Mary the maid
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mary the maid |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK none, reserved film |
| Rod | |
| Director | Veit Harlan |
| script | Veit Harlan Axel Eggebrecht based on the novella Die Kindsmagd by Walter Harlan |
| production | Minerva-Tonfilm GmbH (Berlin) |
| music | Leo Leux |
| camera | Werner Bohne |
| cut | Walter von Bonhorst |
| occupation | |
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Maria, die Magd is a 1936 German film directed by Veit Harlan based on the novella Die Kindsmagd by Walter Harlan . In addition to the tragedy Das Nürnbergisch Ei , which was filmed by Veit Harlan in a greatly changed form in 1939 under the title The Immortal Heart , the film is the second film adaptation of his father's original. The main roles are played by Hilde Körber as Maria and Hans Schlenck as her fiancé Franz. The film, shot during the Nazi era, is a reserved film .
action
Alice, a successful actress, and her husband, a no less successful lawyer, have a young son, Gerd. Since the parents are constantly on the move, the maid Mary takes care of the child, to whom she is attached with great love. One day Maria takes Gerd back to her home village, where her friend Franz is waiting for her. He quickly becomes jealous of Maria's darling Gerd. Maria gets engaged to Franz at a village festival.
While Gerd is unsupervised, he looks for crabs by the river. When a storm breaks out, Maria and almost all of the villagers search for the boy in fear. Maria is so desperate about the futile search that she wants to take her own life, which Franz can prevent in time. Fortunately, Gerd is found unharmed after all. The incident does something good because Gerd's mother - having become thoughtful - wants to take care of her son herself more in the future. Maria stays with Franz, her future husband, in the village.
production
The film was produced by Minerva-Tonfilm GmbH (Berlin) under the production management of Gerhard Tandar . The manager was Adolf Essek . The buildings are by Erich Grave and Hans Minzloff . The shooting took place from July to August 1936 in Ruhlsdorf near Teltow ( Mark Brandenburg ) and in the Harz region. The film premiered on October 2, 1936 in the Lessing Theater in Hamburg . He started in the atrium in Berlin on October 23, 1936.
The distribution title for the film in Austria was: … and in the evening when the music is playing .
music
Bruno Balz wrote the text for the song “You only have a smile for my love” . His contribution to the film was not mentioned because of his homosexuality .
reception
The film was approved by the film inspection agency on September 25, 1936, but received a youth ban.
Today the film receives little attention. The media scientist Horst O. Hermanni calls the film a psychological women's novel. After the end of World War II, it was classified as a reserved film because of the National Socialist propaganda it contained . Since then, its public performance has only been possible to a limited extent. Today the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation claims the evaluation rights.
See also
Web links
- Maria, the maid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Maria, the maid at filmportal.de
- Maria, the maid at the Murnau Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ "Bruno Balz" in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Horst O. Hermanni: From Jean Gabin to Walter Huston. The film ABC. Books on demand, 2002, ISBN 3-8334-2377-3 , p. 406.