Love, jazz and cockiness
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Love, jazz and cockiness |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Erik Ode |
| script |
Fritz Böttger , Rolf Dortenwald , Bobby E. Lüthge |
| production | Artur Brauner |
| music | Heinz Gietz |
| camera | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| cut | Jutta Hering |
| occupation | |
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Love, Jazz and Exuberance is a German comedy film from 1957 by Erik Ode with the main actors Peter Alexander and Bibi Johns .
action
Tiefenstein Castle in Bavaria is home to a boarding school for orphans who are gifted with music and who are to be trained there in classical music. The institute is financed by donations from the foundation of a deceased American of Bavarian descent.
The director, Ms. Himmelreich, has, however, placed too many orphans in the boarding school. In order to be able to provide the crowd with food, most of the music teachers were fired. When in a telegram the visit of Dr. Parker, one of the foundation's trustees, announced that a rescuer is desperately sought after.
The unemployed jazz musician Peter Hagen and his entire band, the Synkopers , are hired to bring the musical education of the children forward again. Peter quickly wins the hearts of his protégés and that of the pretty music teacher Britta Johnsen.
When finally Dr. Parker and, surprisingly, Broadway star Jane Richards arrive at Tiefenstein, overturn the deception maneuvers. But since everyone involved only has the children's well-being in mind, there is a solution for all problems and there is a happy ending.
Songs
- I'm Singing the Blues (June Richmond)
- It's all long gone (Peter Alexander)
- Don't forget me so quickly (Peter Alexander and Bibi Johns)
- Mamitschka (Peter Alexander)
- The whole house is crooked (Peter Alexander)
- Boy, boy, that would be beautiful (Bibi Johns)
- Franz Schubert : Ave Maria (June Richmond)
- Motherless Child (June Richmond)
Reviews
As always, the judgments of the film critics differed widely, depending on their preferences for hit films of this kind.
The film papers wrote in a contemporary comment: “ Peter Alexander jazzes, flirts and smiles with elegance and an indestructible good mood, with mimic and musical skills and gives the refreshing impression that such roles are close to his heart. "
The Lexicon of International Films, on the other hand, came to a negative judgment and commented: “Nonsensically rhymed, silly entertainment film; the thin plot is the starting point for many banal hits and proven slapstick. From today's point of view, the poorly undemanding film is almost an attractive seismograph for social trends and moods, whereby the conservative, values-affirming 'faction' prevails over the unrest-causing jazz. "
Web links
- Love, jazz and arrogance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Love, jazz and high spirits at Filmportal.de
- Love, jazz and high spirits Illustrated film stage No. 3985
supporting documents
- ↑ Love, jazz and high spirits at jazzimfilm.de
- ↑ Manfred Hobsch: Love, Dance and 1000 Schlagerfilme , Berlin, 1998, p. 141
- ↑ Love, jazz and arrogance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .