Butterflies don't cry
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Butterflies don't cry |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Klaus Everywhere |
| script |
Jürgen Hansen Klaus Überall based on the novel of the same name by Willi Heinrich |
| production | Peter Schamoni |
| music | Kai Rautenberg |
| camera | Jost Vacano |
| cut | Heidi Genée |
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Butterflies don't cry is a German social melodrama from 1970. Directed by Klaus Überall , Siegfried Wischnewski and Gaby Fuchs play the main roles of an unequal pair of lovers.
action
In their winterly snow-covered holiday resort, the financially notorious friends Cilly and Laura see the established Munich businessman Karl Engelmann, a middle-aged man, pull up in his BMW from their hotel window and ponder what it would be like to do something with a wealthy man in the, as they say, to start prime years. You ask at the reception who is the boss and learn that he has his own hut in the mountains and has gone there. Curious and probably also out of exuberance, both girls drive to Engelmann's hut. They pretend their car breaks down and ask him for help. Engelmann, the very gentleman of all schools, lets the two pretty ones warm up with a cup of tea in his hut. Soon the libertine short-haired brunette Laura goes, not entirely without ulterior motives, on the offensive and ends up in bed with him.
This is the beginning of a bumpy romance - but not between Laura and Karl, but between him and Cilly. The extremely pretty blonde is by nature rather shy and reserved and above all poses a considerable problem for the businessman: she is still a minor. But in the course of the following weeks Engelmann recognized the advantages of Cilly, even if at the beginning she seemed rather buttoned up and not easy to conquer. Eventually both begin to get closer from meeting to meeting. They both go out, travel together to southern climes, and Karl realizes that he really seems to love this young girl. And yet he has great doubts: should he really give up everything he has achieved? His family, stove, wife? During their love vacation on the Mediterranean Sea, Cilly's insistence that he should finally divorce his wife is growing. She doesn't want to wait any longer. Meanwhile, Karl's life is wavering; he still hesitates to break off all bridges behind him. Cilly is also under pressure: her parents are anything but enthusiastic about this future son-in-law, who is no longer very fresh.
One day Engelmann seems ready to choose Cilly with all the consequences. He tells his wife that he wants to get a divorce. But she refuses to accept this request, and Karl's sons also disagree. Hans Engelmann, the eldest, emphatically reminds his father of the consequences this step could also have professionally, i.e. for his large construction company. In this tense situation, the conflicts between the lovers become more and more violent: the age difference between Karl and Cilly and the two different life plans come to light more and more. The decision is made easy for Cilly when one day a man her age enters her life. His name is Wolfgang Wagner and he persistently woos Cilly's affection. Finally there is a break between Karl and Cilly, because for Cilly Wolfgang also means the way back to the lightness of her youth, far from all the responsibilities and compromises that she would inevitably have to make with her older lover. The last time they went to a restaurant together, she revealed to Karl without emotion that another man had come into her life. Without emotional excitement, the two separate and go their own way.
production
Butterflies don't cry was created at the beginning of the year and in the spring of 1970. External shoots took place in the Mediterranean Sea and on the large Munich construction site for the Olympic Stadium . The film premiered on September 16, 1970.
Reviews
"A commercial film that strives to be realistic, but ultimately ready for a license, which often makes use of the 'achievements' of the sex wave."
"The first feature film by television director Klaus Überall tries to achieve quality and socio-critical relevance, but remains superficial and full of clichés for a long time."
“Insignificant sex bugs from young German filmmakers without any real reference to contemporary problems. Superfluous."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Butterflies don't cry. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 403/1970