Maturing Youth (1955)

Movie
Original title	Maturing youth
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1955
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16, later 12
Rod
Director	Ulrich Erfurth
script	Fritz Aeckerle Gerhard Biller
production	Concordia film, Berlin
music	Hansom Milde-Meissner
camera	Ekkehard Kyrath
cut	Lieselotte Cochius
occupation
Mathias Wieman : Senior Studies Director Dr. Berger Albert Lieven : Teacher Dr. Crusius Maximilian Schell : Jürgen Sengebusch Christa Keller : Regine Albing Adelheid Seeck : Charlotte Holsten Klaus Barner : Erich Mettke, senior prime minister Charles Brauer : Bert Ilgen, senior prime minister Harald Giese : Andreas Bolz, senior prime minister Brigitte Grothum : Dora Wolfgang Höper : Klaus Helmer, senior prime minister Ilse Künkele : Secretary to the director Phoebe Monnard : Ms. Scholz, Dr. Crusius' landlady Eberhard Müller-Elmau : Neckermann, caretaker Kurt Vespermann : Senior Student Councilor Dr. Türck Ernst von Klipstein : Teacher Baumbauer

Reifende Jugend is a German melodrama from 1955 by Ulrich Erfurth with Mathias Wieman , Albert Lieven and the young Maximilian Schell in the leading roles. The film is based on the stage play The Graduation Examination by Max Dreyer .

action

Confusions and confusions of love in a school community in the still young Federal Republic of Germany. Here there is a fair regime, determined by clear structures, under the direction of the mild and experienced senior director Dr. Berger. One day the hardworking Regine Albing is accepted as the only girl in the primary school. Due to her level of knowledge, she is way ahead of her age group. At the new school, Regine meets the much older teacher Dr. Crusius. For both of them it is an unexpected reunion, because Regine and Crusius already know each other from a vacation together. At that time there was a short but violent liaison, which Crusius does not want to continue because of his responsibility, which he feels as a teacher, even if he still loves the girl.

The inexperienced student Jürgen Sengebusch also fell in love with the pretty girl, but she is totally fixated on her teacher. A catastrophe threatens when Crusius, Regine and Jürgen get in each other's way: Crusius catches Sengebusch trying to steal the examination papers for the upcoming Abitur. The student council then acts as intended and reports the student. Deeply disappointed by this denunciation, Regine turns away from her beloved teacher for the time being. The understanding director Dr. Berger, to smooth things over in such a way that no one emerges unscathed from the whole affair.

Production notes

Maturing Youth was made in mid-1955 in the Göttingen film studio and with outdoor recordings in the Göttingen Grimm School. The premiere took place on September 15, 1955 at the Capitol-Kino in Göttingen, the Berlin premiere was on November 10 of the same year.

Gerard Biller was the production manager, Heinz Laaser was the production manager. Alfred Bütow designed the film structures implemented by Paul Michaelis. Peter Gorski was an assistant director.

This film material was first filmed in 1933 by Carl Froelich under the same title . Lieven also played in this version of the film, but in the Schell role there, as a student of Sengebusch.

criticism

In the lexicon of international films it says: "Emotional drama whose conflicts ... seem implausible and antiquated."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ripening youth. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 1, 2020 .  

Web links

• Ripening Youth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ripening youth at filmportal.de