Southern nights
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Southern nights |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Adolf Stemmle |
| script |
Aldo by Pinelli Robert Adolf Stemmle |
| production | Melody Film, Berlin |
| music | Gerhard Winkler |
| camera | Bruno Mondi |
| cut | Wolfgang Wehrum |
| occupation | |
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Southern Nights is a German fiction film in black and white by Robert Adolf Stemmle from 1953. The leading roles are starring Germaine Damar , Walter Müller and Waltraud Haas . Aldo von Pinelli and the director wrote the script . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released for the first time on September 8, 1953 in Essen.
action
Antonio Buschmann has entrusted his nephew Harry and his friend Thomas with the management of his entertainment venue "Santa Lucia". Because the two young people are particularly enthusiastic about Italy, they give the restaurant a Mediterranean touch and the new name “Blue Grotto of Capri”. Uncle Buschmann, however, does not understand this and dismisses the two without notice, much to the chagrin of the employee Eva Wandel, who has fallen in love with Harry.
Harry and Thomas set off for Italy in a mobile home. There they want to look for the singer Gina, whom they met during the war but lost sight of. On the way they lose all of their cash. After their rest in Mama Bianca's tavern, they are forced to give the landlady the caravan as a deposit. The trail of the wanted singer leads to Venice. It is not to be found there, but the two friends land the main prize in the football pool and are now rid of their money worries.
Buschmann's new managing director proves to be incapable. He would rather have his nephew in his place again. Buschmann therefore allows his colleague Eva to go to Italy to persuade the two to return home. In Italy she discovers the caravan she knows well in front of Mama Bianca's tavern, triggers it and continues her search with it. Finally she finds it in Naples: Harry, who has since found his beloved Gina, works with her in a run-down circus. Harry puts all of his winnings into the company so that Gina can perform her revue "Southern Nights" there. Blind with love, he misses the fact that Gina has long since gone for her partner Renato and that the manager Zaccarella is running into his own pocket.
The offer made by Eva to take over the management of the entertainment establishment "Santa Lucia" does not seem to impress Harry at first. But Eva does not give up. She travels after the troops, first to Capri and then to Sicily. After several misunderstandings, Harry realizes that Eva is the right one for him, not Gina. Thomas fell in love with the dancer Angela during the trip. The four of them return home happily.
additions
The film was produced in the Bavaria Film studio in Geiselgasteig . The outdoor shots were taken in Munich , in the Dolomites , on Lake Garda , in Sirmione , Venice , Pisa , Florence , Siena , Rome , Naples , on Capri , in Sorrento , Palermo and Messina . The buildings were designed by the production designer Karl Weber . Heinz-Joachim Ewert was production manager. The following songs can be heard in the film, all composed by Gerhard Winkler and written by Kurt Feltz :
- Roses bloomed, as we found ,
- the tango southern nights ,
- the slow waltz mandolins of love sound ,
- the couplet Italian salad and
- the foxtrot Take me with you, with you, into the beautiful world .
Performers of the hits are René Carol , Gitta Lind , Willy Schneider , Franz Fehringer , the Sunshine Quartet and the Cornel Trio . The dances are from the choreographer Tatjana Gsovsky . Gert Reinholm and Robby Gay can be seen as soloists . The dance and entertainment orchestra of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Köln under the direction of Adalbert Luczkowski and the Graunke Symphony Orchestra under the direction of its founder Kurt Graunke will play .
criticism
“Romantic love and a lot of music in a foolish act [...] in front of travel brochures from Italy. Undemanding entertainment. "
source
Program for the film: The New Film Program , published by the publisher of the same name, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, without a number
Web links
- Southern Nights in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Southern nights at filmportal.de
- A few pictures of the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 373
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 3174 (1988), p. 3653