You'd have to be twenty again
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | You'd have to be twenty again |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Quest |
| script |
Kurt Nachmann Lotte Neumann |
| production |
Walter Tjaden Herbert Gruber |
| music | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
| camera | Günther Anders |
| cut | Arnfried Heyne |
| occupation | |
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You'd have to be twenty again is an Austrian fictional film in black and white by Hans Quest . The script was written by Kurt Nachmann and Lotte Neumann , the latter under the pseudonym Charlotte Diller. The main roles are occupied by Karlheinz Böhm , Johanna Matz , Ewald Balser and Susi Nicoletti . The work had its world premiere on August 14, 1958, simultaneously in Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany. The film is a remake of the German comedy Old Heart Becomes Young Again from 1942 with Emil Jannings in the lead role.
action
Although he is already 70 years old, Friedrich Hoffmann is still in charge of his company. One day he gets a visit from the young Susanne Menzel. The girl wants to fulfill her grandmother's last wish and hands the old man a bundle of letters that he wrote to Susanne's grandmother decades ago. As a young boy he was very much in love with her. However, he never found out that this connection had resulted in a son - Susanne's father. And so he suddenly comes to a granddaughter. However, Susanne believes that old Hoffmann simply left her grandmother behind at the time. That's why she doesn't want anything to do with him now.
To find out more about Susanne's living conditions, Friedrich Hoffmann instructs one of his directors, Paul Degenhard, the son of his best friend, to do it for him. But he keeps the reason for the order to himself. However, Paul is so busy familiarizing himself with the management of a new plant that he soon forgot about his boss's assignment. When he finally hires Susanne as his secretary, neither suspect anything of the context. Before long, Susanne accompanies Paul on a business trip to Athens . The two get closer.
Hoffmann has now researched himself what his granddaughter is all about and found that she works in his own company. To establish the connection with Susanne, he uses a trick: he arranges a “chance” meeting with the girl at a concert. The old man takes care of Susanne so touchingly that she gradually gets a better opinion from her grandfather. The family does not hide the fact that the senior boss meets with a young lady every now and then. Rumors soon circulated that Hoffmann had a secret lover. When he even invites the family to a party, everyone thinks he wants to announce his engagement. Hoffmann likes his role all too well, so that he deliberately leaves his relatives in the dark for a long time. Finally he comes out with the truth: Susanne is his granddaughter and will soon marry Paul Degenhard. Now there is peace again in the family circle.
Production notes
The outdoor shots were taken in the cities of Vienna and Athens. The buildings were created by the film architect Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff . Hans-Otto Borgmann composed the music using the song "One must be twenty again" by Gerhard Jussenhoven based on a text by Kurt Feltz . For the 62-year-old screenwriter Lotte Neumann , once a celebrated silent film star, one would have to be twenty again to see the film farewell.
criticism
The lexicon of international film draws the following conclusion: "Coarsened new edition of the Emil Jannings comedy" Old heart becomes young again "".
source
- Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by the publishing house of the same name, Mannheim, number 3984
Web links
- One would again twenty be in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- You'd have to be twenty again. Five pictures from the film on Cinema.de.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 from 1988, p. 2422