No evening like any other
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | No evening like any other |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hermann Leitner |
| script | Lida Winiewicz |
| production |
ZDF Polyphon film and television company |
| music | Gerhard Dickel |
| camera |
Walter Hofmann Hans Jura |
| occupation | |
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No evening like any other is a feature film of the Austrian director Hermann Leitner from 1976. In the lead roles embody Heinz Rühmann and Sir Peter Ustinov , the two competing antique dealer Roeder and Billy.
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Friedrich Roeder and the Briton Billy are antique dealers. The fact that both of them are located in the same street, and directly across the street, is a problem. While Billy focuses on the sale of imported , partly also counterfeit goods from the Far East , Roeder is an "old school" antique dealer: He only deals in goods that have a real value, whose origin can be proven and are therefore relatively expensive. Among them is a valuable Bohemian chess set from the 18th century , which was apparently hand-carved for August the Strong at that time . However, Roeder is still missing a single farmer for this game , whose whereabouts are unknown.
The Christmas season has come, and each of them celebrates it in their own way. Billy runs a Scottish bagpipe band with whiskey, which he visits. Roeder, on the other hand, celebrates Christmas in a more refined way: He is visited by a children's choir that sings Christmas carols. As a thank you, Roeder will then give you milk with cocoa, fine cakes and then a wonderful Christmas present. The differences between the two could hardly be greater.
Surprisingly, Billy also receives an invitation to Roeder's Christmas party. After a few deliberations, he will follow suit. After Billy arrives at Roeder's, Roeder tells a wonderful Christmas story in a touching way. Then the first impressions of Billy change: He now has great pleasure in spending Christmas Eve with Roeder.
When the children have left, Billy presents his neighbor, to his great surprise, with the missing pawn from the Bohemian chess game, which he had once bought himself. Both decide to play a game of chess together, with Billy moving his pieces on a cheap plastic chessboard and Roeder his own on the noble chessboard from the 18th century. This finally breaks the ice between them. The two begin to respect each other. The two former bitter competitors and completely different characters eventually even become a kind of "friends".
In keeping with the Christmas season in the film, it was first broadcast on Christmas Eve .
Production notes
The film premiered on December 24, 1976 in Germany on ZDF . It has been available on DVD since September 6, 2006.
Web links
- No evening like everyone else in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for No evening like any other . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2006 (PDF; test number: 107 569 V / DVD).
- ↑ No evening like any other (TV Movie 1976) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015 .
- ↑ No evening like any other ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on video.de
