Me and my wife
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Me and my wife |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eduard von Borsody |
| script | Eduard von Borsody Karl Farkas Friedrich Schreyvogel |
| production | Paula Wessely-Film, Vienna ( Otto Dürer ) |
| music |
Bruno Uher Fritz Rotter |
| camera |
Günther Anders Hannes Staudinger |
| occupation | |
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Me and my wife is an Austrian film comedy in black and white from 1953 by Eduard von Borsody . The leading roles are occupied by Paula Wessely and Attila Hörbiger . The director wrote the script together with Karl Farkas and Friedrich Schreyvogel . It is based on a film novella by Fritz Rotter . The outdoor shots were made in Reichenau an der Rax in Lower Austria. In German-speaking countries, the film was shown for the first time on August 4, 1953 in Stuttgart. The Austrian premiere took place on August 28, 1953 in Vienna.
action
The independent music dealer Hermann Naglmüller can sometimes be a real disgust for people. Professionally, he defends himself against all innovations, and at home he acts like a house tyrant. Not only the daughters Ursula, Gloria and Viktoria suffer from this, but also his wife Sophie. This shows no whims and shows understanding for everything. Breakfast has to be on the table every day at eight o'clock in the morning. One day the head of the family caught the eldest daughter reading Carl Hausleitner's bestseller “When the Heart Speaks”. A crash is inevitable. The twins Gloria and Viktoria immediately prefer to flee to school. Hermann slams the door and hurries into his shop.
As soon as the mother is alone with her eldest daughter, she has to find out that Ursula has fallen in love with a certain Kurt Amreiner and the two would like to marry, but unfortunately an early marriage fails due to the lack of money. Sophie assures her of help. The next day she goes tobogganing with the twins to take a close look at Kurt - he runs a sledge rental shop. When Hermann comes home that evening, neither his wife is there nor the table is set. The host is boiling with rage.
The very next morning Sophie goes to the bank and withdraws a large sum from a certain Carl Hausleitner's account. When all the formalities have been completed, she forgets to take the savings book with her. The cashier cannot reach the customer and therefore calls her husband in the shop. In this way Hermann learns that his wife is receiving money from a stranger. After work he goes to a bar for the first time and gets drunk. When he comes home quite late, he bursts into his twins' birthday party and makes a row. As a result, the family friends Elli and Puffi decide to play fate:
Elli accompanies her friend Sophie to a dance evening. Hermann and his friend Puffi go to the villa where the party is taking place. However, he does not go in, but climbs a tree to take a look into the ballroom. He has to watch in horror as his wife shakes a leg in the arms of a strange man. Now divorce is the only option!
When Hermann learns that the ominous Carl Hausleitner is just a pseudonym under which his wife wrote the bestseller “When the Heart Speaks” and received a prize for it, he gets a bad conscience. He goes inside and resolves to become a different person. On the phone he no longer says "Me and my wife", but "My wife and me."
Production notes
The film was produced in the Vienna Sievering studio. The exterior shots were taken on the Rax .
Awards
The Austrian Federal Ministry of Education awarded me and my wife the Count Kolowrat Sascha challenge cup for the best Austrian film in 1953.
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: "A loyal family film that gives Paula Wessely the opportunity to idealize the image of the noble, modest and life-wise wife and housewife."
source
Program for the film: The New Film Program , published by H. Klemmer & Co., Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, without a number
Web links
- I and my wife in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Me and my wife at filmportal.de