Always the girls
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Always the girls |
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| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fritz Rémond junior |
| script |
Joachim Wedekind , Franz M. Schilder , Wolf Neumeister |
| production | Viennese Mundus film |
| music | Carl Loubé |
| camera | Elio Carniel |
| cut | Renate Jelinek |
| occupation | |
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Always the Girls is an Austrian comedy film by Fritz Rémond junior from 1959.
action
The Siebenstein Castle Girls' Boarding School is Dr. Peter Klausen, journalist at the magnifying glass of time, has long been a thorn in the side. Through his daughter Silvia, who grew up with his mother and attended boarding school, he learned a lot about the daughters of the top ten thousand who seem to have the say at the boarding school, questions the educational methods of the boarding school and does not find the elitist type of school either more timely. He plans to denounce the boarding school's methods in an article, but wants to do research on site. Because he was actually a teacher before embarking on his journalism career, he simply applied as a pedagogue for a position that had just become vacant. On his way to boarding school he meets the young pedagogue Dr. Vera Schröder, who, due to his flippant designation of the boarding school as a “peacock enclosure”, initially gave him wrong directions, so that his first impression on the boarding school director Siebenstein was not good. With the leader of the schoolgirls, the rebellious Lou van Dooren, he also fails due to his unobtrusive demeanor. She is now doing everything possible to get rid of him as soon as possible. Since he wore a cowboy hat when he arrived at the boarding school, the students sing the song Tom Dooley at every opportunity and try to provoke him. However, he countered the hostility confidently and also prevailed in the classroom, where all of the pupils suddenly unpack their make-up items at Lou's signal and ignore him.
Over time, Peter and Vera get closer, but some of the schoolgirls also fall in love with Peter, including the blonde Nicola. The closeness of Peter and Silvia is viewed critically, as nobody in the castle knows that they are both father and daughter. Only when Peter proves to be the stronger in a fight in a jazz club do the girls show him more respect.
Peter publishes his first article in the Lupe der Zeit under the code name Marabu , in which he sharply criticizes the processes at Siebenstein Castle. Nobody knows who wrote the article, as it also contains things that happened in the castle long before Peter's time. English teacher Ms. Henderson suspects the inconspicuous etiquette teacher Habicht as the author and falls in love with him. Vera, in turn, confesses his love to Peter when he is recording thoughts for the next article on his tape. Vera's love confession is recorded unplanned and discovered a little later by the girls who secretly search Peter's room. You play the confession in a music recording, which is played a little later during dance rehearsals in front of all the students. Mrs. Siebenstein tries to save the situation by spontaneously announcing the planned engagement of Vera and Peter, but everyone is shaken. Vera realizes shortly afterwards that Peter is the author Marabu and is disappointed. Peter finally submits the resignation, takes it back when Vera nevertheless confesses her love for him, and is finally dismissed by Baroness Siebenstein when she learns the Marabu identity.
As a final act, Peter spank Lou's bottom, whereupon she complains about him to her influential father. However, he is enthusiastic because there is no other way to get hold of the cheeky Lou. Other students are also enthusiastic about Peter, for example he defended student Marianne, who is in love with the gardener Fritz, from her father, and freed Silvia from the hands of a dodgy sailor. When Lou is blackmailed by her friend Joe with a revealing photo, Peter confronts the man and steals his picture and negative. Now Lou is also campaigning for Peter to stay. At the big parents' day, the pupils stage an open protest that lets the Siebensteins give in. You lay down the management of the boarding school and Vera is chosen as his successor. Peter resigns from school to continue working as a journalist. Nevertheless, he will remain in Siebenstein Castle, as he will marry Vera.
production
The Nilsen Brothers sing the song Tom Dooley in the film and Ted Herold appears with the song Roll Rock'n'Roll That Hula Hoop (Hula-Rock) .
The color film in Agfacolor was produced in the atelier of the Wien-Filmgesellschaft, Atelier Sievering. Margarethe Volters created the costumes . The film structures came from Leo Metzenbauer .
The film had its premiere on August 14, 1959 in Stuttgart . It was the first German-language film production in which the Danish Vivi Bach appeared.
criticism
For the film service , Immer die Mädchen was a "sloppily staged and desolate Kulenkampff comedy"
Web links
- Always the girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Always the girls at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Always the girls. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .