Love in the cowshed
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Love in the cowshed |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | approx. 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carl Froelich |
| script |
Fritz Friedmann-Frederich Walter Supper |
| production |
Henny Porten Carl Froelich Wilhelm von Kaufmann |
| music | Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
| camera | Gustave Preiss |
| occupation | |
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Liebe im Kuhstall is a German peasant and love-making game from 1928 by Carl Froelich with Henny Porten .
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Janos von Holodronz is a real lotter boy from old knight nobility. Together with his four friends, he lives in a completely dilapidated estate. Now, according to his uncle Albrecht, only marrying a wealthy lady can save his economic survival. He believes that the wealthy Countess Koritowska would be an ideal marriage candidate. But Janos stands across, he doesn't want to. At least not this unknown woman, because he (and his four cronies as well) has long since lost his heart to the perky cow girl Marischka. One day it appeared out of nowhere, or better said: it was discovered in the hay. That is where the young woman had laid down to rest the night before, when she was surprised by a downpour on her wandering after work in the cowshed. The five men didn't think twice: of course, this Marischka immediately found work with them. The buxom cow girl immediately notices that she is turning the heads of the men on the farm and makes full use of this. The farm girl, who doesn't seem to have much experience in her job, soon messes up the entire estate.
One day Janos' uncle Albrecht, Knight of Holodronz, appears and frankly offers his nephew money if he should finally lead a distinguished young lady from a good (and above all wealthy) home to the altar. His four friends then have a "brilliant" idea. Why not just make Marischka "elegant" and sell it to the wealthy uncle as a "good match". Said and done. But soon all this becomes too stupid for Marischka. She confesses the truth to her uncle and runs away crying. The five men's beautiful plan seems to have failed, and Janos would like to tie himself up with a rope straight away. But the stupid cow goose stole it and used it to tie her bundle, as she left the yard at once. The crybaby, disappointed by Janos, explains that she will bring the rope back at Pentecost, when the merchant of the place where Janos is heavily in debt has taken over the farm and moved into it. Janos should have been chased from the farm by then. How can the latter suspect that this whole story was only staged by Countess Koritowska, who in truth is identical to Marischka and of course is also not a cow girl, in order to test Janos as a possible marriage candidate? In the end, after all the trials and tribulations, the lovers still find each other.
Production notes
Love in the cowshed passed film censorship on September 21, 1928 and was released for young people. The premiere took place on October 26, 1928 in Berlin's Capitol. The six-stroke was 2134 meters long. In Austria, love could only be seen in the cowshed on February 7, 1930.
The film structures were created by Gustav A. Knauer and Willy Schiller . Co-producer and Porten husband Wilhelm von Kaufmann also took over the production management.
Felix Bressart made his film debut in Liebe im Kuhstall . Here, like three years later in his greatest German sound film success, Die Drei von der Gasstelle , where he was supposed to meet his “Kuhstall” partner Oskar Karlweis again , he played a bailiff.
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: “A bit stale at first, in the second half the subject becomes more fun and brisk, supported by interim texts that match the well-drawn milieu. There is no presentation worth mentioning, the photograph accordingly. The Porten, nicely assisted by the rest of the ensemble, works again in the interests of their community, for whom the whole thing can undoubtedly be addressed as above average. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Love in the cowshed in Paimann's film lists ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Love in the cowshed at filmportal.de
- Love in the cowshed in the Internet Movie Database (English)