Little people really big

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Movie
Original title Little people really big
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1958
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Herbert B. Fredersdorf
script Ilse Lotz-Dupont ,
Franz Marischka
production Artur Brauner
music Erwin Halletz
camera Herbert Körner
cut Brigitte Fredersdorf
occupation

Little people really big (reference title Little People - Big Trip and Turbosharfe Ferien ) is a German comedy film by Herbert B. Fredersdorf from 1958 with the main actors Bibi Johns , Dieter Eppler , Gustav Knuth , Walter Gross and Inge Egger .

action

In the 1950s, some big city children from Berlin were sent to West Germany for a holiday . In the small village of Schneckenbach, nurse Birgit welcomes the four children assigned to her, the nosy Theo, Norbert, who is nicknamed "The Professor", the lovable little Sabinchen and Fabio, who has only recently lost his parents. Since the children's home where the four were supposed to be spending their holidays has been closed due to measles , Birgit tries to place the children in private quarters.

After a few difficulties, she succeeds too. Sabinchen comes to the Berlin merchant Friedrich Wilhelm Wurst, who recently divorced, but which he keeps a secret. Theo ends up with the chimney sweep Alois Knopf and his wife Friedl, who hopes that her husband will change his mind about children once he sees how nice it can be to live together in a family. Norbert is exactly right with Ferdinand Sommerrock and his daughters Susanne and Clarie as well as his son, who follows up on learning material at school and is now successfully receiving tutoring from the "professor". Fabio, a very sad and lonely child, comes to Mrs. Schäufele, the housekeeper of the entrepreneur Hans von Cleve. Since von Cleve lost his wife and child in a car accident, he should not meet the landlord if possible.

The children manage to win the hearts of their hosts during their stay. Mr Wurst finds out that Sabinchen is his illegitimate daughter and reunites with her mother Marie, while Hans von Cleve, contrary to expectations, befriends Fabio, who even makes him take all the children on a car trip. Together with the boy and sister Birgit, he also visits his stone sawmill, where Fabio is enthusiastic about the blasting.

As the vacation draws to a close, Theo comes up with the not very glorious idea of ​​entering a cave in the quarry with Fabio, in front of which there is the sign “Warning, do not enter, danger to life”. Norbert and Sabinchen are supposed to keep watch in front of the cave. When the rope that connects the children in the cave and the two outside breaks, Sabinchen calls for help by turning to von Cleve. Because explosions took place, the way to the children is blocked. With great effort, the helpers manage to get to the children and free them from the cave.

Hans von Cleve arranges everything to adopt Fabio, who in turn ensures that Cleve and sister Birgit finally confess their love.

production

Production notes

The film was produced by Alfa-Film GmbH (Berlin) and the producer Artur Brauner. Wolf Brauner was in charge of production, Heinz Götze and Horst Springel were in charge of recording, and Prisma Filmverleih GmbH (Frankfurt am Main) was the first distributor. Franz Marischka worked on the script. Paul Markwitz was responsible for building the film. The Schöneberg Boys' Choir can be seen and heard, the lyrics were contributed by Hans Bradtke and Kurt Schwabach . At the beginning of the film, the Schöneberg Boys' Choir sang the song Little People, Big Trip with the text by Heinz Kück. The song is sung several times in the film. The song We love Susann , sung by Bob McFadden and Walter, will also play. Bibi Johns sings When music plays, I am happy and dancing and quilting to Richard Allan, further she sings the song Bambino Mio .

Filming

The shooting took place in September 1958 in the Swabian Bad Urach , at Liechtenstein Castle and in Berlin as well as in the CCC studios Berlin-Spandau. According to the Illustrierte Filmbühne, the film was also sold under the title Little People - Big Trip . At the end of one of the days of filming, the actor Walter Gross provided for a colorful evening with the motto “Pretty turned up”, the proceeds of which went to the Berliner Ferienkinder charity.

Examination, publication

After the film had been tested on December 11, 1958 under the number 18632 and approved for people aged six and over, it was premiered simultaneously on December 18, 1958 in the Thalia and Vita-Palast in Wuppertal. The film was first broadcast on television by RTL on October 13, 1996.

criticism

Cinema found that what four Berlin children experience during their vacation in the country seems “old-fashioned” to us today.

The lexicon of international films spoke of "cheerful and touching experiences of four Berlin holiday children in a small town in southern Germany" and went on to say, "a film with an effort to direct, whose good intentions are sabotaged by the unrealistic script".

The Hörzu gave of humor and feeling ever a possible three points and the overall rating of "acceptable".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Turbosharfe Ferien see page filmreporter.de
  2. ↑ Little People - Big Trip Ill. Title page Illustrierte Film-Bühne Nr. 4619
    (in the picture: Cheryl Benard, Bibi Johns, Clarie Holm, Roland Kaiser, Michael Stein, Marietto, Dieter Eppler)
  3. ↑ Small people, big, see page cinema.de (including 9 film images). Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Little people sometimes really big. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 7, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ Small people, big, see page hoerzu.de. Retrieved August 7, 2019.