A seventeen year old novel
A seventeen year old novel is a German film drama from 1955 directed by Paul Verhoeven . Ingrid Andree embodies the seventeen-year-old Beate, who was separated from her parents, played by Therese Giehse and Paul Dahlke , on the run and grew up with foster parents. Heidi Brühl plays her younger sister.
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When Eduard and Irma Schenk initiate the adoption of their now 17-year-old foster daughter Beate, who has been living with them in Hamburg for ten years, the office is again looking for Beate's biological parents. The then seven-year-old was separated from them while on the run , and all investigations were fruitless. It turns out that Beates father Karl Hoffmann lives as a self-employed taxi driver together with Beates mother Anna and her fourteen-year-old sister Elfriede in Berlin.
Beates mother Anna immediately sets off for Hamburg to finally bring her child home. Since the disappearance of the little ones, the Hoffmanns had pulled out all the stops to find them again. But the reunion with her daughter will be very different from what she had imagined. The Schenks are wealthy and can offer Beate a lot more than she and her husband could. In addition to the “Würfel” in Hamburg, you operate other flourishing night clubs in various cities, including Berlin. To make matters worse, the young girl has a close relationship with her foster parents and is very attached to them. So Anna Hoffmann returns to Berlin alone for the time being, because she is undecided what should happen next. The Schenks are happy about their departure and have the hope that Beate can stay with them.
Although the Schenks always made sure that Beate did not come into contact with her professional environment, one day she secretly visits the "Würfel" with her friends and meets the violinist Milos Janos, who impresses her immediately. For her childhood friend Christian, who loves the young girl dearly, this is a very difficult situation. But then, surprisingly for the Schenk family, Karl Hoffmann appears at their door. The energetic man is of the opinion that Beate will already feel comfortable once she lives with her real family. Since the Schenks have no way of denying their father his daughter, Beate starts the trip to Berlin with Hoffmann, who is a stranger to her. She is welcomed lovingly by her mother and sister and both try very hard to make it easier for her to get used to the rather simple surroundings. Karl Hoffmann, on the other hand, has a hard time with the fact that his eldest daughter is so dismissive. His attempt to force something that cannot be forced goes completely wrong. The result is a dispute and a bad atmosphere. In a letter that Beate writes to her foster parents, she complains of their suffering. So Irma Schenk decides to go to Berlin to bring her foster daughter back. When Hoffmann learns of his daughter's letters, he is not only extremely disappointed, but also so angry that he shows Beate the door. Anna Hoffmann tries in vain to mediate.
Although Beate had longed to return to Hamburg, now that she has achieved that, she is not happy either. The young girl feels torn. When her foster parents want to urge her to testify against her biological father, which could have a positive effect on an adoption that the Schenks still wanted, she refuses. Beate feels left alone by everyone and turns to Milos Janos for help, who had impressed her so much. In her inexperience, she has no inkling that the violinist stumbled a long time ago. He persuades Beate to go to Munich with him and then tries to blackmail Schenk, who he believes is Beate's father in front of him. When he learns what the situation is really like about Beates identity, he leaves her freezing in Munich without a penny. The young woman then tries to kill herself after writing a farewell letter to her friend Christian.
Fortunately, Beate's plan fails. The events that follow show her where she belongs. Her foster parents are also worried about her, but at least as much about ensuring that these unfortunate events are not made public. Hoffmanns, on the other hand, who immediately rushed to their daughter's bedside, are deeply concerned about her and even ready to leave her with the Schenks, who can offer her so much more materially, if that's what she wants. Beate now knows where her place is, sobbing, she hugs her parents. Now the family has finally come together again.
Production notes
It is a production by Delos-Film Produktionsgesellschaft mbH (Berlin), production management Bernhard F. Schmidt, Atelier CCC-Filmstudios Berlin Spandau. The outdoor shots were taken in Munich and Berlin. The film structures were created by Bruno Monden and Franz Bi . An FSK exam took place on October 27, 1955 under the number 10913 with the result that the novel of a seventeen-year-old from 16 years of age was approved.
The film premiered on November 4, 1955 in the Theater am Kröpcke in Hanover .
criticism
The lexicon of international film could not gain much from the film and judged: "Unrealistic entertainment cinema of the 50s."
Web links
- A seventeen-year-old novel at filmportal.de
- Roman a seventeen year old in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Novel of a seventeen-year-old illustrated film stage No. 2979
Individual evidence
- ^ A b novel by a seventeen year old in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ a b novel of a seventeen year old filmportal.de