The world is beautiful (film)

Movie
Original title	The world is beautiful
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1957
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Géza from Bolváry
script	Maria von der Osten-Sacken , Walter Forster
production	Astra cinematography
music	Franz Lehár
camera	Erich Küchler
cut	Ingrid Wacker
occupation
Rudolf Schock : Chamber singer Rudolf Halden Renate Holm : Hella Block Mady Rahl : Hotel owner Lola Kobler Rudolf Vogel : Fritz Müllrath Herta Staal : Gusti Seidl Willy Millowitsch : dumpling maker Karl Block Barbara Gallauner : Secretary Miss Schimmel Oskar Paulig : Ludwig Seidl Peter Garden : Toni Lang Paul Löwinger : Josef Reithmayer Bum Krüger : Arno Kühnlein Helmuth Rudolph : Councilor Seibold Sammy Drechsel : radio reporter Eduard Köck : Old dairy farmer Beni Herbert Weißbach : Block's servant Anton

The world is beautiful is a German music and homeland film by Géza von Bolváry from 1957. It uses melodies from the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár , but only uses a few motifs from the operetta material.

action

Chamber singer Rudolf Halden returns to Germany after a celebrated tour of America and is on vacation in the Tyrolean Alps . Meanwhile, his manager Fritz Müllrath receives a lucrative offer from the rich dumpling manufacturer Karl Block: Halden is to give a concert with Block's daughter Hella and earn 1,000 dollars per appearance. Hella's career is to be promoted in this way, and Müllrath signs the contract with regard to the money. Horrified, Halden refuses to stand on stage with a dilettante and endanger his reputation for money. When Hella learns that her father wanted to buy Halden, she takes matters into her own hands. Despite a thunderstorm, she goes to Halden's alpine hut, but withholds her name from him. Since she has sprained her ankle and has to change her wet clothes, Halden and Hella soon get closer. Only Fritz Müllrath disturbs their approach and opens Halden who he has in front of him. He angrily tells Hella from the Alm.

A little later, Karl Block sued Halden for ruining his daughter's career. Hella, who is supposed to prove in court that she can sing, chooses a difficult coloratura aria and enthuses everyone present, including Halden, who nevertheless wants to break the contract. He made special requests to which he was entitled according to the contract: The concert should take place in the Waldseer Bauerntheater, with all supporting roles being taken over by the members of the Bauerntheater. Contrary to Halden's expectations, Hella agreed to his choice.

In Waldsee, Halden devised another ruse to cancel the performance. The ensemble members should show their worst side, pretend hearing loss, stuttering and drunkenness or act as a diva. Halden's action fails when Hella is deliberately reserved and submissive and Karl Block also meets an old friend in the theater director Lola Kobler. For her part, Hella has taken precautions and brought the press with her, which is now reporting on the planned operetta performance with members of a peasant theater. It was only after some hesitation that the actors decided to perform the Lehár operetta.

Hella's voice gets around and so shortly before the premiere she receives a visit from Hofrat Seibold, director of the Johann Strauss Theater. He wants to hire her as the leading actress in his latest operetta, for which she would have to cancel her appearance at the Bauerntheater. To the horror of her father, Hella refuses. Meanwhile, Halden has already had Marina sent for his actual singing partner, which briefly upsets Hella, who wants to leave. After the misunderstandings have been cleared up, the performance can take place. At the end of the song, the song is beautiful , while Hella and Halden stand as a couple on the mountain pasture.

production

The world is beautiful was shot from July to August 1957 in Tyrol and in the CCC studio. The film premiered on October 2, 1957 in Duisburg's Europa-Palast .

The film is very loosely based on the operetta Schön ist die Welt by Franz Lehár . Numerous operetta melodies, sung by Rudolf Schock, can be heard in the film. The film also contains modern hits, sung by Willy Millowitsch, among others.

criticism

The lexicon of international films called Schön, the world is a "cumbersome mixture of love and homeland films with numerous operettas tailored to Rudolf Schock's popularity."

Cinema wrote: “Rudolf Schock's singing skills tear out the terrible story. Conclusion: poor story, but shock is shocking! "

Web links

• Beautiful the world is in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The world is beautiful at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films. Volume 7. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 3301.
2. ↑ The world is beautiful. At: Cinema.de.