Red Poppy (film)

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Movie
Original title Red poppy
Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1956
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Franz Antel
script Werner P. Zibaso
Kurt Nachmann
production Herbert Gruber
for Sascha / Lux
music Johannes Fehring
camera Hans H. Theyer
Hanns Matula
cut Arnfried Heyne
occupation

Roter Mohn is an Austrian love film by Franz Antel from 1956 . The leading roles are cast with Rudolf Prack and Gundula Korte , leading roles with Hans Moser , Mady Rahl , Oskar Sima and Laya Raki .

action

The Vienna theater run by the Ritter brothers is on the verge of ruin. The theater owner is Baron Stefan von Reiffenberg, but they haven't paid rent to him for two months. Now Ottokar Scheidl, the owner of the Eldorado entertainment business, is interested in the theater and wants to buy it from Stefan. The theater people fear that Stefan will have to accept in view of the troubled financial situation and want to prevent this at all costs. Ottokar wants to watch Stefan in a restaurant and the actress Gina is supposed to prevent him from entering the restaurant. She pretends to know Stefan well and to be able to convey him. Ottokar believe you. When both of them miss Stefan at the restaurant, Ottokar follows him to his property.

Part two of the plan revolves around the young actress Marina. When Stefan, who has had dinner with his long-time girlfriend Barbara, leaves the restaurant, Marina takes refuge in his car in a wedding dress. She pretends to have fled from her groom, who always treated her badly. She wants to go to a friend in Rust and Stefan takes her with him. On the drive to Rust, two friends of Stefan's see him in the car with Marina disguised as a bride. They believe that Stefan has secretly married and notify the servant Anton, who is now preparing a big party. Especially for Stefan's old aunt Theresa, a lifelong dream comes true with the wedding, as she had always feared that Stefan would end up as a bachelor.

Stefan and Marina look in vain for their invented relative in Rust and so Stefan takes Marina with him to his property. Here both of them are surprised by the big party and, especially with their old aunt, do not have the heart to clear up the misunderstanding immediately. After the celebration, both are locked in the marriage room. Out of necessity, Stefan sleeps on a chair while Marina gets the marriage bed. The next morning, Stefan is already out in the fields and has a dress brought to Marina because she only has the wedding dress with her. On that day, Marina is greeted by the servants of the farm and traditionally has to bring Stefan the food to the field. Meanwhile, Stefan has taken a liking to Marina and can imagine a life with her, especially since his servants Marina seem to have taken an immediate fondness for them. In the end, it's Barbara who exposes the fraud. She herself had always wanted to marry Stefan and is now amazed that the staunch bachelor is said to have married suddenly shortly after their last meeting. In the wedding dress she sees a sewn-in that identifies the item of clothing as a prop of the play The Swapped Bride . She confronts Marina. Because she believes that Marina is only after Stefan's money, she claims that Stefan is in debt and therefore has to marry a rich woman. Since she threatens to reveal everything to Stefan, Marina leaves immediately. In the end everything is brought to light by Marina's friends from the theater and Stefan is shocked: He had already fallen in love with a woman from the theater who had betrayed him. He is now traveling to the Riviera with Barbara.

Marina goes to Ottokar Scheidl in Vienna and begs him to buy the theater. Only in this way could Stefan pay off his debts and would not be forced to marry the rich Barbara. Ottokar drives to Stefan's property and wants to buy the theater immediately. Anton makes it clear to him that this is not for sale and that Stefan has no money problems either. When Ottokar explains to him that Marina has told him about it, Anton realizes that Marina wasn't after Stefan's money. Meanwhile, Stefan doesn't feel at home on the Riviera because he's not a jet-set type. The explanatory telegram from Anton brings him back home and Barbara also releases him because she has recognized that Stefan really loves Marina. Together with Anton, Stefan finally attends the performance of The Swapped Bride . During the final applause, Marina sees him and wants to escape from the theater in a wedding dress. He waits with his car in front of the exit and lets her get into the car. Then he puts an engagement ring on her finger and they drive away together.

Production, publication

Red poppies originated in various locations in Burgenland . The interior shots were shot in the Rosenhügel film studios of Wien-Film. The film structures were created by Sepp Rothauer and Franz Szivatz . The costumes are by Edith Almoslino , while the costumes for the Revue are designed by Gerdago .

The script was based on an idea by André Zsoldos . The soundtrack was created using the song Roter Mohn by Michael Jary and Bruno Balz . Lynda Gloria performs the song Chi-co-chi . You can also hear Gyula Toki Horváth and his Budapest Gypsy Orchestra. Linda Gloria from the Casino de Paris is dancing.

The film, Ida Wüst's last work in front of the camera, premiered on December 21, 1956 at the same time in the Palast-Theater Karlsruhe and Vienna. In France it was published on July 26, 1957 under the title Mariés pour rire , in Hungary under the title Vörös mák .

On October 14, 2016, Alive released the film as part of the "Jewels of Film History" series on DVD.

criticism

For the film service , Roter Mohn was a “silly comedy with a few revue numbers and a tendency to crude punchlines; badly played and poorly staged. "

TV Wishlist said that when directing the film, Franz Antel relied on “his tried and tested recipe for success: entertainment, comedy and love - performed by audience favorites such as Rudolf Prack, Gundula Korte, Hans Moser and Ida Wüst”.

Cinema only had the word “poor” left for the film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Roter Mohn Fig. DVD case film jewels (in the picture: Rudolf Prack, Gundula Korte, Hans Moser)
  2. Red poppy seeds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. Red poppy seeds see page wunschliste.de. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  4. Roter Mohn see page cinema.de (including 17 film images). Retrieved June 6, 2019.