King of Hearts (1947)
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| Original title | King of Hearts |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Helmut Weiss |
| script | Helmut Weiss |
| production | Artur Brauner for CCC-Film , Berlin |
| music | Gerhard Winkler |
| camera | Robert Baberske |
| cut | Walter Wischniewsky |
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Herzkönig is a film comedy by the film director Helmut Weiss , who also wrote the screenplay and the literary source for the literary film adaptation , from 1947. In the mistaken comedy , Hans Nielsen embodies the two main actors of the film, King Michael XXXVII, in a double role . and the similarly looking writer Peter Petroni.
action
The writer Peter Petroni is the reigning King Michael XXXVII. a thorn in the side, because he often publishes writings in which he depicts the king as a man of pleasure and bon vivant, who also suffers from alcohol . When these writings finally go too far for the king, he decreed by virtue of his office that Peter Petroni may no longer publish any writings.
The plot of the film takes a turn when the king again over-favors alcohol. When he then forgets his own wedding date, his police minister tries to limit the damage: He asks the writer Peter Petroni, who looks very much like the king, to take over the role of the king at the wedding ceremony.
Despite the ban on the publication of his writings, Peter Petroni agrees and stands in front of the altar together with the king's bride, Princess Carola. When he saw her there for the first time, however, he was torn from her. For him it's love at first sight.
Production notes
The film was made in the Berlin-Tempelhof studio. The exterior shots come from Berlin and the surrounding area. Ernst H. Albrecht and Max Vorwerg created the buildings, Erich Holder was production manager. Herzkönig was first performed on August 25, 1947 in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden. This happened in the SBZ cinemas on March 11, 1949 in East Berlin . In the Austrian cinema he came on December 19, 1947. Shot was in the period from 20 January to 17 March 1947 in Berlin and the surrounding area. The strip was Artur Brauner's first independent production and the first German feature film made under a French license.
Reviews
“Frivolous love and mistaken comedy in the operetta style. An unsuitable attempt to revive the German dream factory after 1945 with sparse post-war equipment and even sparse charm. "
“The post-war comedy gets off to a slow start. There is a lack of lust, play, charm and humor. "
Remarks
One of the most famous German actors of the 20th century, Georg Thomalla , embodies the lieutenant in the film. Thomalla achieved the ultimate breakthrough in the film industry when television established itself as a mass medium in Germany.
Web links
- King of Hearts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- King of Hearts at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946–1955 , p. 8 f.
- ↑ Herzkönig (1947) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 5, 2015 .
- ↑ King of Hearts. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 5, 2015 .
- ↑ King of Hearts. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ King of Hearts - Film. In: cinema.de. Retrieved July 5, 2015 .
- ↑ Portrait of the actor Georg Thomalla by Thomas Staedeli. In: cyranos.ch. Retrieved July 5, 2015 .