Season in Cairo
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Season in Cairo |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Reinhold Schünzel |
| script | Walter Reisch |
| production | Günther Stapenhorst |
| music | Werner Richard Heymann |
| camera | Carl Hoffmann |
| cut | Heinz von Borsody |
| occupation | |
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Season in Cairo is a German love story from 1933 by Reinhold Schünzel with Willy Fritsch and Renate Müller in the leading roles.
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In Cairo in the early 1930s. Ellinor Blackwell is the wealthy widow of an American magnate and leads a lotter life in the Egyptian capital of luxury and relaxation. Meanwhile, her son Tobby runs the company and finds that his mother's lifestyle is unacceptable. A new husband is needed, Tobby thinks, and he takes matters into his own hands. The young Comtesse Stefanie von Weidling-Weidling thinks similarly to him, only with her it is the father whose lifestyle she does not like. Despite his advanced age, he is a committed philanderer who also throws his money out the window with full hands. Tobby now has a “brilliant” idea: Why not bring the two “hopeless cases” together so that they can both marry each other and finally get their dissolute life back on track? After a brief, initial outrage on the part of Stefanie, she can gain something from a closer look at this idea and promises to help Tobby with the implementation of a master plan. Without further ado, the two marriage candidates are invited to a big party in a hotel and they want to announce their engagement there.
Little did either of the young people know that old Weidling-Weidling and Ellinor Blackwell have the same idea for their two children, which they think would go wonderfully together. However, the thoughts of the elderly gentlemen are not entirely unselfish: while Ellinor hopes to marry into old European nobility in this way, the financially notoriously clumsy baron hopes for an economic recovery. Without knowing about the young people's plans, Count Leopold took the floor at the party and was only seconds ahead of Tobby: the clever Count quickly announced the engagement of Tobby Blackwell and Stefanie von Weidling-Weidling. Tobby is perplexed, Stefanie even more perplexed. In order to avoid a social scandal, Tobby Stefanie suggests entering into a pro forma marriage without any consequences. After a period of shame, one could quietly get a divorce again. This suggestion, in turn, now hurts the young Comtesse, because she takes pleasure in the idea of marrying the man she has fallen in love with.
The invitation issued by the Arab dignitary Ismael Pascha to the European-American couple in the desert finally brought the turning point, the bridal couple was given a wedding tent without further ado. Since both Ellinor and Count Leopold have now learned that their two offspring had planned to do the same thing to them, what they have now done to them, they follow their children as quickly as possible to prevent the worst. Received by Bedouins , the two elderly gentlemen are taken for the intended wedding couple and they are assigned time. Meanwhile, Tobby has three rivals for Stefanie's favor, which leads to the realization that Stefanie would be an excellent choice as a loving wife. He puts the competition to flight and confesses his love for the beautiful desert flower. Divorce is no longer an option.
Production notes
Season in Cairo was shot from January to early February 1933 on locations in Egypt ( Cairo , Kafr-el-Batran, desert with the pyramids of Giza ) and from mid-February to May 1933 in the UFA studios in Neubabelsberg. The film premiered in Stuttgart on July 20, 1933; the Berlin premiere was on August 1, 1933 in the Gloria-Palast .
Producer Günther Stapenhorst was also in charge of manufacturing and production. The experienced duo Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig designed the film structures. Robert Gilbert wrote the text for the songs by Werner Richard Heymann , Fritz Thiery provided the sound . Eduard Kubat was the location manager, Horst von Harbou was the still photographer.
A French-language version of this film was produced under the title “Idylle au Caire”, in which only Renate Müller, Jakob Tiedtke and Angelo Ferrari took up their roles again. The remaining actors were French.
Pieces of music
The film contained two sound film hits by Werner Richard Heymann and Robert Gilbert:
- I feel like this, I don't know how
- Season in Cairo
The songs were published by Ufaton-Verlag, Berlin. They were also distributed on gramophone records. The main actors could also be heard on several recordings:
I feel like I don't know how, Foxtrot from the sound film "Saison in Kairo" (music: Werner Richard Heymann, text: Robert Gilbert) Renate Müller with UFA Tanz Orchester, Polydor 25 276-A
Season in Cairo. Slow Foxtrot ad like sound film (Heymann) Renate Müller with UFA Dance Orchestra. Conductor Walter Schütze. Polydor 25 276-B
I feel like I don't know how, Foxtrot from the sound film "Saison in Kairo" (music: Werner Richard Heymann, text: Robert Gilbert) Willy Fritsch , accompanied by the Parlophone Dance Orchestra. Parlophone B. 49 140-II (Matr. Be 10 332-2). Berlin, 1933
Season in Cairo. Slow Foxtrot ad equivalent sound film (Heymann) Orchestra Lewis Ruth with Refraingesang [= Eric Helgar] HMV AE 4258 (Matr. OD 1616-I), add. 1933
I feel like I don't know how, Foxtrot from the sound film "Saison in Kairo" (music: Werner Richard Heymann, text: Robert Gilbert) Ludwig Rüth chapel with refraing singing. HMV AM 4244 (60-2322) (Matr. E-OD 1615-I), apply. 1933
Reviews
“Willy Fritsch plays in an amiable, masculine manner with a few degrees more cordiality than usual. Renate Müller, the unforgettable“ private secretary ”, has a lot of the fresh girl she was back then, also in the larger society, in the pomp of the Grand -Hotel life. The parents are even more interesting: Leopoldine Konstantin and Gustav Waldau. You with the charm of the ancien régime, he even the day before yesterday, both wonderful. With this film, Schünzel and his cameraman Karl Hoffmann told a great modern fairy tale: the fable of the desert wedding between pyramids, sphinxes and oases. "
Paimann's film lists summed up: “A fable ... which actually has no relation to the milieu. Nevertheless, this creates an effective background, is the main asset of the book, which is actually quite poor despite the attraction of frequent juxtapositions, amusing situations and confusions. The young couple contributes its freshness, the older couple a neat sense of humor. The direction strives to reproduce the dialogue well and to make distinctive visual and acoustic settings. Street scenes and folk types photographed with rich nuances, brilliant interiors. Two catchy songs (Heymann) are not always used very smoothly. (...) Overall quality: Well above average. "
“The fine work of Karl Hoffmann, the cameraman, compensates a lot for the lack of new things in the story of an attractive young couple (Renate Müller and Willy Fritsch) who conspiratorially share their respective parents (Mr. Waldau and Mrs. Konstantin) with each other want to couple and thus not only be successful, but also fall in love with each other. The "shots" of the pyramids, the camel race, a local wedding procession, Arab dances and grand hotels certainly justify the assumption that they were actually shot in Egypt. If not, it means a triumph for German Hollywood in Neubabelsberg. Regarding the acting, it must be stated that the honor goes to Ms. Konstantin as the vain widow of an "American millionaire" and to Mr. Waldau in the role of a penniless, Austrian nobleman, although Renate Müller is as charming as ever and Mr. Fritsch is his Part well done. Werner Richard Heymann's music contributes significantly to the entertainment. "
“The son of a rich American widow and the daughter of an equally rich count decide, fearing for their fortune, to bring the easy-going parents together. At the end of the love comedy set under the blue sky of Egypt, there is the inevitable double wedding. "
See also
Web links
- Season in Cairo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Season in Cairo at filmportal.de (with photo gallery)
Individual evidence
- ↑ listen on YouTube
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- ^ Season in Cairo in Paimann's film lists
- ^ Season in Cairo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
