Quax, the break pilot

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Movie
Original title Quax, the break pilot
Quax, the Bruchpilot Logo 001.svg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1941
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Kurt Hoffmann
script Robert A. Stemmle
production Heinz Rühmann
music Werner Bochmann
camera Heinz von Jaworsky
cut Walter Fredersdorf
occupation

Quax, der Bruchpilot is a German feature film from 1941. The comedy with Heinz Rühmann in the lead role was shot by Hermann Grote based on the story of the same name .

action

Southern Germany in 1930. Otto Grosch Ironing called Quax, a minor employee of a traffic offices, wins in a contest a free sports pilot training at the flying school Mountain Ried. He had actually wanted a different prize, but it was also convenient for him to become famous overnight in his home town of Dünkelstedt thanks to the main prize. Although he actually a coward is, he must - in order not to lose face by showing off all - in fact, take the course. Since undisciplined show-offs like Quax are not wanted in the flying school, he is advised to break off the course after a short time.

In Dünkelstedt, where the reason for his quick return home is unknown, Quax is celebrated as an aviator hero. In order to live up to expectations and also out of disappointment that his girlfriend Adelheid has become unfaithful during his absence, he returns to Bergried to continue his training. Over time, he actually becomes a disciplined aviator there and even turns out to be talented. As a reward, fate also has a new girlfriend ready for him: the nice Marianne, who has helped him out of tricky situations several times. At the end of the film, two years later, Quax was working as a disciplined flight instructor at the Bergried Aviation School . He then has his first flight lesson with one of his new students, the word "end" is now on the plane.

Emergence

Quax, the Bruchpilot has its origin in the verses of the Luftwaffe captain Hermann Grote, which have been published several times under the same title since 1928. These verses make fun of a student's problems. The enthusiastic aviator Rühmann campaigned himself decisively for the film.

The film was shot from 23 May to September 1941 in the Ufa studio in Berlin Tempelhof and in Bavaria at the Prien am Chiemsee airfield and the Erding air base , where the landing on the field was recorded. Other sources say that large parts of the film were shot at the Kempten-Durach airfield . Durach is Germany's highest airfield, there are also photos from the production of the film, one of which is signed by Heinz Rühmann, which suggests that at least parts of the film were shot here.

When the professional pilot made available during the filming was canceled due to a broken leg and no replacement was available due to the war, Rühmann flew in all scenes himself, including the aerobatics.

A camera from Bell & Howell was mounted both on the wing and in front of the cockpit of the Udet U 12 . There was only 27 meters of film in the camera, which was only enough for a minute. Rühmann had to take off around 50 times to record the flight scenes.

The premiere took place on December 16, 1941 in the Ufa-Palast in Hamburg.

reception

The turbulent flying comedy with the hit by Werner Bochmann ("Heimat, Deine Sterne"), a lot of comedy situations and numerous flight scenes, which live from the fact that Heinz Rühmann was also an avid sports pilot in real life, was a great success. She got out of the film testing of the Third Reich , the predicate "artistic value" and played at the box office, a 5 million Reichsmark. Even Adolf Hitler loved Quax, the Crash Pilot very and settled in the Fuehrer's headquarters show the film repeatedly.

A sequel with the title Quax in Fahrt (distribution title in the Federal Republic of Germany: Quax in Afrika ), also with Heinz Rühmann in the leading role, was created in 1943-45 under the direction of Helmut Weiss .

background

As in all National Socialist aviator films, values ​​such as discipline , camaraderie and social adaptation are positively emphasized. A special feature of this film is the main character, an anti-hero , which shows how even an obvious failure can become a "German hero" - if only he meets a competent leader: When Quax made his worst break, he reacts his flight instructor is not authoritarian (“discipline and obedience ”), but on the contrary through demonstrative trust: he makes Quax a flight instructor himself (“I trust you again - but now you mustn't disappoint me anymore!”).

As a means of National Socialist film policy , the film was also intended to advertise the Luftwaffe of the German Wehrmacht , as the Third Reich had a particularly great need for young people in this area during the Second World War .

The high command of the Allied occupying powers prohibited the performance after the end of the war in 1945. After the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, Quax, the break pilot, was released again by the FSK . Rühmann himself always assured me that he had never had the feeling that he was doing any propaganda with this film, let alone for military training.

Adaptation

In the GDR feature film “ Nobody has stayed up yet ”, the main character is delegated to a parachutist course at GST .

A Walt Disney character who lives in the fictional town of Duckburg or St. Erpelsburg is called " Quack, the Bruchpilot ". Your name obviously alludes to Quax, the Bruchpilot, but only in the German translation - in the English original the character is called “Launchpad McQuack”.

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Kurt Hoffmann
  2. ^ The great Heinz Rühmann book, p. 174
  3. ↑ See review at Netzine.de .
  4. ^ The great Heinz Rühmann book, p. 174
  5. ↑ http://www.duckipedia.de/index.php5?title=Quack