Intermezzo (1936, by Báky)

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Movie
Original title intermezzo
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1936
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK youth ban
Rod
Director Josef von Báky
script Karl Peter Gillmann
music Theo Mackeben
camera Ewald Daub
Hugo von Kaweczynski
cut Willy Zeyn junior
occupation

Also: Almuth Dorowa , Angelo Ferrari , Grazita Hettinger , Ernst Rotmund , Wolfgang von Schwindt

Intermezzo is a German comedy film from 1936 directed by Josef von Báky . The main roles are occupied by the soprano and actress Tresi Rudolph , who plays an opera singer in the film, and Albrecht Schoenhals , who plays a composer.

action

Adrienne Madelon is passionate about her job as an opera singer. The desire of her rich fiancé Pierre Cukier to give up her career for him after the marriage leads her to flee the wedding car. Your escape ends in San Sebastian in Spain. In order to make money, Adrienne had the crazy idea of ​​selling the rights to her vote in the casino for a fee of 100,000 pesetas. The winner of this extraordinary campaign is a certain Trent, who initially forbids her to sing and claims to be Adrienne's manager. A planned performance in Seville does not materialize because the opera is closed. Adrienne and Trent already got closer during the trip to Andalusia and so they go to a bullfight together. There Adrienne gives the song Viva el Torero! To the cheering of the crowd . to the best. Even in a bodega where the young woman sings, the guests cheer enthusiastically.

When Adrienne finds out that the cheers have been paid for by Trent, she disappears with her maid Blanche without leaving a message for Trent. However, Trent is looking for her and finds her again. Pierre then reimburses Trent for the fee paid, with which Adrienne would now be obliged to him. However, the young woman accepts an engagement at the Paris Opera, where a new stage work is to be performed. On the evening of the premiere, to Adrienne's great surprise, it turns out that this opera was written by Trent, who has made a name for himself as a composer and who also conducts his opera himself. Adrienne sings that evening like never before. She realized that everything Trent did was born of his love for her. Since Adrienne has long been in love with Trent, nothing stands in the way of their happiness.

Production notes

Intermezzo was Bákys' directorial debut. The production company was Franz Tappers and Christoph Mülleneisen's Majestic-Film GmbH (Berlin) from Tobis Rota. The shooting took place from mid-July to early September 1936 in Biarritz and on the Bay of Biscay in southern France . The buildings came from Erich Zander and Karl Weber , Eduard Kubat was responsible as production and manufacturing manager. The musical model was based on compositions from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi , conductor: Theo Mackeben, lyrics: Hans Fritz Beckmann . The soprano Tresi Rudolph, for whom this remained her only film role, sang the songs: For every woman there is a man on earth and Viva el Torero!

The film was tested on October 31, 1936 under the number B.43832 and a youth ban was placed on it. Premiered Intermezzo on November 3, 1936 at the Gloria Palace in Berlin. In Austria it was also called Intermezzo.

criticism

Karlheinz Wendtland noted in his review that one was Albrecht Schoenhals as a “man who is certain of victory”, Ernst Legal as Secretary Ballou “with a fine sense of humor” and Hilde Sessak “as a dear maid”, whom Henry Lorenzen “in his role as Billie chauffeur” is , have seen. Wendtland gave special praise to Erich Fiedler, to whom he certified “the finest performance” for the scene when he had to recognize that his former bride belongs to someone else. The “good music contributed by Theo Mackeben” gave Tresi Rudolph the opportunity to “let her beautiful voice, carried by musicality, work”.

The lexicon of international films spoke of an “outdated, uninspired comedy” and acknowledged “only the voice” of the singer Tresi Rudolph, which was “of interest”.

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  1. ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme, 7th year 1936, Berlin 1996, p. 106
  2. ↑ a b Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp . All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies. Born in 1935 and 1936. Medium Film Verlag Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, first and second ed. 1987, third expanded edition. 1989, pp. 261, 262
  3. ↑ Intermezzo Illustrierter Film-Kurier No. 1575 (Austrian edition)
  4. ↑ Intermezzo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used