Madame does not want children (1933)

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Movie
Original title Madame doesn't want children
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1933
length 86 minutes
Rod
Director Hans Steinhoff
script Fritz Rotter
Adaptation: Max Kolpé
and Billie Wilder
production Anatol Potok
music Walter Jurmann
Bronisław Kaper
Hans J. Salter
camera Willy Goldberger
Hans Androschin
cut Ella Ensink
occupation

Madame wishes no children (alternative title: Liane, a woman of today and Madame is fond of children ) is a German-Austrian film production from 1933 directed by Hans Steinhoff . The main roles are occupied by Liane Haid and Georg Alexander . The film is based on Clément Vautel's novel Madame ne veut pas d'enfants .

action

When the pediatrician Dr. Felix Rainer Madelaine Wengert met, he immediately fell in love with the charming woman with the self-confident demeanor. It doesn't take long before both of them step in front of the altar. Already on the honeymoon, Felix realizes that Madelaine is obsessed with her sporting activities when she competes in a tennis tournament on her honeymoon. To do this, she changed the wedding route without Felix's knowledge in order to be able to contest this tournament in Cannes . The active sleeper-car attendant hits the nail on the head when he tells Felix that a woman with three tennis rackets on her honeymoon is not a wife. Even when they are both back and setting up their common house, Felix is ​​anything but enthusiastic when Madelaine, in addition to a gymnastics and boxing room, is also setting up more sporting aspects and does not attach much importance to a real home. Felix is ​​also offended by the fact that his wife still has a close relationship with her sports friend Adolf.

In order to change something, Felix follows the advice of his former, very understanding girlfriend Luise and tries to make Madelaine jealous. He and Luise attend an ice hockey game, which he knows Madelaine is also there, and his plan works when his wife reacts with indignation. The result is that the couple come together for a real conversation in which they agree that their love is most important. Freshly reconciled, the young couple go on their honeymoon again, which this time also deserves the name. Felix is ​​happy to note that Madelaine is no longer negative about his wish to have children soon.

Production notes

The shooting took place in November and December 1932 in the Sascha studio in Vienna - Sievering . The first performance of Madame Wishes No Children was on January 6, 1933 in the Austrian capital, the German first performance took place on January 16, 1933 in the atrium in Berlin.

The film is 2,352 meters long, divided into five acts. This corresponds to a playing time of 86 minutes. On January 9, 1933, a youth ban was pronounced during an examination under test number B.32879. On January 16, 1933, a ban was imposed on the film (B.22147), which was confirmed on January 26 under the test number O.06195.

The production company was Lothar Stark-Film GmbH (Berlin). The producer Anatol Potok also had the overall management, the production management was with Arthur Rosen, the recording management with Josef A. Vesely. The film structures were designed by Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann and executed by Emil Stepanek . In the film the music titles are heard: I will never leave you ; In the morning she wakes up ; Everyone rests as fate embeds them .

Madame Wants No Children was shown in the US on June 1, 1933 under the title Madame Wants No Children , and in 1935 the film was also shown in Denmark.

French version

The film was also shot in a French version under the title Madame ne veut pas d'enfants , with Constantin Landau and Hans Steinhoff responsible for directing it. The technical staff was identical. The line-up of the French version was as follows:

further adaptation

As early as 1926, Alexander Korda made a silent film under the same title that was based on Clément Vautel's novel. The main roles in this version are occupied by Maria Corda and Harry Liedtke .

criticism

Karlheinz Wendtland found in his criticism that Otto Wallburg, even if he was not to be seen in a leading role as Uncle Hugo, was "indispensable as a representative of humor", which he gave shape to "with a bubbling laugh". Erika Glässner should also be mentioned as the mother of the young wife. Wendtland continued: “This material, which was performed in France, England and the Weimar Republic, clearly shows that marriage and having children were the natural desire of women in all western democracies and industrial societies at that time. The allegation that only German film propagated marriage and children in those years after 1933 is just an allegation. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies born in 1933 and 1934, edited by the author Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, chapter: Films 1933, without page number.