Be a mother, however!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Be a mother, however! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Viktor Tourjansky |
| script |
Karl Georg Külb based on an idea by Walter Forster |
| production | Jochen Genzow |
| music | Peter Igelhoff |
| camera |
Franz Koch Josef Illig |
| cut | Gertrud Hinz |
| occupation | |
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Be a mother, however! is a German feature film from 1951 by Viktor Tourjansky with Ilse Werner , Paul Klinger and Paul Kemp in the leading roles.
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Since Florentine became a widow, the single woman has felt quite lonely, even if she has two reliable friends with her former guardian, Mr. Haas, whom she always only calls "Bunny", and her housekeeper Johanna. Then she got an idea after Florentine visited her childhood friend Charlotte, the director of an orphanage: Florentine decides, since the right man is not in sight, to adopt a kid without further ado: she wants to take little Peter with her, but he doesn't want to left the orphanage without his girlfriend Monika. When a little girl named Snow White has conquered the heart of "Bunny", Florentine decides to adopt all three. This means a big change overnight and a lot of work for the young woman. One day, Florentine meets the handsome architect Curt May, who - you are in the stuffy and extremely conservative 1950s - is obviously a little shocked when he learns that the unmarried woman who did it to him already has three small children you own. Both get into each other's hair when she expects him to convert the attic to a children's room in order to enlarge the living space, but he is not ready for this.
They meet in court, and with her motherly and womanly charm, Florentine gradually succeeds in softening Curt's heart. Since Florentine means more and more to Curt in the course of history, he pretends to be "generous" and offers Florentine to marry her despite her "flaw" of illegitimate motherhood, even as the children Snow White, Peter and Monika, the Florentine "Aunt Mutti" call, do everything possible to torpedo a future marriage. The little rascals fear that if they marry, there will not be enough motherly love left for them or they could possibly be deported back to the home. Neighboring boy Willy, whose father is a successful boxer with a dreaded right-hand wrestler, is also supposed to teach the unwanted intruder Curt to fear. Then there is a new danger in the form of a measles outbreak . Finally, Curt, who tries very hard to get the affection of the three little ones, learns the true background of Florentine's large group of children and is in the end touched by their obvious generosity and the altruism behind it.
Production notes
Be a mother, however! was shot in June 1951 in Munich (studio and outdoor shots). The premiere took place on August 14, 1951 in Frankfurt am Main, the Berlin premiere on October 12 of the same year.
Producer Jochen Genzow was also the production manager. Ernst H. Albrecht designed the film structures implemented by Arne Flekstad , Ursula Maes the costumes. Walter Rühland took care of the sound. Marina von Ditmar gave her farewell performance as a film actress here. The scenes from children were staged unnamed by Friedrich Eichler .
Reviews
The lexicon of international films says: "Shallow comedy entertainment, conservative, without any claim to being realistic."
The director of the children's scenes, Friedrich Eichler, who had conducted Isa and Jutta Günther in the praised Kästner film Das doppelte Lottchen with great success the year before , on the other hand, was very much afraid of being a mother during the filming of what kind of phony kitsch he was involved in this time was. With the “double Lottchen”, he stated, “the children were the real focus, here they are only used as stirring elements”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Text on the face". Report in: Der Spiegel from June 6, 1951
- ↑ Be a mother, however! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2020 .
- ↑ "Text on the face". Report in: Der Spiegel from June 6, 1951
Web links
- Be a mother, however! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Be a mother, however! at filmportal.de