Music, music and just music
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Music, music and just music |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Matray |
| script |
Kurt E. Walter Manfred Roessner |
| production |
Arca-Film GmbH (Berlin) Helmuth Volmer |
| music | Benny de Weille |
| camera | Oskar Schnirch |
| cut | Martha Dübber |
| occupation | |
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Music, music and just music is a German feature film by Ernst Matray from 1955 .
action
Karl Zimmermann is a music student and would like to become a serious composer one day. Just like almost all students, he is chronically short of money. And then there is Anni Pichler, also a music student, but more devoted to lighter music. She lives with her friends Sonja, a dance student, and the Englishwoman Pat, who prefers chanson, in a shared apartment. Her friends also include the young men Bill, an American, Maurice, a pianist and the dance student Franz, all of whom are studying at the conservatory. They spend almost all of their free time together and they improve their finances by doing odd jobs as porters, cigarette sellers, cloakroom women and the like in a bar.
Karl is Anni Pichler's tutor, which initially only concerns the music. There are always disputes because Karl prefers Beethoven and Sonja likes jazz. Since they don't get together musically, they part ways after a big row. But they meet again in the conservatory and they dare to try the tutoring again. This time they both get together and they get closer privately, so that they will soon get married.
A year later, Karl has just finished his great symphony. To celebrate this as well as the first wedding anniversary, the friends come to visit the young couple with lots of alcohol. With them came a telegram, which Karl invited to the presentation of his work to the well-known publisher Berndorff. Evelyne Berger, one of Karl's singing students, played a not inconsiderable part of this. But his symphony fell through with the publisher. Back in his apartment, the friends notice that he no longer feels like partying and slowly withdraw. But even with the young couple, the old disputes break out again, as a result of which Anni moves out with Karl.
Anni, however, believes she knows the key to happiness and, together with her friend Maurice, turns some of the symphonic themes into modern jazz. With a considerable use of charm, she can now convince the publisher Berndorff of the new arrangement of the piece, which she has called "Rhapsody in Jazz". Anni and Maurice, who has since rediscovered his feelings for them, are now working almost continuously on the score. Karl is not at all enthusiastic about his changed music and even wants the police to ban a performance. He thinks she's completely screwed up. Of all people, Maurice, in whom he sees a rival, succeeds, with the help of his friends, in healing Karl of his absurd compositional ambitions and also of his jealousies. While the finale of the "Rhapsody in Jazz" is being played in the hall, Anni and Karl step out onto the street and this is the beginning of a new marriage.
production
The film takes over the subject matter of Helmut Käutner's We Make Music from 1942. It was produced in the Bendestorf film studio . The outdoor shots were taken in Göttingen and Berlin.
Music, music and just music is a black and white film and had its world premiere on February 17, 1955 in the Lichtburg (Essen) . This film was first broadcast on television on December 15, 1985 by RTL plus . The music was played by the Lionel Hampton band and the NWDR orchestra under the direction of Harry Hermann.
criticism
The lexicon of international film describes music, music and just music as an undemanding, lively, operetta-like music film.
Web links
- Music, music and only music in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Music, music and only music at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , pp. 540-541
- ↑ Music, music and just music. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .