Salto Mortale (1953)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Somersault Mortale |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Viktor Tourjansky |
| script | Felix Lützkendorf |
| production | Helmuth Schönnenbeck |
| music | Lotar Olias |
| camera |
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet Erich Claunigk |
| cut | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
| occupation | |
and Viktor Afritsch , Anneliese Benz , Sybille D Jungsmann , Werner Fuetterer , Hildegard Hornauer , Christl Lazarus , Karl Schaidler | |
Salto Mortale is a German circus film drama from 1953 directed by Viktor Tourjansky . The main roles are played by Margot Hielscher , Karlheinz Böhm and Frits van Dongen , the Dutch returnee from Hollywood , whose last movie this was.
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Art rider Verena faces a difficult task: after her father died, she now has to take over the management of his circus all by herself. Particularly problematic is the fact that her father had received the urgently needed bank loan, but the money house now sets new conditions: Verena has to accept a trustee at her side who watches over the use of the money. This man is the young Manfred Lange, who with great commitment quickly settles into the completely unknown circus world and quickly wins Verena's affection. The experienced and much older predator tamer Cadenos doesn't like this fact at all, as the jealous hothead has had an eye on Verena himself for a long time.
Cadenos believes that he has rights towards Verena and the circus business because the deceased circus director once commissioned him to provide advice and assistance to Verena, as her co-director, so to speak, after his death. Manfred's love for Verena collides at the crucial moment with a fit of jealousy from Cadenos, which almost leads to the upcoming premiere in danger. When a fire suddenly breaks out in the stable, the big catastrophe threatens. At the last moment, the danger can be averted because the artists stick together. The premiere is saved and will be a great success, and Verena and Manfred will eventually become a couple.
Production notes
The shooting took place at the beginning of 1953 in the film studios in Munich-Geiselgasteig and in the Circus Krone in Munich and the film premiered on April 30, 1953.
Friedrich Kurth took over the production management, the film construction comes from Hanns H. Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski . The costumes were designed by Ursula Maes.
Reviews
In the mirror you can read: "A very" German "circus film, in which only one thing is remarkable: the routine with which the scriptwriter and director open the drawers of the mind and the" drama "(...) Overall: One and a half hours of honestly produced boredom. "
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Average circus film full of clichés."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Critique in Der Spiegel from May 6, 1953
- ^ Salto Mortale. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 10, 2020 .
Web links
- Somersault in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Salto Mortale at filmportal.de