnasium in Baldenburg are going to school. Among them are the students Helmut Roeder, son of the landlord, Hans Berding, who is once again showered with accusations and patronized by his stepfather, the twins Kurt and Wilhelm Biehler, who are called "biscuit without" and "biscuit with", Fritz Scholl, the connoisseur of life, Erich Krämer, who is once again harnessing the Quartan “Tomate” for himself, and Georg Lewaldt. The new school year begins with the chant Wach auf, mein Herz, and sing , before Director Bartmann reads out a deed of gift from Manfred Werner from Bahia in Brazil . In memory of his wonderful school days at Schiller-Gymnasium, he bequeathed 20,000 marks to the current upper -class. The deed of donation expressly states that only the Prima students have the right to determine how and for what purpose the money is to be used. Before Bartmann Roeder hands over the deed of gift, he warns the students to be aware of the responsibility, but also the danger, that this gift entails and to let it become the test of their character. Of course, the primates advise back and forth and lead heated debates on how best to use the money. The suggestion to go on a trip around the world was well received by everyone, except for Hans Berding, who was put under pressure by his stepfather and was reminded of the cost of studying music he was aiming for. When Roeder later suggests building a country house that will later serve as a leisure and holiday home for the school and thus benefit the general public, the remaining students spontaneously agree. When Director Bartmann hears about how responsibly the students want to use the money, he is enthusiastic. He assures the boys of his full support.

Hans Berding, meanwhile, continues to be put under massive pressure by his stepfather Trübner and forced to insist that his share be paid out to him. He justifies this with the fact that Hans' training resulted in debts that he has to repay. In reality, Trübner embezzled money from the forest treasury and lost it in sports betting, which is only discovered later. Hans receives his share, but does not reveal to his friends what need he is in. The result is that he is punished with disregard and excluded from everything.

The construction of the country home is taking on more and more shape and is supported and supported by the teaching staff, the craftsmen and business people as well as almost all residents of the small town. Only Hans Berding suffers and is not allowed to participate. But then a revision of the forest treasury is ordered and Trübner's irregularities become apparent. He evades his threatened arrest by shooting himself. After the pupils have freed Hans from a dicey situation and explained what happened to his stepfather, he will of course be happily accepted back into the class community. The music-loving young man is supposed to conduct the school orchestra and the choir at the opening ceremony.

Production notes and background

In the height of summer 1934, Stemmle wrote the script for the film within a very short period of time, took care of the cast and prepared the shooting. The film was shot in Neustrelitz and at Useriner See in the Mecklenburg Lake District . The studio recordings were made between the end of August and the end of September 1934 in Berlin-Johannisthal and Berlin-Marienfelde. For the cast, Stemmle resorted to actors with whom he had worked in the past, but also hired new actors, such as Franz Pfaudler from Vienna, who stood in front of the camera as grammar school director Bartenstein. Stemmle placed Albert Lieven (as Hans Berding), Clemens Hasse (as Helmut Roeder, son of the landlord and district deputy as well as class representative), Wolfgang Klein (as Fritz Scholl), Walter Bluhm (as Georg Lewaldt) in his first film role, Hermann Noack (as Erich Krämer), Paul Mehler (as Wilhelm Biehler called "biscuit without") and Herbert Roehl (as Kurt Biehler, "biscuit with"). For Clara Savio, who played the leading female role, it was apparently her only role in German-language films. She can be seen in the role of Gerda Roeder, sister of Helmut Roeder and friend of Hans Berding. For Bernhard Minetti, who can be seen as District Secretary Trübner and stepfather of Hans Berding, it was his third appearance in a movie.

Ludwig Reiber and Karl Machus were responsible for the buildings .

The length of the film is 2,548 m (other information 2,569 m). On December 5, 1934, the censorship found the film under number B.37987 to be “suitable for minors”.

The premiere of Glückspilze took place on January 4th, 1935 in the Titania-Palast in Berlin .

Differences between book and film

Horst Biernath, the author of the novel, came from East Prussia himself and had attended high schools in Bartenstein and Königsberg . Seven under one hat was its first successful publication in 1933. Deviating from the novel, Stemmle added a few storylines that contributed to the animation of the film. Even the opening scene deviates from the novel in that the main characters who are hurrying to school are introduced. At the beginning of the novel, on the other hand, Director Bartmann worries about his students and, together with his lawyer friend Rosbigall, looks for a way of withholding the money from the students for the time being. On page 20 of the novel it says: “I can't get the thought out of my head that this gift has frivolous, snobbish backgrounds. That this is not a benefactor, but a tempter of young people. ”In the film he worries too, saying:“ There is a crack in the framework, my boys are in danger ... Money is dangerous! ”In the film, the wording is Donation deed: “I would like to express the wonderful memories of my school days by giving the current senior class of my old school a sum of 20,000 marks. The pupils of the Prima alone have the right to dispose of these 20,000 marks. ”In the novel, however, it says:“ The heartfelt joy over the brave, fatherland-enthusiastic youth of Germany prompts me to express my wishes for the future bearers of the German idea to give that I hand over a sum of twenty thousand marks to the current subprima of my old teaching institution, the Gymnasium zu Baldenburg, with the express remark that the use of this foundation is at the discretion of the subprima ... With German greetings and handshake ... “In this phase of the film, Stemmle deviates very clearly from the novel in that he bypasses any reference to the prevailing system. Trust in the students and the well-meaning advice of the director are also not included in the novel. Furthermore, Stemmle decided to have the classroom dominated by a bust of Schiller and not, as in the novel, by a large picture of the Führer . The part of the novel that reproduces the propaganda language of the time and warns of the need for decisive leadership to be indispensable is also only touched on in passing by Stemmle. Hans Berding can be seen throughout the film in the clothes of a member of the youth movement from the Weimar period , there are no allusions to the new youth and youth organization, the HJ .

Completely new are the scenes that show the students in the cabaret, where the “lucky guys” can be celebrated, while only Hans Berding remains in the company of Gerda Roeder to talk to her.

criticism

Karlheinz Wendtland found in his book Geliebter Kintopp : "Perhaps the nicest thing about the film is the many unknown faces of the students."

The film received approval from contemporary critics when it premiered. “In spite of the novel by Biernath, a film was made here that not only breathes the new good spirit, but also unobtrusively propagates it,” it said in Der Film No. 1135. The International Film Magazine of 1935 read: “The fresh, unencumbered production Robert A. Stemmles deserves praise ”. In the Rheinisch-Westfälische Filmzeitung from 1935 an unnamed critic wrote: "The tone of the film is gripping and young ... You even feel the film in its conflict position and its ethics modern." The Berliner Morgenpost wrote in January 1935 that Stemmle's film “Cleanly and freshly formulated [be]. In the pictures showing the construction of the holiday home by the students, he [had] nice ideas ”that would breathe“ the community spirit ”of the time.

The NSDAP officials responsible for film issues did not approve of the film or even mention it.

Award

  • 1934: Award of the film testing agency in Berlin "artistically valuable"

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Friedrich P. Kahlenberg : Young people in personal responsibility? The feature film "Glückspilze" from 1934, pp. 119-133, Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Volume 9, ISBN 3-86650-344-X
  2. ↑ Glückspilze at filmportal.de
  3. ^ Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. Born in 1935 and 1936, Medium Film Verlag, Berlin, 3rd revised edition 1989, p. 3, ISBN 3-926945-08-7