You have to be beautiful
| Movie | |
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| Original title | You have to be beautiful |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ákos of Ráthonyi |
| script | Gustav Kampendonk |
| production |
Real-Film GmbH, Hamburg ( Gyula Trebitsch ) |
| music | Michael Jary |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
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You have to be beautiful is a 1950, German feature film by Ákos von Ráthonyi with Sonja Ziemann , Willy Fritsch and Hardy Krüger in the leading roles. The pre-war diva Anny Ondra , who has been retired since 1945, played her last regular film role here, and at the same time (apart from a guest appearance in 1957) her only film role from the post-war period.
action
The rehearsals for the new operetta revue are chaotic: the Parisian revue star Rode de Lila turns out to be a pesky prima donna, who is then taken on by the young choir singer Maria Schippe and now threatens to go on strike. The final notes for the grand finale by composer Jupp Holunder have not yet arrived either, and theater director Zwickel, who takes care of the musical work and keeps everything together, is gradually losing his nerve. Zwickel goes to see Elder, who lives under one roof with his son Juppi, the lyricist of his father's musical outpourings, in order to finally pick up the completion of the composition, but Elder has nothing more to offer than various improvised attempts at music. With the finished ending, Juppi runs to de Lila, but only meets Maria Schippe, who, at Zwickel's orders, wants to apologize to the diva. Juppi thinks Maria is the de Lila, a mistake Maria does not resolve. Both young people like each other from the start, and Juppi and Maria immediately rehearse the operetta finale based on Jupp's composition on the piano. Maria's voice to Jupp's notes of the song Deine Augen proves to be quite suitable for operettas and inspires Juppi. Since Rode de Lila continues to act as an insulted liver sausage, and finally throws down her work, the Elder's operetta degree no longer seems really important.
In the meantime, Juppi raves about the fake de Lila alias Maria Schippe to his father and makes it clear that he has fallen in love with her, which old Jupp cannot understand at all because he thinks the junior means the real de Lila, which is an outspoken bitch not only in his eyes. Finally Juppi believes that his old man wants to relax him Rode de Lila alias Maria Schippe, and there is a row between father and son. Finally, Jupp leaves Juppi in his belief and finds the idea that Maria sings the now finished operetta, especially since he can also prove to his son that women can fool him, too. And so it finally comes to the world premiere, albeit not without disturbance, as the real Rode announces on the radio that the world premiere of the play will now be broadcast - although the real de Lila sits sulking in front of the radio! The diva rushes to the theater, where the performance is already running, and rushes right into the performance and onto the stage. There she briefly engages in a kind of singing competition with Maria, until the stage master literally lets de Lila disappear into oblivion with the stage elevator. The premiere with de Lila substitute Maria is a complete success, and Jupp proves to his son that women can deceive him too and that Maria has poked fun at him, Juppi. The old man generously renounces Mary in favor of his son. In order to calm down Rode de Lila, theater director Zwickel promises to marry her. When Jupp first smokes a cigarette outside at the stage entrance, he sees a young woman he likes. Maria's brother Walter is already waiting for her at an advertising column. He goes to where both of them were just standing and sees the advertising poster “You have to be beautiful.” Jupp takes a deep breath and sighs with a smile: “You have to be young!”
Production notes
You have to be beautiful was created in the autumn of 1950 in the film studios of Studio Hamburg and in Hamburg and was premiered on February 1, 1951 in Cologne.
Real Film co-boss Gyula Trebitsch took over the production management, Mathias Matthies designed the film structures. Erna Sander was responsible for the costumes; her assisted Irms Pauli . Werner M. Lenz assisted chief cameraman Willy Winterstein . Jens Keith designed the choreography.
Anny Ondra sings the song Stop! . Sonja Ziemann sings I still have to make up my mind tonight and in the revue This is true love .
criticism
“Music and revue comedy on a modest level; between the usual trivialities some funny dialogues stand out. "
Web links
- Nice one must be in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- You have to be beautiful at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ You have to be beautiful. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 4, 2018 .