My 99 brides
Meine 99 Bräute is a German feature film by the director Alfred Vohrer . The black and white film produced by Wenzel Lüdecke based on the novel by Siegfried Sommer was shot in West Berlin in autumn 1958 . The world premiere took place on December 4, 1958 in the Universum in Munich .
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Nicki Montag is a real Casanova in the Munich suburb. Obviously, this is not only due to himself, but also to the numerous women who are only too happy to get involved in his advances. With the help of his work-shy friend Jonny, Nicki beguiles one woman after another in various ways. It doesn't matter whether it's the daughter of a greengrocer, a real lady or a decent artist girl. In the case of the demanding Consul Hale, it is even Nicki who is conquered.
Ultimately, however, Nicki is drawn to his former sandpit playmate Irmelin. He had promised her at the age of nine that he would marry her. She will be Nicki's 100th bride and only wife on Monday.
History of origin
prehistory
Alfred Vohrer , in the 1950s a busy dubbing director had with Dirty Angels staged early 1958 his first feature film. This work, produced by the dubbing company Ultra-Film, was one of the then successful thugs - and youth problem films . The film producer Wenzel Lüdecke , who also works in the dubbing business with Berliner Synchron , was seen as a pioneer of this genre on the German film market through films like Die Halbstarken or Endstation Liebe . In 1958, Lüdecke wanted to bring the novel Meine 99 Bräute by Siegfried Sommer , published two years earlier and also set in this milieu, to the screen under the direction of Alfred Vohrer.
Pre-production and script
The script was written by Franz Geiger . Claus Wilcke , who made his film debut in this work , was engaged as the main actor . The film also offered numerous roles for well-known actresses, including Wera Frydtberg , Vera Tschechowa , Corny Collins , Erica Beer , Edith Hancke , Edith Elmay and Ingrid van Bergen . Liesl Karlstadt and Beppo Brem were hired as Munich originals .
production
The shooting took place from the beginning of October to mid-November 1958. The outdoor shots were shot in West Berlin . It is currently not possible to prove whether they also took pictures in Munich. The interior shots were taken in the Ufa film studios in Berlin-Tempelhof . For the Design the film architects Karl Weber and Jochen Maeder responsible. Vera Mügge designed the costumes . The assistant director was Eva Ebner , who worked here for the first time with Alfred Vohrer.
Film music
The instrumental Patricia in the original version by Pérez Prado was used as the theme music . It was available as a single from RCA Records at the time. The rest of the film music was composed by Martin Böttcher . It was recorded by the Spree City Stompers, the Johannes Rediske Quintet and the FFB Orchestra . Horst Fischer can be heard as the solo trumpeter . Böttcher also composed the vocal number You can not love all girls for the film (text: Ute Kuntze-Just), which was sung by Ingrid Werner . With the exception of the theme music, the film music has not yet been released on phonograms.
reception
publication
The FSK released the film on December 1, 1958, from 16 years of age. The premiere took place on December 4th at the Universum in Munich. The film was later not shown on television. There have been no other re-releases either.
Reviews
“The Berlin producer Wenzel Lüdecke attempted to portray the liberal reflections of the Munich newspaper columnist Siegfried (“ Blasius ”) Sommer about the goings-on of a young Casanova's alley in such a way that they would be compatible with the virtues of self-control. The producer failed, but not as honorable as his first teenage movie "yobs" because he the hero Nicki Monday philistine loaded the simple Bettfreudigkeit cinema philosophy, rather than in real " dance " -Frivolität the erotic "How “To restrict. Author Sommer, who for some inexplicable reason would have thought his novel about the "precocious traveler in lingerie" - according to Sommer himself - as an accusation against the older generation, dismissed the film as a "faded petticoat Schnulze". "
"Colorless and tension-free hypocrisy."
Web links
- My 99 brides in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- My 99 brides at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 91 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 87 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2493 meters (original version), 2403 meters (rental version)
- ^ Film: New in Germany . In: Der Spiegel . No. 52 , 1958, pp. 59 ( online ).
- ↑ My 99 brides. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .