Countess Mariza (1958)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Countess Mariza |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Rudolf Schündler |
| script | Janne Furch |
| production |
Günther Stapenhorst for Carlton Film |
| music | Emmerich Kálmán |
| camera | Erich Küchler |
| cut | Adolph Schlyßleder |
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Countess Mariza is a German operetta adaptation by Rudolf Schündler from 1958 . Rudolf Schock and Christine Görner are cast in the leading roles, Gunther Philipp , Renate Ewert and Kurt Großkurth in leading roles. After 1925 and 1932, it was the third film adaptation of Emmerich Kálmán's operetta Countess Mariza . 1974 was another film adaptation for television.
action
Countess Mariza is hardly interested in her estate in Hungary . The impoverished Count Michael started work there as administrator, but without having his job secured by contract. Nevertheless, he brings in the harvest that could otherwise spoil, but does not think much of the unknown countess. Only the old servant Ferdinand practices a welcome song for the countess every day with the children of the village, in whose appearance Michael no longer believes. When Ferdinand sends a message to Mariza that she should definitely not come to the estate, she immediately sets off with her housemaid Franzi.
She appears on the estate and is enthusiastically received by Ferdinand. Prince Dragomir, whom Mariza still calls Uncle Dragomir according to earlier custom, has also arrived and immediately proposes to Mariza. She is surprised that she is not safe from admirers even on the estate and has a magazine print her engagement to a Kolomán Zsupán, a name she borrowed from the operetta The Gypsy Baron , without knowing that it was a man of that name actually there. So she hopes to finally have peace from her admirers.
Life on the estate frees Mariza so that she puts on one of the simple clothes she used to wear and walks barefoot across the fields. So she meets the manager Michael, who thinks she is a maid of the property and is enthusiastic about her casual manner. He falls in love with her, since he has never been able to speak to the countess despite several requests. She continues to play her role, calls herself Etelka and secretly meets Michael several times. He gives her red boots and confesses his love to her.
In Budapest , meanwhile, poor Kolomán Zsupán is trying again to scrounge money and cigars from his best friend Istwan . In the meantime he is so much in the chalk with his tailor and in various cafés that nobody wants to give him credit anymore. With the last of his money, he buys a ticket that promptly earns him the prize of an award-winning sheep . The young Lisa was also lucky enough to win a mutton. Since mutton and sheep were always kept together, they do not want to part anymore and so Kolomán and Lisa soon become a couple. They are delighted when all of a sudden all Koloman's lenders are extremely courteous and willingly provide the couple and the animals with food. When Lisa reads in the newspaper that Kolomán is allegedly engaged to Countess Mariza, she packs her things and her mutton and leaves. Kolomán decides to visit the unknown fiancée.
Lisa went to Mariza's estate to cry at her brother - who is none other than Michael. Mariza surprises both of them and thinks Lisa is Michael's bride. She has the red boots returned to him and is now celebrating her engagement publicly. Kolomán promptly appears at the party and is persuaded to play her fiancé until Mariza's departure, as Mariza offers him the prospect of paying his debts. At the same time she treats Michael condescendingly and humiliates him; he in turn turns away from her. Kolomán and Lisa soon find each other and clear up the misunderstanding. Mariza also witnesses the confessions and now knows that Lisa is Michael's sister. She explains all the mix-ups and deceptions to Michael, but Michael realizes that he never loved Mariza, only Etelka. A short time later, Mariza returns to him, in her simple dress and barefoot, and asks him for her boots. The two are reconciled.
Production notes
The shooting took place in October 1958 in Burgenland ; further recordings were made in the Bendestorf studio . Wolf Englert was responsible for the film construction . The lyrics are by Robert Gilbert . The first award was made by Constantin Film Verleih GmbH (Munich).
reception
publication
The world premiere was on December 17, 1958. Countess Mariza was shown on television for the first time on July 26, 1970 in the ARD program. On December 26, 1959, the film was released under the title Grevinnan Mariza in Sweden and on June 9, 1960 under the title Grevinde Mariza in Denmark. Further publications followed in France (La Comtesse Maritza) and in Greece (Kontessa Maritsa) .
The film was released on February 3, 2011 by Kinowelt under the title “The most beautiful music films of the 50s” on DVD along with four other operetta films. On November 21, 2008 Studiocanal / Kinowelt released the single film on DVD.
criticism
The lexicon of international films published in 1990 by the film-dienst described Countess Mariza as a “sympathetic, spirited film adaptation of the operetta of the same name.” In the new edition of the lexicon in 2001, the operetta adaptation was described as “partly sentimental, partly lively and cheerful, sometimes flamboyant, overall but reasonably entertaining ”. The evangelical film observer also judged the film largely positively: “Quite nice and brisk color film of the famous operetta by Emmerich Kalman. A harmless, cheerful evening pleasure. "
Cinema described Countess Mariza as "Puszta romanticism and well-known melodies with Rudolf Schock."
Web links
- Countess Maritza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Countess Mariza at filmportal.de
- Countess Mariza on filmposter-archiv.de
- Countess Mariza Fig.Illustrated film stage No. 4696 (Cover picture: Rudolf Schock, Christine Görner)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grevinde Mariza Fig. Danish film program
- ↑ The most beautiful music films of the 50s Fig. DVD case from Kinowelt
- ↑ Countess Mariza Fig. DVD case from Kinowelt
- ↑ Klaus Brühne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 3. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1396.
- ↑ Countess Mariza. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 4/1959
- ↑ Countess Mariza See cinema.de
