Maturing Youth (1933)

Movie
Original title	Maturing youth
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1933
length	107 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Carl Froelich
script	Robert A. Stemmle , Walter Supper
production	Carl Froelich Filmproduktion GmbH
music	Walter Gronostay
camera	Reimar Kuntze
occupation
Horst Beck : Karl Maier, high school graduate Jochen Blume : Andreas Bolz, high school graduate Else Bötticher : Ms. Albing, Elfriede's mother Marieluise Claudius : Christa von Borck, high school graduate Albert Florath : Nehring, music teacher Hugo Froelich : Nockelmann, caretaker Heinrich George : Brodersen, Director of Studies Ellen Geyer : Maid at Dr. Kerner Andree Hanfmann : Ernst Rauch, high school graduate Paul Henckels : Dr. Hepp Julius E. Herrmann : Dr. Steffenhagen, senior teacher Dieter Horn : Franz Möller, high school graduate Herbert Huebner : Dr. Albing, spa doctor, Elfriede's father André Jansen Friedrich Karl : Erwin Pape, Quartaner Rolf Kästner : Bert Fredereksen, high school graduate Jochen Kuhlmey : Walter Mettke, class leader Albert Lieven : Knud Sengebusch, high school graduate Carsta Löck : daughter of the caretaker Nany Mangelsdorf : Mother Mettke Paul Mederow : Dr. Stahnke Herrmann Noack : Fritz Hannemann, high school graduate Sabine Peters : Annelore Winkel, high school graduate Paul Rehkopf Fritz Reiff : Inspector Sengebusch, Knud's father Herbert Stockder : Hermann Puttbrese, high school graduate Hertha Thiele : Elfriede Albing, high school graduate Peter Voss : Dr. Kerner, study assessor Hans Joachim Wieland : Otto Ohlerich, high school graduate Anneliese Würtz : wife of the caretaker

Maturing Youth is the title of a German feature film from 1933 . The literary adaptation based on the stage play The Graduation Examination by Max Dreyer was premiered on September 22, 1933 in the Berlin Capitol . The film is set in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund at what was then Stralsund's grammar school in the former Dominican monastery of St. Katharinen .

content

Three young girls from a small town decide to take their matriculation examination at the high school in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund , because they don't have the opportunity to do so in their small town. The school principal Brodersen ( Heinrich George ), who actually only grants men higher education, allows the three girls to attend his school. The girls settle in well and quickly make friends with their male classmates.

Before an exam, the students persuade the caretaker's daughter ( Carsta Löck ) to search the staff room for the exam papers, and she is caught. Knud Sengbusch ( Albert Lieven ), who is secretly in love with his classmate Elfriede Albing ( Hertha Thiele ), takes responsibility, although he did not know anything about the project. Elfriede only raves about her teacher Dr. Kerner ( Peter Voss ). But he shies away from entering into a relationship with his student. During the matriculation examination with Dr. Kerner ran through Knud 's nerves. However, knowing the secret love, Director Brodersen reacts very cautiously and admits that Knud is mature. Elfriede also passes the exam and can now establish an official connection with Dr. Kerner enter.

rating

The youth film was quite successful and was shown in the United States as well. The Reichsfilmkammer classified the film as "particularly valuable". After the Second World War, the performance was initially banned by the Allies. After the Federal Republic of Germany was founded, it was no longer classified as a reserved film .

Reviews

"An entertainment film awarded the state title of" artistically particularly valuable "in the service of the affirmation of authority desired in 1933."

- Lexicon of international film

Production notes

The still photographer for this production was Alexander Schmoll .

literature

• Friedrich Koch : School in the cinema. Authority and education. From the “Blue Angel” to the “Feuerzangenbowle”. Weinheim and Basel 1987. ISBN 9783407340092

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Ripening Youth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ripening youth at filmportal.de
• Maturing youth ( Memento from May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at murnau-stiftung.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article: "NEWS FROM THE FILM". In: Vossische Zeitung, No. 442, Friday, September 15, 1933
2. ↑ Article: "Maturing Youth". In: Vossische Zeitung, No. 456, Saturday, September 23, 1933
3. ↑ Ripening youth. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 10, 2016 .