Songs sound on Lake Maggiore

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Movie
Original title Songs sound on Lake Maggiore,
The Singing Vagabond
Country of production Germany ,
Switzerland
original language German
Publishing year 1962
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Hans Grimm
script Janne Furch
production Heinz Karchow
Eichberg-Film Munich
with Zeus Film Chiasso
music Peter Moesser
camera Erich Küchler
cut Illo final rule
occupation

Songs sound on Lake Maggiore is a German- Swiss feature film by Hans Grimm from 1962. The original Swiss title of the film is Der singende Vagabund .

action

The pop singer Eric Kersten will receive shortly after an appearance by the head of his record production company its already third Dietrich gold record awarded. On the drive home, he cockily tries to show his wife Sylvia the record - but she concentrates on driving. Eric kisses Sylvia, because of this moment of inattention the car rams a truck - Sylvia dies in the accident. On his next appearance, Eric is unable to sing.

Two years later, Eric lives in seclusion with his 14-year-old son Peter in Ticino . Eric earns his living with portraiture. Director Dietrich, who regularly visits his villa, is also regularly turned away because Eric never wants to be on stage again. However, Dietrich has every reason to be persistent: According to the contract, if Eric should ever appear on a stage again, he will have to perform regularly for Dietrich's record company and record again.

One day Dietrich meets the young journalist Eva Keller in Zurich , who looks very similar to the late Sylvia. He hires her: she should go to Eric in Ticino, pretend to be a vacationer and, in the end, get him to return to the stage. In return, she receives a percentage of the upcoming record sales. She agrees and Eric is actually shocked by the resemblance of Eve to Sylvia. Although he initially rejects her, they both fall in love. Eva convinces Eric that he is only a mediocre painter and that he is not happy with his life either. Eric decides to appear again as a singer.

Dietrichs is also present at his first concert at a festival. Since Eric has announced that she will marry Eva the next day, she leaves for Zurich on the night of the festival and leaves Eric a letter informing him about her double play. Eric tries to forget her, but Peter does everything in his power to bring Eric and Eva back together, as he has taken a liking to his new mother. He lets his train go, which is supposed to take him back to boarding school after the holidays , and instead seeks Eva. With a trick he steers Eric into Eva's apartment and the two of them reconcile. Together they finally bring Peter to boarding school.

production

The film was shot in Ticino . The world premiere took place on May 30, 1963.

The original Swiss title Der singende Vagabund refers to the popular hit Der lachende Vagabund (filmed in 1958 as Der lachende Vagabund ) by Fred Bertelmann, who also played the leading role in Songs sounding on Lake Maggiore .

Various hits are sung in the film. Fred Bertelmann heard the titles Believe me the sun woke up , Sleep Peter sleep , Oh Mamma mia and Tango on the blue sea ; the radio also is The Laughing Vagabond heard. Milva sings Mare Scuro and Heinz Schachtner plays the SunRise trumpet .

criticism

The lexicon of international film saw songs sounding on Lake Maggiore "with advertising for records and poor entertainment interspersed with Ticino."

Cinema described the film as a "Kitsch Festival with Oliver Grimm and Grethe Weiser."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 5. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 2300.
  2. ↑ Songs sound on Lake Maggiore. In: Cinema , accessed July 21, 2018.