Headstand, madam!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Headstand, madam! |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christian Rischert |
| script | Christian Rischert Christian Geissler Alfred Neven DuMont |
| production | Christian Rischert Alfred Neven DuMont |
| music |
Carlos Diernhammer Manfred Niehaus Otto Weiß |
| camera | Fritz Schwennicke |
| cut |
Jo Spiegelfeld Dagmar Sowa |
| occupation | |
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Headstand, madam! is a German feature film by the director Christian Rischert from 1966 with Miriam Spoerri , Herbert Fleischmann and Heinz Bennent in the leading roles. The director himself wrote the script together with Christian Geissler and Alfred Neven DuMont . The film was first released on March 2, 1967.
action
It's about the marriage between Karin and Robert. He is a shipyard engineer and what is called a well-off; she used to work as an interpreter and is now the mother of little Bettina. There are no effective highlights in the life of the three; At the weekend they go fishing with a couple of friends, Heinz and Bärbel, to their boathouse on a lake. “Normally” they should be happy.
But Karin breaks out of the orderly framework. Marriage allegedly no longer fulfills them. She feels misunderstood by Robert because he doesn't want her to work again, and she goes through a stage of dissatisfaction with herself. The young woman turns to Ulrich, an acquaintance of her husband. But even there it only finds demands, plus superficiality; an external, playful relationship remains, which she quickly gives up. Karin still wants to separate from her husband. From an important conversation with him it emerges that she does not regret the step, that, in her opinion, she does not need forgiveness because she believes she is right. She's just sorry. With that the film ends. He leaves it open whether the divorce will really happen.
criticism
"First film by a German director, which impresses with its reserved, cool style, but only touches on its problem - equal rights for women."
“The drama, reduced to a kind of“ model case ”, is designed predominantly from a factual distance and with naturalness. However, one must accept some simplifications in this debut work by the talented director. Recommended for adults. "
"Rating" Particularly valuable ""
Web links
- Headstand, madam! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Headstand, madam! at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 111/1967, pp. 157 to 158.
- ↑ a b Lexikon des Internationale Films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2096