Now it hits 13
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Now it hits 13 |
| Original title | It hits 13! |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | EW Emo |
| script |
Fritz Koselka Lilian Belmont |
| production |
Carl Szokoll for Helios-Film, Vienna |
| music | Bruno Uher |
| camera | Helmuth Ashley |
| cut | Hermann Leitner |
| occupation | |
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It hits 13! is an Austrian mix-up comedy by EW Emo from 1950 .
action
Hedy has only been married to the writer Mario Jaconis for three weeks when she has had enough. When the long-time servant Max tries to secretly slip alleged love letters from his female followers, Max dismisses them on the spot. Max not only has to say goodbye to his long-term employer, but also to the cook Wetti and the chambermaid Mizzi, with whom he had a relationship at the same time. As with every previous love affair, he marks the end with Mizzi and Wetti with a cross on one of his index cards. On all cards he not only put a photo of the loved one, but also a souvenir of her, as well as the time of the meeting and the end of the relationship. Max also puts a good pair of carving knives in his luggage for his next job. Hedy immediately requests a new servant from the Vybiral employment agency. The operator sends old Ferdinand to Jaconi's Sunshine House. Ferdinand Haushofer has no job references because all employers died during his service.
Max and Ferdinand bump into each other at the local bus stop and accidentally swap their suitcases. Ferdinand is then taken in the pouring rain by the new publisher Marios, Michael Ravestyn, in the car to Villa Sonnenschein. Since the bell system failed due to the thunderstorm, both men enter the villa via the balcony. At first they are mistaken for burglars, but the mix-up quickly clears up and Ferdinand assiduously begins his work. In addition to the couple and Michael, Hedy's best friend Lizzi, who has just arrived, is also among those present.
Max reads in a newspaper about a mass murderer who poses as a house servant and who often appears with an accomplice. The photo of the man taken from behind makes Max immediately think of Ferdinand and he warns Mario about him by phone. In Ferdinand's suitcase, Max also finds a bottle of poison and numerous crime novels with gruesome titles, so that he has no more doubts. Ferdinand, on the other hand, cannot identify himself because his passport is in the mixed-up suitcase. In Max's suitcase he not only finds the cards with the alleged death dates of the women, but also the carving knives and now believes for his part that Max is a murderer. Max sneaks back into the villa with Mario's help and there are numerous mix-ups, suspicions and moments of shock. In the end, Max and Mario manage to lock the alleged murderers Ferdinand and Michael in their rooms. When Ferdinand, who in turn wants to flee the now closed villa, saws his way out of the room and escapes to Michael, Max and Mario beat the two men down, put them in sacks of flour and put them in the cellar, handcuffed. Here Ferdinand and Michael can free themselves again and in the end they knock down Max and Mario, tie them up and call the police. They then flee the house and take Hedy and Lizzi with them, who they want to rescue from the clutches of the criminals, especially since Michael has long since fallen in love with Lizzi. After they woke up from the faint, Max and Mario, along with the arriving gendarme Haberoppel, follow Michael and Ferdinand. Mario finds Hedy in a car parked in front of an inn and the two make up. Max and the gendarme turn in Ferdinand, who, however, claims to be innocent. In fact, Max's newspaper turns out to be five years old and the murderer long since executed. The alleged criminal couple Michael and Lizzi, who were locked in an adjoining room, spent their time kissing and spontaneously became engaged. While Max is allowed to work as a servant to Mario and Hedy again, Ferdinand becomes Michael and Lizzi's new servant in the end.
production
The film was produced in the Vienna Schönbrunn and Vienna Sievering studios. The exterior shots were taken in Grinzing . It hits 13! was premiered on September 18, 1950 in Vienna and had its German premiere on September 22, 1950 under the title Jetzt geht's 13 in Krefeld. The ARD showed the film on December 26, 1973 for the first time on German television.
The film structures were created by Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff .
criticism
For the film service , Jetzt's suggests 13 was a "comedy with downright absurd situational comedy that makes you laugh thanks to the pointed typing art of Moser and Lingen."
Web links
- It Goes to 13 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Now it's striking 13 at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 123
- ↑ Now strikes 13th In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .