Hasenklein can't help it (1932)

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Movie
Original title Hasenklein can't help it
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1932
length 82 minutes
Rod
Director Max Neufeld
script Jane Bess
Richard Arvay
production Ben Fett
music Karl M. May
camera Eduard Hoesch
cut Alwin Elling
occupation

Hasenklein can't help it is a German film satire from 1932 by Max Neufeld with Lien Deyers , Jakob Tiedtke and Ilka Grüning in their second and last German sound film role. The story is based on the play of the same name by Hans Mahner Mons .

action

The brawny master tailor Titus Hasenklein from Krebsbüttel in the deepest German province visits his daughter Trude, who works as a secretary in an automobile factory in the state capital Waldenthal. When he wanted to go out one evening and went to a pub because of it, the provincial man accidentally got into a party event. He orders a Maß and a fly ends up in Hasenkleins' alcoholic drink. Old Titus is so angry about this that he resorts to a strong expression and casts it out like a curse. The party members believe that this is a solid, approving comment from one of their own and as a result carry it through the bar like a triumphant. A political career is born, and it is promoted like hell: Harry Greif, the head of advertising at the car factory Trude works for, is also the secretary of that pub party. He sees a great talent in Titus and in the long term wants to bring out the tailor as a man of the people. Hasenklein, who, as the film title suggests, cannot help it happening to him, first promoted to state parliament member, then to state parliament president.

The simple from Krebsbüttel has no idea that Harry Greif only gives him this support because he wants to do his friend, the racing driver Alex von Schendell, who in turn loves Hasenklein’s daughter Trude, a favor. The Hasenkleins have objections to this connection because of the difference in class between their Trude and the noble racing driver. However, a Landtag President Hasenklein suddenly makes Trude a socially more acceptable game. From now on, Greif is always Hasenklein’s helping hand. He writes his speeches and saves him from many a political trap and one or two faux pas. Only when Mrs. Hasenklein suffers a touch of megalomania and suddenly strives for her daughter to be married to a diplomat, Greif is enough. It is in his power to publicly dup Hasenklein with a false speech and make it impossible so that he loses his high political office and returns to his tailor's workshop in Krebsbüttel like a beaten dog. He's much happier in this world too. Trude no longer has to marry the unloved diplomat, but is allowed to swap rings with Alex and become Mrs von Schendell.

Production notes

Hasenklein can't do anything about it. It was created in the Jofa studios in Berlin-Johannisthal from February 8, 1932, and was shown in Berlin for the first time on May 9, 1932. Before that, however, there had been premieres in Wiesbaden and Frankfurt.

Kurt Heinz took over the production management. Kurt M. May took over the musical arrangement of his own compositions. Dajos Béla played with his orchestra. Heinrich C. Richter created the film structures.

In 1956 the same material was filmed again under the title father makes a career . In 1963 a television version of the material was made with Willy Reichert as the little rabbit.

Music track

The following music titles distributed by Beboton-Verlag Berlin were played:

  • The old music box
  • Women of today
  • In love for the first time

Rudolf Bernauer wrote the lyrics . Both titles were interpreted by Willy Fritsch.

Reviews

The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: “A Komödienstoff, the spoof of parliamentarism, is used in the film swank“ Hasenklein can't help it ”. What is remarkable about this film is the new theme, the advance into an area that is considered dangerous. (...) Jakob Tiedtke ... knows how to make the basically simple-minded figure sympathetic to the audience. "

Paimann's film lists found that the film was a "satyrical comedy with current allusions" and summed up: "Quite briskly staged, flowing, funny dialogue."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme 3rd year 1932. P. 97 (055.32), Berlin 1990
  2. ↑ "Hasenklein can't help it". In:  Österreichische Film-Zeitung , May 21, 1932, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fil
  3. ^ Review in Paimann's Filmlisten, No. 849, 1932

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