Child, I'm looking forward to your coming
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Child, I'm looking forward to your coming |
| Original title | Cupid on a leash |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Kurt Gerron Erich von Neusser also unnamed Hans Steinhoff |
| script |
Franz Arnold Max Jungk Heinz Gordon |
| production | Günther Stapenhorst |
| music |
Walter Jurmann Bronislau Kaper (as Hans Mühlen ) |
| camera |
Günther Rittau Otto Baecker |
| occupation | |
as well as Gerhard Dammann , Fred Goebel , Erwin Hartung , Elfriede Jerra , Karl John , Michael von Newlinski , Warwick Ward , Grethe Weiser . | |
Kind, I'm looking forward to your coming is a German feature film from 1933, which is also the last German directorial work by the Jewish director Kurt Gerron, who was ostracized by the National Socialists that year . The main roles are played by the married couple Magda Schneider and Wolf Albach-Retty .
action
The portrait photographer Lu Tiemann owns a white wirehaired terrier named "Storch". For Lu, the lovely dog primarily has a very specific function: it should either jump into stationary vehicles with men at the steering wheel and thus catch their attention, or hide in the car and come out while driving - with the same result. If the driver then wants to take a closer look at the “crazy” dog, the following inscription can be read on his collar: “My name is Storch at Lu Tiemann, Regentenstrasse 17”. Many well-to-do gentlemen fall out on this initiation mesh, such as a fat consul or a manufacturer and privy councilor, next to whom “Storch” sits very cheekily on the next seat of the car. When the “finder” then bring the honest-hearted looking oil back to her owner, Lu plays the victim with a wide open eyes and “scolds” her dog: “How can you scare your mistress like that. I haven't slept all night ”. Then she turns to the “noble savior” and says: “I don't even know how to thank you. May I offer you a cognac? Have a seat here on the couch. "
One day, when Storch runs out, he also loses his helpful collar and ends up promptly in the hands of Lili Schrader when he chases after Rohleder's shepherd dog. She sublet lives with the widow Rohleder, whose brother is the porter. Rawhide earns its money with the consul, Lu's "best customer". Since the dog is now without a collar and Lili does not want it to be lost, she buys “Storch” a new collar without further ado, only this time with her name on it. However, the terrier has by no means given up the old habits and now leads the strange gentlemen directly to Lili through his deposits in and around cars. So she too gets the "pleasure" of the consul's acquaintance, who is completely astonished when he is beaten out of her apartment by Lili after he has become intrusive. In the meantime, Rohleder tries to get a job for Lili, his sister's lodger. He struck gold with the consul, but when he found out that the person to be hired was Lili Schrader, he refused to hire her. Lili has more success with the privy councilor who hires the young woman as his secretary.
This man has a nephew named Herbert, who is also known to Lili. When Herbert's uncle learns that he has met and fallen in love with a young lady with a dog, the alarm bells go off at the uncle, a wealthy manufacturer and owner of Petrol AG. He thinks Herbert is talking about Lu and then goes to the actual dog owner to offer her 3000 Reichsmarks if she keeps her hands off the nephew. The privy councilor and Lili go on a business trip with the consul, also from benzin AG, while Herbert gets to know Lu on a pleasure trip to Lugano. So the conversation soon turns to “Storch”, and the numerous misunderstandings are cleared up to everyone's satisfaction. Lu Tiemann gets her dog back, the fat consul apologizes to Lili because he mistook her for Lu, and Herbert can finally take his Lili in his arms and start a life together with her.
Production notes
Kind, I'm looking forward to your coming , was created under the working title Amor an der Leine from the end of February 1933 in the UFA studio in Neubabelsberg (studio recordings) as well as in Berlin and Lugano (exterior recordings). The premiere took place on June 23, 1933 in Berlin's Ufa-Palast Theater Kurfürstendamm.
Producer Günther Stapenhorst also took over the production and production management. Erich Kettelhut designed the film structures that Max Mellin carried out. The musical director was Hans-Otto Borgmann , the lyrics were written by Fritz Rotter . Walter Rühland provided the sound . Kurt Hoffmann assisted director Gerron.
The Briton Warwick Ward , once a popular actor in both British and German silent films, returned to Berlin for the last time for this tiny film role. He and director Gerron were together in front of the camera at the cinema classic Varieté as early as 1925 . With child, I'm looking forward to your visit , Ward ended his film acting life and turned to film production in his native England.
Music track
The following music tracks were played:
- The sailor has the largest heart in the world
- Child, I'm looking forward to your coming
The two music titles were published by Ufaton-Verlags GmbH, Berlin.
useful information
Towards the end of the shooting, an incident occurred that can be considered archetypal for the way the Nazi regime had just been appointed to deal with Jewish artists. How Ulrich love in adored, persecuted, forgotten. Actor reported as a Nazi victim that towards the end of the shooting, on April 1, 1933, the production manager of the film, Erich von Neusser, entered the film studio and announced: "Anyone who is not pure Aryan blood here leaves the studio immediately". Kurt Gerron then froze in shock and then headed for the exit. Unlike his well-known colleagues Otto Wallburg and Julius Falkenstein , who played roles in this film, he, whom the Nazis denigrated as “model Jews”, did not have a special permit for his work as a film actor and film director. Neusser was officially allowed to finish shooting the film and was named as co-director at the premiere (although his contribution to this film may have been minimal). The Nazi partisan Hans Steinhoff is said to have shot a few scenes in the film temporarily , but he remained completely unnamed.
In addition to the three men mentioned, other Jewish artists were also involved in this film: the scriptwriters Max Jungk and Heinz Gordon , the composers Walter Jurmann and Bronislau Kaper and the actor Paul Otto, who was not yet revealed as a Jew .
criticism
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung called the story, which ran under the original title Amor an der Leine , a very pretty, witty film amusement game and praised Gerron's work as “imaginative”.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Liebe: Adored, persecuted, forgotten. Actor as a Nazi victim. Quadriga Verlag Weinheim / Berlin, 2nd edition 1993, p. 50
- ↑ "Cupid on a Leash". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , December 23, 1933, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).