Always trouble with the timpani
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Always trouble with the timpani |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Harald Vock |
| script |
August Rieger , Janne Furch |
| production | Lisa Film ( Karl Spiehs ) |
| music | Gerhard Heinz , Claudius Alzner |
| camera | Kurt Junek |
| cut | Arnd Heyne |
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Always Trouble with the Timpani is a German comedy film that was filmed in Austria in late summer 1968 under the direction of Harald Vock . The Lisa Film production was the first of several films with which the producer Karl Spiehs wanted to build on the success of the film series Die Lümmel von der Erste Bank . The film opened in German cinemas on October 18, 1968 . In 1969 he was awarded the Golden Screen for more than three million viewers . A total of around four million cinema-goers saw the film.
content
Student Peter Hartung is persuaded by his friend Hans Werner to go to school for several weeks in his place. Werner has already failed the senior year two times and is much more interested in writing an important report . Once it comes out successfully, his father, the consul , can no longer have anything against his ambitions. Peter, whose little brother Paul is also attending boarding school, lets himself be persuaded to swap roles when he meets beautiful Christa in a boarding house, who wants to go to boarding school. What Peter doesn't know: Christa is part of the teaching staff there and is with student teacher Dr. Berger engaged, but broke up with him because of his fishing passion.
The start of the school year starts differently than planned. Paul has secretly sent a telegram to the entire teaching staff that the school will not start until a few days later due to construction work. On the first day only Dr. Berger, who ignored every post about his fishing. He and Director Schwabmann now share all the hours available and are repeatedly hindered in their work by Paul and his friends. Much more than Schwabmann, who loves animals and children, they target Fräulein von Ebendorf, who obtrusively pays court to Schwabmann. They dye tomatoes for her and put pickles in their honey pots .
Meanwhile, Dr. Berger Peter made life difficult. He saw him dance with Christa and, after looking at Hans Werner's testimonies, is convinced that Peter was a failure. When Dr. Berger hears a conversation between Peter and Paul in which Paul calls his brother by his real name, Dr. Berger spontaneously arrested Peter in the room , as he knows that Hans Werner's father, the consul, has announced that he will be in the next few days. Peter and Paul take revenge on Dr. Berger by installing a microphone in a mailbox and Dr. Make Berger think that Peter is hidden in the box. Before the police arrested the confused Dr. Berger can take with her to the insane asylum, Christa clarifies the situation. She had seen Paul with the eavesdropping device and now tells Peter that she was talking to Dr. Berger is engaged. She suspects that Peter is actually not in love with her, but with the cheeky Dagmar, who has already forced him to use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation . Peter's identity remains a secret, as the consul has long been initiated into everything by Hans Werner and Peter is now welcomed as his son - another case in which Dr. Berger ends up being a liar. And Paul is also satisfied: In one last prank, he and a friend flooded the ballroom of the boarding school and hung cans on Peter's car.
History of origin
prehistory
The enormous success of the film To Hell with the Paukern by producer Franz Seitz, which was released in April 1968, also encouraged other film producers to bring similar films onto the market. The fastest was the Austrian Karl Spiehs , who, with his Munich- based Lisa Film GmbH , was able to start shooting the film Always Trouble with the Paukern in the late summer of the same year .
In addition to the well-known actors Uschi Glas and Georg Thomalla , who already appeared in the real “Lümmel” film, Spiehs was able to hire the popular pop singer Roy Black for his film production , who was to play his first leading role and sing two current songs. The script was written by experienced comedy writers August Rieger and Janne Furch . The then head of entertainment at NDR television, Harald Vock , was hired as director, making his film debut.
Filming
The filming took place from August 5 to September 16, 1968 in Gmunden and Altmünster on the Traunsee in Austria . A film studio was not required. Because of the constant rain, 15 scenes that were supposed to take place by the lake had to be moved to the school, where the unusual scenes were halfway replaced by corresponding stories.
Film music
In addition to the original film music by Gerhard Heinz and Claudius Alzner in the film the sung by Roy Black Schlager found Wonderful is the world , a cover of Armstrong -Hits What a wonderful world , and you're there use. Both titles appeared on a single on the Polydor label at the time .
reception
The FSK approved the film after an examination on October 14, 1968, from the age of 6. The film was marketed by Ilse Kubaschewski's Gloria Filmverleih in competition with the real “Lümmel” series from Constantin Filmverleihe and also proved to be a great commercial success. Karl Spiehs continued to produce comedies with well-known pop stars, based on the example of Immer Ärger mit den Paukern , including the unofficial "Pauker" films Our Paukers go up in the air and music, music - the penne wobbles (both 1970).
The real "Lümmel" series was continued with the movie Zum Teufel mit der Penne , which was released in December 1968 .
Reviews
"Moderate comedy entertainment with some sex and a lot of gossip."
"Goofs out of the moth box."
"A film like a bad student prank."
“Boarding school pranks by youthful youngsters. Alongside this runs a thin-blooded love and jealousy story. Only for very undemanding viewers without any recommendation. "
DVD
- Always trouble with the timpani. MCP Sound & Media. 2003. Order number: 162.021
literature
- The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films . Recorded by Roman Closer. Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-8000-7228-6
Web links
- Trouble with the drummers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Always trouble with the drummers at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 80 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 77 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2184 meters
- ↑ The most successful German films since 1968 on insidekino.com
- ↑ Joachim Kramp: The louts are on the loose! in the Lümmel blog Reloaded
- ↑ Entry on the film in the Lümmel blog Reloaded
- ↑ The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films (p. 90)
- ↑ Always trouble with the timpani. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 497/1968