Don't fumble, darling
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Don't fumble, darling! |
| Country of production | FRG |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | May Spils |
| script | Werner Enke |
| production | Hans Fries |
| music | Kristian Schultze |
| camera | Hubs Hagen |
| cut | Ulrike Froehner |
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Don't fumble, darling! is a German comedy film by May Spils from 1970. The female lead was played by Gila von Weitershausen , the male lead by Werner Enke , who (under his pseudonym Peter Schlieper) was also responsible for the script. Although the film is not a sequel to the 1968 film On the Point, Sweetheart , it is inspired by the spirit of its predecessor. The film, which premiered on January 9, 1970, belongs to the category of “ Young German Films ”. Like its predecessor, this film also features new words such as: B. bollerig , slouched , pseudo-philosophers and sausage lovers .
content
Charly was kicked out of his home and now lives with his friend Harry, who in turn lives in a kind of commune of potential department store arsonists.
When Charly is unexpectedly arrested by the police, he is able to free himself with the help of a police uniform and the student Christine. Charly invites his new girlfriend to visit him in the evening in the department store where the arson attack is planned. After this has arrived there, both of course have other things in mind than "revolutionary action". When the two petty criminals hired by the potential arsonists (including: Benno Hoffmann) plunder the sausage counter of the department store, they set off an alarm, which creates a final comedic chaos.
Remarks
The film refers to the department store arson on April 2, 1968 by Baader , Ensslin and others. a.
reception
Don't fumble, darling! was the most successful film in German cinemas in 1970 together with the Walt Disney production Ein toller Käfer .
Filmecho 1970: Index number 1.4 (at that time no visitor numbers were published in the Filmecho, only so-called "index numbers"; the unattainable maximum value was 1.0).
Awards
- 1970: Ernst Lubitsch Prize
criticism
"Less original than its predecessor, yet an amusing rogue piece from the Munich subculture of the late 1960s."
"Has the freedom, no longer has the charm that charmed on 'sweethearts'."
"So to speak, the more developed, more precisely formulated, more concentrated version of" To the point, sweetheart "- the more successful remake of an already successful first attempt."
“'Don't fumble, darling' is literature at second glance. Charly, the subject and object of a grotesque picture sheet with which May Spils shows that she can tell, has great relatives. The Voltairsche Candide , who naively wonders his way through the world, Peregrine Pickle and Tom Jones are among them. And (...) Zazie , the cheeky provincial brat in Paris who (...) put Louis Malle in the picture. "
"Despite the poor script, despite the repetitions and loss of momentum and originality of the first film On the subject of sweets , this sequel is still a lot more entertaining than the usual Schwabing strips."
"In fact, Enke's second film is still as fresh and funny today as it was then, a firework of unpredictable surreal sayings"
Web links
- Not fumble favorite in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Don't fumble, darling at Filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Don't fumble, darling. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Don't fumble, darling In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . January 24, 1970
- ↑ Everything savvy - “Don't fumble, darling”: German, but not stupid. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . 10/11 January 1970.
- ↑ The man from the pool - Werner Enke as a guest in Hamburg's Metropolis cinema . In: Die Tageszeitung , April 13, 2010, accessed on October 27, 2014