Goodbye, Christina

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Movie
Original title Goodbye, Christina
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year none (1945 unfinished)
Rod
Director Gustav Fröhlich
script Gustav Fröhlich
Bastian Müller based on the novella “Embraces Life” (1940) by Fritz von Woedtke
production Herbert Engelsing (production group) for Tobis-Filmkunst (Berlin)
music Franz Grothe
camera Georg Bruckbauer
cut Hans Heinrich
occupation

Farewell, Christina is a German feature film from 1945. Willy Birgel plays the main role of a headmaster, directed by Gustav Fröhlich . The film remained unfinished.

action

The setting is a boys and girls boarding school run by a Dr. Petersen, who is deeply convinced of the principle of co-education , is led. Because Petersen thinks a lot of the competition between the sexes; he thinks that this can only have a positive effect on all services. For a few days Petersen's own feelings get in the way, because he has fallen in love with the beautiful student Christina. She is considered the class "queen" because all the boys swarm around her. Her new classmate, Hans Holst, also had more than one eye on her. In the meantime, Hans befriends his roommate Niki, who, however, likes to gossip about Christina every now and then, which leads to disaffection at such moments. He himself obviously prefers more mature women like the well-known singer Julia von Gallas, whom he really wants to see and hear during the upcoming guest performance in the nearest town. Hans, on the other hand, has a completely different concern: it has not gone unnoticed that his headmaster is obviously also interested in Christina. He wants to investigate the matter, urges Dr. Petersen's study and steals a letter from Christina to him. Petersen notices this "break-in" because he found Hans' flashlight there. Without hesitation, he gives the boy his lighting tool back at the next opportunity.

Due to his actions, Hans Holst was suspected of stealing Petersen's valuable camera, which has been missing since then. Hans knows that Niki has “borrowed” her briefly to take pictures of Julia when she is going to the theater, but does not reveal him. Hans is still under suspicion and is excluded from the boarding school's "major sporting event", the annual sailing regatta. The next day, it is Julia von Gallas who appears at the boarding school and brings back the borrowed camera. In truth, she is none other than Niki's mother.

Soon Christina will have to say goodbye, she will leave the boarding school. In the said letter to Dr. Petersen, she confessed her love to the much older headmaster. When she wants to say goodbye to Hans, who has witnessed her verbal declaration of love, he cannot be found. Hans is told that Christina actually did not want to continue without saying goodbye to him, and so he rushes to the airfield to intercept Christina at the last moment. Both hands shake hands through the fence. It means saying “Goodbye, Christina” because the schoolgirl has become a young woman who has decided on Petersen. When Hans confronts his headmaster directly with the question of whether he is planning to marry Christina, the latter answers with a short "Yes". Hans is ready to accept the lovers' decision.

Production notes

Filming began on June 20, 1944 with the exterior shots on the island of Mainau on Lake Constance . At the end of World War II, the film was in music dubbing.

The buildings are by Willy Schiller , the costumes by Hildegard Ordinance. Production group leader Herbert Engelsing also took over the production and manufacturing management.

criticism

Since the film never saw a performance, there are no reviews.

literature

  • Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 13th year 1944/45. P. 182 f. (037.45), Berlin 2002

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