Oh, that aunt
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Oh, that aunt |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Konrad Petzold |
| script |
Otto Holub Konrad Petzold Werner Bernhardy (scenario) |
| music | Karl-Ernst Sasse |
| camera | Siegfried Mogel |
| cut | Thea Richter |
| occupation | |
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Oh, this aunt is a comedy film of the GDR television from Konrad Petzold from the year 1978 .
action
The Czech Jana surprises her friend Heinz Rascher with the news that she wants to register for a work assignment in Africa. She wants Heinz to come with her, but he refuses: On the one hand, the doctor is needed at the dairy farm in Groß-Klückow and, on the other hand, he suspects that his aunt Alma is going to stand up. The two of them quarrel. Alma, in turn, has been living with vet Dr. Otto Kröpelin under one roof. While the villagers are already whispering about an engagement, Alma cannot even bring herself to speak to Otto because she, as a declared animal lover, rejects his hunting hobby. Rather, she threatens to move into her apartment in Berlin.
Alma learns of the dispute between Heinz and Jana and is delighted because she is critical of the relationship between them anyway. She would much rather see the new girl in the village, kindergarten teacher Rosi Schröder, at Heinz's side. Out of spite, Heinz is now even more applying for the Africa assignment. At Otto's instigation, Alma is sent with him and the Hahnemanns on a study trip to Karlovy Vary . Otto uses the time to get closer to Alma, and after a while both of them actually start talking. They experience a few things together, for example Alma fills Otto with spring water, both visit a dairy cattle facility with the others and follow a dog catcher who turns out to be the owner of a boarding house. Alma has now found her lifelong dream: to open a boarding house with Otto. Both of them endure trouble, one night with only one double bed, which results in Alma sleeping in the bathtub. You will also be invited to dinner with Jana's parents. Here Alma makes it clear that Heinz will not leave Groß-Klückow, since he has signed a contract with the dairy farm. He is also personally bound to the village in the form of Rosi. Without further ado, Jana secretly drives to Groß-Klückow and actually meets Rosi in Heinz's house. However, it turns out that Heinz is lying in bed with lumbago and is only being looked after by her. He is not interested in her, and so Jana and Heinz make up.
It's Alma's birthday and, in addition to a dachshund puppy, Otto also receives membership in his hunting party. A short time later the alarm was sounded in the village, after all a bull bison was standing on the village street, which shortly afterwards even chased Otto up a tree. Alma kills the animal with a Sunday shot from the stun gun. Otto uses the subsequent celebration to fill Heinz with alcohol because he knows that Heinz has to go to Berlin the next day to be tested for suitability for the tropics. After Alma's coffee the next day, Heinz's health parameters are so bad in the end that he is rejected for Africa. Jana appears in the village and tells Heinz and Alma that she is expecting a child from Heinz. She cannot go to Africa now either. Alma, however, is disappointed that Heinz did not tell her about his ongoing relationship with Jana and leaves for Berlin. She spends the Christmas season here and is visited by Otto on New Year's Eve, who stays with her. Both suffer from the crowd in the big city, and Otto in particular misses his forest and the hunt. Both of them stay in Berlin for Heinz and Jana's wedding because Otto is ill. Alma realizes that he needs more greenery and wants to buy him a dacha where she wants to open a joint animal boarding house. With this she also proposes to Otto, and the wedding takes place a little later. Alma hesitates to say yes before the registrar because she has scruples about tying Otto to Berlin. Only Heinz and Jana ensure that she finally says yes: They are giving both of them a game garden in Groß-Klückow, in which, among other things, the captured bison finds a new home. They also announce that Alma and Otto will have to look after their child next year when they both go to Africa. Alma, in turn, has found a new field of activity: taking care of animals and visitors to the wilderness.
production
Oh, this aunt is the second film about Aunt Alma after Beasts , played by Agnes Kraus. It was shot from 1977 under the working title Das geht zu weit ... Alma in the DEFA studio for feature films in Berlin. Marianne Schmidt created the costumes, and Klaus Winter designed the film .
The film was first broadcast on GDR 1 on April 23, 1978 on GDR television. In 2011 it was released on DVD as part of Icestorm's DDR TV Archive series .
Oh, that aunt is the middle part of a trilogy that ended in 1980 with Alma Creates All . Wolfgang Penz, the actor of nephew Heinz, died in an accident in August 1979 and was therefore seen for the last time in Oh, this aunt .
Reviews
For the film service , Oh, this aunt was a "comedy on GDR television that relies entirely on the bizarre nature of its leading actress Agnes Kraus." "Stale fun with an idiosyncratic aunt," wrote the TV Spielfilm .
Web links
- Oh, this aunt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oh, this aunt at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oh, this aunt at filmportal.de
- ↑ Oh, that aunt. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See tvspielfilm.de