Hellish love

Movie
Original title	Hellish love
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	1949
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Géza from Cziffra
script	Géza from Cziffra
production	Géza from Cziffra
music	Hanns Elin
camera	Berend Lajos Berger
cut	Arnfried Heyne
occupation
Elfie Mayerhofer : Marina Martin, singer Hans Holt : Michael Frank, painter Vera Molnar : Lucretia, Beelzebub's daughter Karl Schönböck : Daniel, the envoy from hell Hans Olden : Oberteufel Beelzebub Petra Trautmann : Mary Schulthal, manager Fritz Imhoff : Theater director Bachmann Erich Kunz : Belial, envoy from hell Richard Eybner : Minister Samuel Harry Fuss : Asmodée Egon von Jordan : Hotel Manager Hans Hais : Hotel porter Erich Dörner : Stage manager Hanns Elin: composer Herbert Schill : Lyricist Dolores Hubert : model Ernst Waldbrunn : Schneider Pistlatschek Otto Glaser : old waiter Franz Böheim : Peter Berg, screenwriter Carl Günther : Head of Production Hilde Jaeger : Secretary Walter Sudra : Nabukodonozor Inge Egger : operator Karlheinz Böhm : Messenger of flowers

Höllische Liebe is an Austrian musical film comedy from 1949 by Géza von Cziffra with Elfie Mayerhofer , Hans Holt and Karl Schönböck in the leading roles. The film is based on Cziffra's play Anita and the Devil .

action

Marina Martin is not only a gifted Viennese singer, but also a celebrated revue star. When one day she falls in love with the good, decent and humble painter Michael Frank and even considers giving up her career because of him, not only is her theater director Nachmann angry, but also literally the devil is going on in hell. Because the boss himself, who can closely follow what is happening above the earth via television, does not take any pleasure in this liaison and absolutely wants to interfere. Because Marina is considered a “male murdering” diva, as her infernal index card attests. The ruler of the underworld, Beelzebub, calls his co-workers together to discuss what to do in this case. The boss then orders his diabolical ambassadors Daniel and Belial to go to earth to cause unrest on site.

Daniel is supposed to seduce Marina in the form of a baritone, he borrows the singing voice from Belial. They want to prove that Marina is not capable of pure and altruistic love at all. Daniel soon finds so much pleasure in his role on earth and in earthly life in general that he no longer wants to return the borrowed voice to Belial after the work is done. As a result, there is soon a lot of trouble among the infernal rascals. When the television went down, everything seemed to get out of hand, and Beelzebub was very annoyed because obviously nobody was following his instructions. In order to save what can be saved, he finally sends his minister Samuel and his seductive daughter Lucretia to earth to complete his sinister plans. But despite all attempts at seduction, the rather earthly love finally prevails.

Production notes

Infernal love was created in mid-1949 in the studios of Vienna-Sievering and Vienna-Schönbrunn as well as in southern France (exterior shots). The premiere took place on November 17, 1949 in Vienna, the German premiere was on May 26, 1950 in Nuremberg.

Carl Hofer took over the production management. Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff designed the film structures, Fred Adlmüller the costumes. Otto Untersalmberger took care of the sound. Dia Luca designed the choreography.

criticism

In the lexicon of the international film it says: "A reasonably entertaining, but undemanding musical comedy that tries to derive its joke mainly from personalities and supposed frivolities."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hellish love. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: Hellish love. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
3. ^ Alfred Bauer: German Feature Film Almanac, Volume 2: 1946–1955, p. 212. Munich 1981
4. ↑ Hellish love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 5, 2020 .  

Web links

• Infernal Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Hellish love at filmportal.de