Lies have pretty legs

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Movie
Original title Lies have pretty legs
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1956
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Erik Ode
script Kurt Nachmann based on an idea by Erna Fentsch
production Herbert Gruber
music Hans Lang ,
lyrics: Erich Meder
camera Günther Anders ,
Hannes Staudinger
cut Herma Sandtner
occupation

Lies have pretty legs is a set of mistaken identity comedy by Erik Ode from 1956 with Paul Hörbiger , Adrian Hoven , Doris Kirchner , Annie Rosar and Gunther Philipp in the leading roles.

action

When the actor Paul Hörbiger is working on his memoir, his gaze touches the shapely legs of his secretary, which evokes in him the memory of the mistaken comedy Lies have pretty legs . The interesting thing about it is not the plot of the film, he explains to his colleague, but how the film came about.

Three young, very pretty girls share an attic because of financial difficulties: Francis, a hopeful but involuntary actress, Lixie, advertising designer who is currently designing a poster for silk stockings in the hope of being able to sell this design, and Miss Dr. Johanna Eiseler, a young doctor who has just passed her diploma but is without a job. When the three discover an advertisement in the newspaper that they are looking for a ski instructor in Oberirl, Johanna, an excellent skier, applies for the job, but pretends to be her own brother, as a male applicant is expressly requested. Although the beginning was difficult, Johanna got the job as Johann.

When Johanna is out and about in her free time, she meets little Hans who needs her help. With the child Dr. Philip Hackenschuh on. The young doctor quickly realizes that something is wrong with Johanna. Since he keeps his eyes and ears open, he soon suspects what secret Johanna has. Through skillful research he can find out what he wants to know.

When film people suddenly appear in the idyllic landscape to shoot missing scenes for a film in the tranquil natural setting, Simon Daxenberger, the owner of the Hotel "Sonnenhof", rubs his hands and hopes to join the film team under the direction of chaotic director Waldemar Bonislawsky to be able to make ample cash. Annie Rosar and Rudolf Carl are also part of the film team, as is Vera Bella, who is yet to be established as the star of the film. On site, however, it turns out that Vera Bella lied and cannot ski at all. So you have to replace them, and the choice falls on the “ski instructor Johann”. The prop master is certain that he can turn Johann into a pretty woman in no time and thinks it's all just routine. Ultimately, however, Johanna makes sure that her friend Francis gets the role.

For Annie Rosar, the shooting schedule includes a scene in which she is supposed to take a sled down into the valley. The director assures the accomplished actress that nothing could happen if she doesn't want to play the scene at all, and shows her how risk-free it all is. So Annie Rosar gets in, you rehearse, and everything goes well. When the scene is about to be shot, a mishap happens and the sledge starts moving down the mountain without Annie Rosar being able to do anything. After the actress got away with the horror, another problem cannot be solved easily: The phantom film, so to speak, dissolved overnight, whose financiers Piepedanz moved to South America. Then it becomes known that the refugee is the husband of the wealthy vacationer.

However, there is a happy ending for Johanna and Dr. Philip Hackenschuh, who tries to explain to Johanna about her fraud, that he has always known that lies have pretty legs and that she is exactly the right woman for him.

production

Production notes

It is a film from Sascha-Filmproduktion GmbH shown by Schorchtfilm . Manufactured in cooperation with Lux-Film Produktionsges. mbH in the studios of Wien-Film GmH Sievering. Walter Tjaden was in charge of production, Herbert Gruber was in charge of production. Alexander Sawczynski and Franz Szivatz were responsible for the construction of the film, Herbert Janeczka , Tonsystem Perfectone-Klangfilm, was responsible for the overall sound.

Songs in the movie

  • Lies have pretty legs , sung by Paul Hörbiger
  • First it has to snow, snow, snow, then you can ski ,
    sung by Rudolf Carl and other participants

publication

The film premiered on May 4, 1956 in Vienna. The film opened in cinemas in the Federal Republic of Germany on June 7, 1956. It was first seen in the German Democratic Republic on May 26, 1961.

criticism

Cinema was not very impressed by the film and said about the situation that a woman applying for a job under the assumption that she is a man is "complicated, but not funny".

The lexicon of international films gave a similarly negative verdict : "Poor swank, laboriously played and sluggishly staged."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lies have pretty legs sS cinema.de (including the illustrated film stage, film excerpt and 6 film images). Accessed December 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Lies have pretty legs. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 1, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used