Melusine (1944)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Melusine |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Steinhoff |
| script |
Werner Eplinius Hans Steinhoff based on the play of the same name (1940) by Richard Billinger |
| production | Terra film |
| music | Michael Jary |
| camera | Richard fear |
| cut | Elisabeth Pewny |
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Melusine is a German love film made in 1943/44 and a film drama by the director Hans Steinhoff , which was only released in cinemas 70 years after the shooting. In the main roles , Olga Chekhova as Nora, Siegfried Breuer as Stefan and Angelika Hauff as Nora's daughter are the protagonists of an involuntary love triangle .
action
In the thick fog, the writer Nora sees the mining engineer Stefan, who was seriously injured in a violent car accident and who, besides many traces of blood, lies almost lifeless in his car. In the hospital, the two fall in love, but then lose sight of each other.
At a later date, Stefan saves the life of Christine, Nora's daughter. The two also fall in love and even get engaged. However, when Christine learns that Stefan was already in love with her mother, she escapes in a boat out to sea. However, Stefan does not give up. He seeks and finds Christine and assures that he only loves her. As a result, the two stay together while Christine's mother Nora goes back to her divorced husband.
Production notes
The film was shot from July 26th to the beginning of December 1943 in the Austrian municipality of Strobl , on the neighboring Wolfgangsee , in the Salzkammergut and in a converted Kursaal in Bad Ischl . Robert Herlth was responsible for the film construction together with his brother Kurt Herlth and Helmut Haak. Günther Dittmer was the still photographer and Walter Rühland took care of the sound.
The film shows no trace of the turmoil of the current war. However, the production notes indicate that the director Hans Steinhoff originally planned to shoot the film in the Italian Mediterranean. The imminent landing of US troops thwarted his plan, however, and the film was subsequently filmed at the aforementioned locations.
Film censorship
The Nazi regime checked the film for any content that might be detrimental to the regime and in December 1944 imposed an unrestricted performance ban. Boguslaw Drewniak speculated as a reason: "... the film made in 1943/44 was not released by the censors. Without giving reasons. You only have to look for these in the film theme: Such love problems were not tailored to the 'needs of the times'".
release date
Due to the ban on showing the film issued by the Nazi regime, the film was no longer shown before the end of World War II . After that, initially forgotten, the film still came to German cinemas as a defector . About 70 years after the shooting, the film premiered on March 2, 2014 in the Zeughauskino in Berlin .
Web links
- Melusine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Melusine at Murnau Foundation
- Complete version at the Deutsche Filmothek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Melusine (1944) - Filming Locations - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c "Melusine" film in the Zeughauskino: A later defector - culture - Berliner Zeitung. In: berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Melusine. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
- ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938-1945 . A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 549.