In the White Horse (1952)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In the white Rößl |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Willi Forst |
| script |
Horst Budjuhn , Erik Charell , Harry Halm |
| production | Carlton-Film GmbH, Munich ( Günther Stapenhorst ) Deutsche Styria-Film GmbH, Munich ( Heinrich Haas ) Erik Charell production |
| music |
Ralph Benatzky , Werner Eisbrenner |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut |
Margot von Schlieffen , Doris Zeltmann |
| occupation | |
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Im Weißen Rößl is a German operetta film adaptation by Willi Forst from 1952 . Rößl landlady Josefa Vogelhuber is managed by Johanna Matz , Dr. Otto Siedler embodied by Johannes Heesters and head waiter Leopold by Walter Müller . Rudolf Forster can be seen as the emperor.
action
Leopold, the new head waiter at the "Weißen Rößl" in Sankt Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut , is in love with the Rößl landlady Josefa. He sends her red roses every day. But Josefa believes they are a gift from her regular guest Dr. Otto Siedler, with whom Josefa is in love. She always reserves the only room on the balcony for him, prepares his favorite dishes and adapts the entire hotel routine to suit him. Leopold despises Dr. Settlers before they even arrive at the hotel. He is delighted to greet a guest at the Rößl with Mr. Giesecke, who is currently with Dr. Settler lies in litigation. Giesecke stayed at the Rößl with his daughter Ottilie. Dr. Siedler falls in love with the young woman, which Josefa escapes, but is supported by Leopold, so he and Piccolo Gustl accommodate both of them in adjoining holiday rooms and thus enable them to have a rendezvous.
However, Giesecke has other plans for his daughter. He wants to pair her with the son of his worst competitor. To this end, he closes with Dr. Settlers signed an armistice so that it could bring young Sigismund and Ottilie together. Sigismund, however, fell in love with Klärchen, the daughter of his former professor Hinzelmann, on the train ride. Dr. Siedler continues to woo Ottilie. Josefa has no idea of this and continues to organize the business only around Dr. Settlers well being around. Leopold has enough - he quits because he hopes that Josefa will finally recognize the importance of the head waiter for day-to-day business. Josefa, however, motionlessly accepts his resignation. After a night on the street, Leopold is in luck: the emperor has announced himself personally in town for a folk festival and wants to spend the night in the “Weißen Rößl”. Josefa is now dependent on Leopold, and he dictates his conditions: Dr. Siedler is supposed to move out of the Rößl, and Josefa is supposed to go to the festival with him - Leopold. Josefa accepts. At the festival she first realized that Dr. Siedler is in love with Ottilie. She reacts horrified, and Leopold understands from her reaction that he will never have a chance with her. He resigns for good.
The day after the feast, Dr. Settler Giesecke that he intends to marry Ottilie. Sigismund, in turn, announces his marriage intentions with Klärchen. Josefa comes to the party unplanned and is now so depressed that the emperor asks her about her grief while serving the forked breakfast . She stands between two men and cannot decide. With a saying in the hotel's family book, the emperor advised her not to strive for unattainable highs when happiness was actually very close. She now knows that Leopold is right for her. He's just waiting to receive the job reference from her, and she now tells him in writing that he has been dismissed as head waiter, but that he can become her husband for life. It comes to a happy ending .
production
In the white horse was created after the comedy In the white horse by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg as well as the play of the same name by Hans Müller and Erik Charell . As early as 1926, the silent film Im Weisse Rößl was made based on the comedy of the same name. In 1935, Carl Lamac staged the Singspiel in the German-Austrian joint production Im Weiße Rößl .
Originally Paula Wessely was intended for the role of Rössl landlady, but was contractually bound to another production company, which is why the role of landlady was rewritten for the younger Johanna Matz.
The film was shot in September and October 1952 in the Carlton film studio in Munich-Schwanthaler Höhe. Some of the outdoor shots were taken at the original location in St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut , but mostly in Kochel am See, Bavaria . Before and during the filming, there were always tensions: At first Karl Hartl and Helmut Käutner jumped out as directors of the film because they did not want to work with the artistic director Erik Charell, who was considered difficult . Willi Forst in turn came into conflict with the actors because he did not allow them to interpret the roles themselves. “He plays everything for you, your own work is gone. It's like a machine: Tönchen, Tönchen, pause, pause, face, face ”, said Johanna Matz in an interview. Heinrich Haas , who co-financed the film, wanted to cast the role of Ottilie with Nadja Tiller , but director Forst got Marianne Wischmann through.
The buildings were created by Robert Herlth , Kurt Herlth and Willi Schatz . Klaus Stapenhorst acted as production manager .
In the White Rößl had its premiere on December 18, 1952 in the Stachus-Filmpalast in Munich. In 1960 the operetta was made into a film again by Werner Jacobs under the title Im Weißen Rößl . In 1964, the Danish production Sommer i Tyrol by director Erik Balling followed .
criticism
“At the sight of Majesty and the Biedermeier chubby Hannerl Matz and the pre-world war period, you can dream of the good old days. Clear Agfacolor colors, devastating screens, ”said Der Spiegel .
The Lexicon of International Films described the film as "confusions and confusions of love in the style of a musical homeland film".
Cinema wrote: "Despite Grandseigneur Heesters, the version of the popular operetta is disappointing."
Web links
- The White Horse Inn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In the white Rößl at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Das Liabe in der Matz . In: Der Spiegel , No. 51, December 17, 1952.
- ^ Franz Zwetschi Marischka: Always smile , Munich, Vienna 2001, p. 119 f.
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 270
- ↑ New in Germany: In the white Rössl . In: Der Spiegel , No. 2, January 7, 1953.
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 4. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1776.
- ↑ See cinema.de