Lulu (1962)

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Movie
Original title Lulu
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1962
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Rolf Thiele
script Rolf Thiele,
Herbert Reinecker
production Otto Dürer
for Vienna Film Production
music Carl de Groof
camera Michel Kelber
cut Eleonore Kunze
occupation

Lulu is an Austrian film adaptation by Rolf Thiele from 1962 . It is based on the play Lulu , a summary of the plays Erdgeist and The Pandora's Box by Frank Wedekind from 1913.

action

At the age of 14 Lulu was taken over by publisher Dr. Nicely taken off the street. She wanted to steal a watch from him, he wanted to make a lady out of her. When he thought he couldn’t teach her anything more, he married the young woman to Dr. Goll. He lets her dance to his violin and paint black with the artist. When Dr. Nice the watchful Dr. Goll steers him out of the painter's studio, the Lulu dilapidated black promptly tries to seduce the young woman. Because Goll returns unexpectedly and sees both of them in a unique situation, he has a fit and dies. Countess Geschwitz appears in the studio for the first time. She is in love with Lulu and has been secretly followed for a long time and now wants to take her on a trip around the world. Dr. However, Schön plans to marry Lulu again.

A little later, Lulu is the wife of painter Schwarz. She is bored with the man who has not looked after her since they got married. So she cheats on him with Dr. Nice, but who is planning a marriage himself and therefore reports to Schwarz about his wife's escapades. The unstable black shoots himself. Lulu, supported by Dr. Schön's son Alva, an attraction in a vaudeville theater. When she is supposed to dance as a flower girl and in the audience Dr. She looks beautiful with his fiancée, she feels mocked by him. Instead of the role of the flower girl, she performs the lascivious dance of Salomé. When Dr. When she confronts her about the scandal, she ensnares him. Soon afterwards she is married to her foster father Schön.

This marriage is also an unhappy one, as men continue to come and go with Lulu. Her former street apprentice, Schigolch, and the trainer Rodrigo bring strangers to Lulu, who in turn is sought after by Alva. Lulu would give herself to Alva. The betrayed Dr. One day Schön returns home too early, sees his son with Lulu and pulls out a revolver. Lulu kills her husband in self-defense . She's going to jail.

It wasn't until 18 months later that she managed to escape from prison with the help of Schigolch, Rodrigo, Alva and Countess Geschwitz. The five of them flee to Paris , where Rodrigo opens a casino. He desires the countess, but she only loves Lulu. When Alva, Lulu and the Countess have gambled away all their fortune and Rodrigo wants to hand Lulu over to the police, who is likely to receive a reward, Lulu apparently leads him to the Countess. This cuts his wrists at a dressage demonstration. Rodrigo is bleeding to death. The four of them manage to escape to London, where they live in poor conditions. Lulu prostitutes herself, but it is Alva's jealousy that drives the suitors away. When Countess Geschwitz swears to give up on Lulu in the face of a new suitor, Lulu is murdered - her last suitor was Jack the Ripper .

production

Lulu was filmed in Vienna from January 15 to March 15, 1962 . The German premiere took place on June 7, 1962 in the Turm-Palast in Frankfurt am Main .

The film structures are made by Fritz Mögle and Heinz Ockermüller .

The FSK initially released the film from the age of 18; he now has an FSK 16.

criticism

In 1962, Der Spiegel stated: “The unleashing of sex acts as a tickle instead of an affront. Instead of the demonic of sex, which overturns all moral laws, Nadja Tiller […] practices professional sex appeal with fishnet stockings and veils. Cabaret arabesques, Thiele's specialty, take the last edge off Wedekind's screaming, colorful sequence of scenes. "

The lexicon of international films described Lulu as a "unsuccessful ... cinema version" of Wedekind's material: "Lust moans, sweats and a slimy plush atmosphere create that 'viciousness' that was considered 'daring' in German films of the early sixties."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New in Germany: Lulu . In: Der Spiegel , No. 26, 1962, pp. 66-67.
  2. Lulu. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 14, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used