The Radetzky March sounds high
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Radetzky March sounds high |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Bolváry |
| script |
Kurt Nachmann Hellmut Andics |
| production | Sascha-Lux-Film Vienna |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera |
Hannes Staudinger Rudolf Sandtner |
| cut | Hermi Sandtner |
| occupation | |
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The Radetzkymarsch sounds high is an Austrian comedy film by Géza von Bolváry from 1958, which is set during the time of the Austrian Empire .
action
Vienna during the Biedermeier period in the middle of the 19th century: When Carl von Heimendorf, lieutenant in the "Prinz Eugen" regiment, is raised by his comrades because of his constant failure with women, he bets that he will have won a woman by midnight. He immediately tries to ensnare the maid of his aunt Leonie von Heymendorf, Franzi Lechner, with a clichéd saying, but the young woman lets him stand. Still, Carl claims to his comrades that he seduced a housemaid. This in turn enrags Lieutenant Stephan Fischbacher: On the same day he had trouble with his girlfriend, the famous singer Lina Strobl, and therefore wanted to seduce any girl out of revenge. His choice fell on Franzi, whom he tried to ensnare with the same saying as Carl, for which he was slapped by her. In his anger at Franzi, Stephan now writes a song about the laziness and easy seduction of the maids. Sung by Lina Strobl in a popular Prater theater , the song quickly became a hit and annoyed all of the city's maids.
The maids start the uprising under the leadership of Franzi, who has long since fallen in love with Stephan and receives a proposal from him. They boycott a performance by Lina, and Franzi's best friend Mitzi is arrested and locked up by the police. Now the maids stop their work and that just as an evening ball is given in honor of the diplomat Count Hatzberg zu Eberstein von Gut Lindenstein. The ball is intended to introduce the Lindensteiner Princess Clementina Augusta to her future husband, who is to become none other than Carl von Heymendorf. Since the maids are on strike, there is soon a lack of candles in the hall and food on the tables. The host, Field Marshal Radetzky, demands to speak to the author of the uprising and soon sees Franzi in front of him. Initially, she advocates a ban on the song, the text of which she does not want to reproduce. Stephan, who is also present, is asked to read the text, after all, he is the author of the song. Franzi is horrified and now tells Radetzky that officers of the "Prinz Eugen" regiment would promise marriage to innocent housemaids without keeping this promise. Radetzky, to whom similar complaints had been made before, responded promptly: The officer who had promised a housemaid to marry should not only be forced to marry, but should also take off his uniform. He gives the guilty party a deadline in which to report to him.
Finally, different men contact Radetzky. Carl von Heymendorf also believes that the appeal is meant for him, since he hypothetically asked the question of marriage during his brief flirtation and also boasted of a false seduction in front of his comrades. In the end, however, the real culprit is revealed to be Stephan. In the meantime, Franzi has traveled to her grandfather, the winemaker Franz Lechner. Radetzky picks her up there and brings her back to Vienna, where she is to be married to Carl von Heymendorf on his orders, since he had finally offered her the marriage and therefore she only gets her own request. Franzi realizes that she only loves Stephan and explains this to Carl in the church. The field marshal's ruse is quickly cleared up, as Stephan is already waiting in the church as a bridegroom. Franzi and Stephan are married and leave the church as a married couple.
production
The Radetzky March sounds high , based on an idea by Emeric Roboz . The film was shot in Vienna and in the Rosenhügel film studios and had its premiere on September 19, 1958 in the Atlantic Ocean in Nuremberg .
The film music comes from Franz Grothe. The hit song is sung by the maids several times in the film . It is interpreted by Walter Müller and Winnie Markus, among others. Walther Reyer sings the text to Franz Grothe's waltz Das Schönste auf der Welt . In addition, the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss (father) can be heard in various arrangements.
DVD
- The most beautiful music films of the 50s , release date February 3, 2011, provider: Kinowelt (in addition to high, the Radetzkymarsch sounds 4 other films)
- The Radetzkymarsch sounds high , publication date November 17, 2006, provider: Kinowelt Home Entertainment
criticism
The lexicon of international films called Hoch the Radetzkymarsch sounds a "cozy and undemanding musical pleasure game".
On the occasion of a re-screening of the film on television, Der Spiegel called it a "Kuk-Schwank (1958) from the heyday of German schnulz cinema".
Web links
- High of Radetzkymarsch sounds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Radetzky March sounds high on filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Radetzkymarsch DVD filmportal.de sounds high
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 3. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1632. See also the Radetzky March sounds high. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 19, 2017 .
- ↑ On TV this week . In: Der Spiegel , No. 52, 1973, p. 103.