Mr. Josef's last love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mr. Josef's last love |
| Country of production | FRG , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hermann Kugelstadt |
| script |
Hans Moser Peter Loos |
| production | Rex film Bloemer & Co |
| music | Kurt Werner |
| camera | Walter Partsch |
| occupation | |
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Mr. Josef's last love is a film with Hans Moser from 1959, on which he himself worked on the script.
action
The seventy-year-old servant Josef, who served all his life in the house of the wealthy banking family Türkheim, leads an undemanding life characterized by daily routine. The daily walk to his favorite inn and the loving taunts with the waiter are the only change in his life.
One day a dog runs up to Josef on his walk, which is tormented by a gang of thugs and from then on stays by his side. Josef hides the dog in his quarters in the Türkheims' house until it is discovered by the landlord's sister Gusti. Since she, in her bitterness, blames the servant Joseph for being an old maid, she insists on removing the dog from the house. The owner of the house, who is afraid of dogs, agrees with his sister after initial hesitation.
With a heavy heart, Mr. Josef gives his dog to an old lady and promises to visit him at least every Sunday. However, when the dog runs away from there and returns to him the same evening, Josef again goes to his landlord - whom he served exactly five decades to the day - in order to be able to keep the dog. When he was refused and advised instead to take the animal to a home for stray dogs, he left the room disappointed - "You gave me notice, the dog would never do that".
The old servant no longer sees any meaning in his life and asks the caretaker's daughter to hand over his dog to the home for abandoned animals. As soon as she is on her way, Mr. Josef turns on the gas taps in his quarters and starts a letter to the banker Türkheim, in which he wants to ask his forgiveness for his suicide. Soon, dazed by the gas, he passes out and hears a divine voice that tells him that he has not yet been called and will have a good life. At the same time, Mr. Josef's dog tears away at the handover in the desolate animal shelter and runs barking directly in front of the servant's door, whereupon the caretaker and others break open the door, turn off the gas and save the servant.
In the finale, the banker, shocked by the caretaker's daughter - whom he loves and wants to marry - learns of the incident, allows Josef to keep the dog in the house and not only announces the marriage to his sister, but also advises her to leave the house to leave and move to Salzburg. The last scene shows a happy servant with his satisfied dog in the park.
background
After Das Gäßchen zum Paradies (1936), Mr. Josef's last love is the second film with Hans Moser in which the plot revolves around a dog . Moser, who was a great dog lover, wrote the script himself , which gives this film a personal touch of the actor and, in addition to the acting performance, ensures that the film has an outstanding position in Moser's career.
However, to the great regret of Loos and Moser, the book had to be rewritten three times. Schönbrunn film: "Moser alone no longer draws, we need lovers." This pair of lovers consists of the caretaker's daughter and Mr Türkheim. Even the suicide, which the servant Joseph was originally supposed to commit, was not approved in Catholic Austria.
Reviews
The comedian Moser couldn't completely jump over his shadow in this film either, and so one or the other laugh can be found in the dialogues with the cabaret artist Ernst Waldbrunn.
The reviews of Mr. Josef's last love were very mixed. While on the one hand Moser's acting skills were praised and the depth of the plot was appreciated, on the other hand the film was rated as “too sentimental”, “too serious” and “boring”.
"By responding to the tone of the Viennese Gemütsstück, Hans Moser contributes most to the otherwise moderate entertainment film full of sentimentality."
additional
As in the Hans Moser film Burgtheater , which was made 20 years earlier, the well-known melody Sag when parting softly Servus from Peter Kreuder , which is repeatedly heard in different instrumentation, plays a main musical role.
Web links
- Mr. Josef's last love at filmportal.de
- Mr. Joseph's last love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mr. Josef's last love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .