Tall fir trees
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tall fir trees |
| Original title | Kohlerliesel |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | August Rieger |
| script | August Rieger |
| production |
Ernest Müller for Rex-Film |
| music | Hans Hagen |
| camera | Viktor Korger |
| cut | Eleonore Kunze |
| occupation | |
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Hohe Tannen (original title Köhlerliesel ) is an Austrian Heimatfilm by August Rieger from 1960. Gerlinde Locker plays the displaced Köhler's daughter Liesel, Pero Alexander plays the composer Theo and Harald Dietl plays the lyricist Bert, who are looking for inspiration for a new song in the rural solitude . Supporting roles with Anita Gutwell and Wolf Albach-Retty occupied.
action
Pop composer Theo Weigand and lyricist Bert Haagen are stuck in a creative crisis. Your boss Reichert has had enough of the flat hits he has been offered lately. Only his daughter Uschi prevents him from giving up the two artists, too, as Uschi feels drawn to Bert. Theo and Bert have retired to idyllic Kirchberg am Walde for better inspiration , but the idyll is soon disturbed. While driving in their convertible , a charcoal cart loaded with wood and the “driver” sitting on it cut their way and they land in the ditch. Since both artists insulted the owner of the handcart, the alleged handcart driver steals all their clothes out of revenge during the subsequent bath in the lake, so that Theo and Bert have to drive half-naked to the village under mockery. The two men have no idea that the driver is really young Liesel.
In order to compose in peace, Theo and Bert quarter in the castle of an impoverished baron . Liesel often stays here too, as the baron, like her, is a displaced person . Liesel comes from the Giant Mountains , has no parents and now lives with the charcoal burner family in the forest. While the charcoal burner loves her, his wife is a nasty person. Theo and Bert hear Liesel rehearse the popular song " Köhlerliesel " with young Viktor, a GDR refugee, in the stable . They are enthusiastic about their natural voice, but Liesel escapes them unrecognized. The baron pretends to be a mysterious forest princess. On the run from Theo and Bert Liesel loses her wallet in the castle with the proceeds for the wood. The charcoal burner chases them out of the house; she cannot come back until she has found the money.
Back at the castle, Liesel meets Theo and Bert, who they do not recognize, mistake them for a boy and, on a whim, hire them as their servants. They put Liesel in an ancient livery and henceforth call her " Cherubim ". Friends of Liesel and Bert arrive at the castle: record producer Reichert with daughter Uschi and also the publicity-loving pop star Liane with her aunt Emilie. Liane finds Liesel's wallet and takes it for good luck. Much to Liesel's chagrin, she begins to ensnare Theo, but refuses to sing the song Hohe Tannen , originally written for Liesel . She turns to the supposedly more successful Bert, which in turn makes Uschi suffer.
Liesel now slips into various masquerades in order to win Theo. She appears to him in a glittering dress on a horse in the forest as a forest princess, appears at a village festival as the singer “Köhlerliesel” and continues to appear in the castle as a servant cherubim. When she has a mishap while serving Liana, Theo throws her out. She packs her things and finds her lost wallet on Liane's bedside table. She takes it and is now also mistaken by Theo for a thief. Only Uschi sees through the chaos and takes Liesel with her.
Record producer Reichert, who heard numerous local bands at the village festival, was so enthusiastic about their music that he launched a talent competition. The best performance should result in a record production. The "Köhlerliesel" should also perform here and sing Hohe Tannen , but since the dispute over the "stolen" wallet, it has been swallowed by the floor. Theo has long known about Liesel's identity and that the money belonged to her. After all, everything comes to a good end: Uschi has prepared Liesel for the performance. The popular Erich Storz sings Hohe Tannen , while Liesel appears with her own song "Köhlerliesel", in which she is accompanied by Viktor and his musicians. Theo, who conducts, runs onto the stage shortly after the performance and finally kisses Liesel in front of the entire audience.
production
The film, produced by the production company Rex-Film Bloemer, Co, Schönbrunn-Film-GmbH, was shot in Kirchberg am Walde in Lower Austria . The world premiere took place on October 20, 1960 in the Bochum Capitol . The film was released on DVD on December 15, 2006, published by Studiocanal - Kinowelt Home Entertainment.
The folk song Hohe Tannen is sung in the film by the Erich Storz trio - Erich Storz with Marianne Vasel and Marianne Opitz . Gerlinde Locker sings the march Köhlerliesel , which Karl Theodor Uhlisch wrote, in the film. Other titles in the film are The Snow Waltz and Our Hearts Are Homesick . You can also hear music bands from various country teams, the boys' band from St. Blasphemy and the Lustige Oberkrainer musicians under the direction of Slavko Avsenik .
criticism
The lexicon of international films described Hohe Tannen in 1990 as a “home film with ruthless successions and togetherness of nature, slapstick, light music and female underwear.” In the new edition of the lexicon in 2001, Hohe Tannen was called a “home film dripping with kitsch which comes across as the amateur piece of a club stage and unabashedly gives a mixture of love story, lederhosen, deer packs, pigeon comedy, masked ball, home philosophy, displaced people and pop music. "
For Cinema , the film was “a mendacious homeland crap, dripping with kitsch. Conclusion: The pain threshold is pretty low here. "
Web links
- Hohe Tannen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tall fir trees at filmportal.de
- Hohe Tannen Title Page New Film Program No. 2104 (in the picture: Gerlinde Locker, Pero Alexander)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hohe Tannen Fig. DVD case
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 3. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1643.
- ↑ Tall fir trees. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Tall fir trees. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on December 24, 2017 .
