Gentlemen sons

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Movie
Original title Gentlemen sons
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1945
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 14
Rod
Director Robert A. Stemmle
script Josef Maria Frank based
on an idea by Erich Paetzmann
production Bernhard F. Schmidt
(production group)
music Adolf Steimel
camera Fritz Arno Wagner ,
Eugen Klagemann ,
Eduard Meyer
cut Johanna Rosinski
occupation

Meine Herren Söhne is a German feature film made in 1943/44 by Robert A. Stemmle . The main roles are played by Monika Burg and Werner Hinz .

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Since the landowner Kurt Redwitz was widowed, it has been his responsibility to take care of the two children in addition to business matters. The gentlemen's sons are twelve and ten years old and have fun on their necks. Feared as the real wild caught, they mess up the household with their pranks and other jokes, which are feared by the domestic staff. Especially the strict and very bitchy housekeeper Ms. Suhrmöller never misses an opportunity to complain coram publico about Lutz and Lütte, the names of the two boys. Aunt Ursula, a relative of the landlord, hears this and immediately forges a plan with which one could kill two birds with one stone: She intends to accommodate the pretty young Bettina von Wüstenhagen, her niece, in the Redwitz household. Firstly, she is a trained educator, which can only be good for the two boys, and secondly, the unbound is of marriageable age. Aunt Ursula can certainly imagine Bettina as the coming Mrs. Redwitz.

Said and done. When Bettina arrives at the estate, the Redwitzens are thrilled. She even receives marriage proposals from Kurt's circle of friends. The young woman quickly finds a rapport with Lutz and Lütte and even manages to teach the two impetuous boys better manners. Both school performance has also improved noticeably. Only Ms. Suhrmöller does not agree with the entire development at all. Jealously she soaks up the gossip that is widespread in the village, according to which Bettina only intends to marry Kurt, and rubs this "knowledge" under her superior's nose as quickly as possible. Kurt Redwitz is so angry about this spread of gossip that he immediately fired the housekeeper. Bettina is shocked that her presence on the manor has caused such upheavals that she now no longer wants to stay either, and leaves the property without saying goodbye.

While Bettina is very much missed by all three Redwitzens, the young woman succeeds in finding another job as a social lady in a rest home called "Schloß Sorgenfrei". Kurt Redwitz is meanwhile deeply saddened that Bettina has left and is therefore all the more pleased when his two atonements receive a postcard from the former teacher. As a result, he now knows where Bettina has gone. He sets off with Lutz and Lütte to visit Bettina and, ideally, to bring her back to the estate. But the gentlemen's sons are immediately back to normal and have nothing but mischief on their minds at the castle. Bettina, who finally wants to bring calm into her life, asks Kurt to leave again and also refuses his suggestion to accompany him and the two children.

But Kurt remains stubborn, and since Bettina's birthday is imminent, Lutz and Lütte have a brilliant idea: They lure the rest home guests out of the house so that Kurt and Bettina can find the necessary rest and the space to get closer to each other at a joint birthday party come. While the male “carefree” guests are lured into the local history museum, the ladies are invited to the local confectionery. But it soon becomes clear to all hotel guests that they have fallen for a ruse by the two young people and are angry. Since Bettina is identified as the culprit, all the “carefree” guests leave furiously, hoping to deprive Bettina of her position. Lutz and Lütte realize that this time they have gone too far with their prank and want to make everything right again. In their effort they seize a sledge, with which they promptly break into a winter frozen lake. Kurt and Bettina found out about the Redwitz children's venture and immediately rushed to the scene of the accident. The children are saved and Bettina and Kurt finally find each other.

Production notes

The shooting began on October 21, 1943 and ended in early April 1944. The shooting took place in Brandenburg an der Havel and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (exterior shots), the studio recordings were made in the Efa studio in Berlin-Halensee and in the Tobis studio of Berlin-Johannisthal . The film passed the censorship on November 21, 1944 and was released to the youth. The first performance took place in Berlin on February 20, 1945.

Tobis production group leader Bernhard F. Schmidt also worked here as production and production manager. Hanns H. Kuhnert designed the film structures made by Franz Koehn , Margit zur Nieden the costumes. Adolf Jansen was responsible for the sound.

A music track was played: There is no better life than the robber life , sung by Werner Hinz with his two film sons Lutz Moik and Hans Neie. Tatjana Sais also appears as a singer in this film.

criticism

In the film service it says: "A superficially sympathetic comedy with subtle comedy, which, however, hides the educational ideology of the Third Reich in its educational theses."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sir sons. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 1, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

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