Love, dance and 1000 hits

Movie
Original title	Love, dance and 1000 hits
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1955
length	103 minutes
Rod
Director	Paul Martin
script	Curth Flatow , Paul Martin , Frederick Kohner (= Friedrich Kohner)
production	CCC-Film , Berlin ( Artur Brauner )
music	Heinz Gietz
camera	Karl Löb
cut	Walter Wischniewsky
occupation
Peter Alexander : Peter Alexander Caterina Valente : Caterina Rudolf Platte : Hugo Sauer Ruth Stephan : Wicki Winkler Willy A. Kleinau : Blacksmith Luigi John William Sublette : John (as John Bubbles) Werner Fuetterer : Heidemann Silvio Francesco : Silvio Hubert von Meyerinck : Director Winkler Henry Lorenzen : Paul Joachim Rake : Osterhagen Erik van Aro : Erik Bruno W. Pantel : Mallwitz Bill Ramsey : Bill Ramsey Jonny Teupen : musician Albert Vossen : musician Walter Bluhm : TV reporter Wolf Harnisch : stage manager

Liebe, Tanz und 1000 Schlager is a German revue and hit film by director Paul Martin from 1955 . This film, in which Peter Alexander and DEFA actor Willy A. Kleinau participated, was also shown in GDR cinemas.

The musical comedy, the plot of which is set in the music business, was only shown in shortened form in the GDR. All references to “Western excesses”, for example the rock'n'roll dance sequence, were cut out. The ZDF has re-edited the film and showed the long, integral version.

action

Hugo Sauer, head of the junior department of a large record company, has discovered a new talent: Caterina, the 19-year-old daughter of an Italian car mechanic. She hopes to accompany her great idol Peter Alexander on his tour.

Sauer brings them to Germany and has Peter Alexander's new record framed with their syncopations. He is then fired, but the foundation for Caterina's career is laid. Caterina goes on tour with Peter. However, since he is known as a womanizer, the head of the Osterhagen chapel does not allow women near him.

So Caterina has to play a 14-year-old girl in order to stay with him. Of course there is a happy ending.

Songs

• They have no luck with that, in the Federal Republic (Peter Alexander)
• Possibly, possibly (Peter Alexander and Caterina Valente)
• Sing, baby sing (Peter Alexander and Caterina Valente)
• Casanova (Caterina Valente)

The Sunshines, the Comedian Quartet and the Lucas Trio are also represented. It play Kurt Edelhagen and Robert Sherman with their chapels.

Production notes

The film was produced in the CCC studio in Berlin-Spandau. The outdoor shots were taken in Berlin, Mittenwald and at Walchensee . The world premiere took place on October 14, 1955 in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart.

Reviews

• Lexicon of international film : “An undemanding revue and hit film in the manner of a musical“ star parade ”. The exuberantly staged nothing gets a certain charm through its carefree and the charm of Caterina Valente. "

• The film papers noted that "the east zonal national prize winner Willy A. Kleinau" proves through his charge that "it can also be done in an apolitical way".

Web links

• Liebe, Tanz und 1000 Schlager in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Love, dance and 1000 hits at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 533.
2. ↑ Love, dance and 1000 hits. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 22, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Manfred Hobsch: Love, Dance and 1000 Schlagerfilme , pp. 122–123.