Hooray! I am dad!

Movie
Original title	Hooray! I am dad!
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1939
length	81 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Kurt Hoffmann
script	Thea of ​​Harbou
production	Cine-Allianz Tonfilm Produktion GmbH
music	Hans Lang
camera	Oskar Schnirch
cut	Helmuth Schönnenbeck
occupation
Heinz Rühmann : Peter Ohlsen, student Albert Florath : Ludwig Ohlsen, Peter's father Walter Schuller : Hänschen, Peter's son Carola Höhn : Kathrin Gebhardt, kindergarten teacher Hansi Arnstaedt : Mrs. Koch, Peter's housekeeper Ursula Grabley : Nina, Peter's friend Marianne Stanior : Charlott, Peter's friend Bruno Fritz : Willi, Peter's chauffeur Ludwig Schmitz : Lütjohann, landlord Ilse Stobrawa : Margret, Peter's former girlfriend Olga Limburg : Lady in the dining car Ursula Ulrich : Peter's friend Karin Lüsebrink : Peter's girlfriend Sophie Cieslak : Peter's girlfriend Marianne Kiwitt : Peter's girlfriend Eberhard Leithoff : Peter's friend Wolfgang Keppler : Peter's friend Rudolf Schündler : Peter's friend Wolf Ackva : Peter's friend Rolf von Nauckhoff : Peter's friend Karl Jüstel : Ludwig Ohlsen's chauffeur Michael von Newlinski : head waiter Willy Witte : Waiter in the hotel room Christa Dilthey : nanny

Hooray! I am dad! is a German comedy film from 1939 . Heinz Rühmann played the main role in the black and white film directed by Kurt Hoffmann . The premiere took place on November 16, 1939 in Berlin's Gloria-Palast .

content

The eternal student Peter Ohlsen leads a lotter life and has been on the pocket of his father, the extremely wealthy farm owner Ludwig Ohlsen, for years. He gives Peter, who wants to go on a world tour, a final deadline to come to his senses and decide to work on the farm. Peter doesn't think about listening to his father's admonishing words. While he is celebrating a boozy farewell party, an unknown woman appears at Ludwig Ohlsen's to have an obviously serious conversation with him about Peter.

When Peter comes home from the party the next morning, he finds a three-year-old boy in his bed. This goes by the name of Hänschen and was handed over to the housekeeper with a letter. The letter, which is only signed with an "M", says that Peter is the boy's father and that from now on he will have to look after the child. Peter decides not to start the world tour and instead to go to the Rhine with his son. Margret lives there, whom he takes to be his mother. However, the guess turns out to be wrong and Peter travels back.

On the train, he meets the kindergarten teacher Kathrin Gebhardt, who takes loving care of Hänschen and who Peter quickly hires as a nanny. Once at home, Peter looks like a different person. He throws his drunken friends out of the apartment, begins to work on his thesis and takes loving care of his son. Little does he suspect that Kathrin, a forgotten carnival acquaintance, is the mother of the child and is making common cause with his father.

After Peter has successfully passed his diploma examination, he finds a letter from his father. It is written in it that everything is a mistake and that Hänschen is not his son. But in the end Ludwig Ohlsen clears up his son about the plot. Peter and Kathrin are actually Hänschen's parents and are getting married.

History of origin

production

After the extremely successful Heinz Rühmann film Paradies der Bachelors , Hurray was! I am dad! the second film by director Kurt Hoffmann . The production company was the Berlin- based Cine-Allianz Tonfilm Produktion GmbH, whose production and production manager was Ernst Garden . The shooting took place from July 28th to mid-September 1939 in the Ufa studio in Berlin-Tempelhof and in the Terra-Glashaus in Berlin-Marienfelde . The film architects were Alfred Bütow and Heinrich Beisenherz . The later actress Margot Hielscher designed the costumes, Alexander Schmoll was responsible for the still photos .

music

The film music was composed by Hans Lang . The lyrics to the song Today I Am Blue, sung by several actors, and to the piece Am Rhein I am so happy to be sung by a choir come from the pen of Erich Meder .

Reviews

"Harmless and humorous entertainment film, cleverly arranged between smiles and emotions."

- Lexicon of international film

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Hooray! I am dad! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Hooray! I am dad! at filmportal.de
• Hooray! I am dad! ( Memento from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-tonfilm.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 81 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 78 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2222 meters
2. ↑ Release certificate for Hurray! I am dad! Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 084 V / DVD / UMD).
3. ↑ Today I am blue and on the Rhine I enjoy being in the repertoire of the music publishers Hans Sikorski
4. ↑ Hooray! I am dad! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 14, 2017 .