Oh - these "dear" relatives

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Movie
Original title Oh - these "dear" relatives
Country of production Germany , Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1955
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Joe Stöckel
script Hans Holt
Jochen Kuhlmey
production South German Film Production, Munich
Bergland-Film, Linz
music Willy Mattes
camera Walter cloth
cut Eva Kroll
occupation

Oh - these "dear" relatives is a German-Austrian comedy film by Joe Stöckel from 1955 .

action

Baron Hubertus von Froberg, Herr von Waldsee, is celebrating his 60th birthday. In the morning he flees from the well-wishers from his property into the forest, where he kills a stag. He wakes up his forest ranger Stachigel to drink with the eternally drunk man to his hunting luck. In the process he discovers the photo of Stachigel's daughter Reni, who has lived with an aunt in Vienna for ten years and has since become a grown woman. Stingigel, however, gruffly takes the photo out of his hand. A little later, Hubertus returns to his estate and receives a portrait from his domestic servants that shows him as a hunter. Reni painted the picture in Vienna from photographs, as she has become an artist far away. In the evening, during the big birthday party, Hubertus is sitting at a table with doctor Scherner, who repeatedly admonishes him to be moderate, Tomay's neighbor and teacher Fritz Deichmann, when, surprisingly, Reni arrives from Vienna. Hubertus is enthusiastic about the young woman and dances with her exuberantly and much to the displeasure of Stachigel. Suddenly Hubertus collapses with a heart attack. He is reanimated and taken to his room.

A little later, Hubertus' relatives received news of the landlord's death and an invitation to open a will. Although all relatives - Hubertus' brother Emil Frohberg and wife Laura, nephew Otto and niece Otti, who are married, as well as his divorced wife Alwine and her third husband Sturmius Zehböck - assure each other not to go to Waldsee under any circumstances, end up in the end all on the property. Here they immediately act like the future rulers and criticize and humiliate the servants. Everyone is all the more surprised when notary Dr. Grummel opened the will. Hubertus plans to bequeath everything to one of the blood relatives. However, who will inherit is decided by his servants, forest ranger Josef Stachigel, servant Amandus Krebs, chauffeur Franz Pollinger, housekeeper Anni Huber and administrator Ernst Gutterer. A simple majority applies. The election is due to be held the next day at noon. The relatives immediately try to ingratiate themselves with the decision-makers, bring them breakfast to bed, take care of manicures and pedicures, muck out the stables and take on all other tasks that are otherwise taken over by the service staff. The old prickly hedgehog withdraws in disgust, even if he is not allowed to leave the estate. Meanwhile, his daughter Reni is having the best time: She has met her childhood sweetheart Kartschi Scherner, the son of the doctor Scherner, and they both fell in love again. Only one thing still stands in the way of mutual happiness, as Karschti sees no future prospects in Waldsee. Like his father, he became a doctor and now wants to go to Asia to practice there.

The next noon begins the election of the heir, which is carried out by notary Dr. Grummel is headed. Although the relatives made an effort, they are all unanimously rejected as heirs. Otti and Otto Bachmann are most likely to be on the inheritance, as Franz Pollinger votes for Otti, who brought him food to bed, and his girlfriend Anni Huber also votes for her so as not to appear jealous. There is a pause during which the relatives pull out all the stops again. Otti tries belly dancing to attract more men to her side, while Emil Froberg and wife serve beer and sandwiches. Meanwhile, Alwine offers Anni her latest clothes. The next round of voting begins and this time it is conducted in secret. Stachigel wrote "Reni" on his piece of paper and now confesses that Reni is Hubertus' illegitimate daughter. Before his marriage to Stachigel, his wife had a brief affair with Hubertus and, a few days before the wedding, confessed that she was expecting a child from Hubertus. Hubertus, on the other hand, does not know that Reni is his daughter. However, a picture of Hubertus' mother clearly shows the similarity of grandmother and granddaughter. All those present spontaneously vote for Reni to inherit the property. She is surprised and pleased because Karschti doesn't have to leave because of the money. Karschti, on the other hand, thinks that he will not marry Reni, now a rich woman, if he wants to feed the family and achieve his own success on his own. Reni is devastated. Shortly afterwards, everyone present experiences a big surprise. Music sounds and suddenly Hubertus stands in front of them. He has been in a sanatorium for the past three weeks and pretended to be dead to test his relatives. In fact, Servant Cancer kept him posted the entire time. Now he learns that he has an illegitimate daughter in Reni. He happily accepts her as his child and looks for prickly hedgehogs. Now he has recognized why his forest ranger has always been drunk with despair over the last few years. He says that together they will only be a real father to Reni. Together they can also convince Karschti to stay in Waldsee and with Reni.

production

Since Carla Hagen , who was supposed to be Franz Marischka's partner, signed a contract with Kurt Ulrichs Berolina overnight , a replacement had to be found quickly. Marischka remembered a lady who worked behind a bar counter in Schwabing. Her name was Kai Fischer, and Joe Stöckel's approval was immediately given, thus establishing her career.

The film was produced in a studio on the exhibition grounds in Wels . The outdoor shots were taken at Puchberg Castle , on the Traunsee , on the Almsee and in the Salzkammergut .

Bruni Selva-Malta created the costumes, and Felix Smetana designed the film . The music is by Willy Mattes , the lyrics were written by Fred Rauch . The Munich film orchestra plays . The film, which was also shown under the title The Dear Relatives , had its premiere on August 2, 1955 in the Munich Kammerspiele . The film was released on DVD in 2012.

criticism

The film service called Oh - these "dear" relatives a "crude comedy that only lives up to modest demands."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Zwetschi Marischka: Always smile , Munich, Vienna 2001, p. 157
  2. ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 545
  3. ↑ Oh - these "dear" relatives. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used