Serenade of a great love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Serenade of a great love |
| Original title | For the first time |
| Country of production |
United States Federal Republic of Germany Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolph Maté |
| script | Andrew Solt |
| production | Alexander Grueter |
| music | Different composers |
| camera |
Ricardo Pallottini Giorgio Tonti Stanley Sayer |
| cut | Gene Ruggieri |
| occupation | |
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Serenade of a great love (original title: For the First Time ) is a US-American-German-Italian feature film by Rudolph Maté from 1958. The main roles were occupied by Mario Lanza and Johanna von Koczian . Andrew Solt wrote the script . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released for the first time on February 26, 1959.
action
The American tenor Tony Costa is famous not only for his beautiful voice, but also for the scandals that have accompanied his life. Another performance has to be canceled because he did not make it to the theater on time. He preferred to blare a few songs for passers-by in front of the Vienna State Opera when it rained. After this escapade, Ladislaus Tabory, Costa's manager, takes his protégé to a quiet hotel on the island of Capri . There he is supposed to rest until grass has grown over the recent incident.
On Capri, too, people recognize the famous singer straight away. A couple of admirers ask him to sing a song here in the piazza. Costa flirts with his fame and complies with the request. But when he discovers a young girl who passes by completely unmoved by his singing, he is annoyed by so much disinterest and behaves tactlessly towards her.
The "ignoramus" is Christa Bruckner, who lives on the island with an uncle and his house facts . During the Second World War, she not only lost her parents, but also her hearing. After learning this, Costa buys tons of flowers and apologizes to the girl. Day by day, his affection for Christa grows. When Costa's long-time friend Gloria de Vaduz wants to claim him for herself, he gives her the pass.
Costa is now doing everything possible to help the girl. She accompanies him on his next tour. In every big city, the two consult a specialist in the hope that he can restore Christa's hearing. But every doctor thinks an operation is too risky. Only Professor Bessart in Salzburg dares the procedure and is successful. For the first time Christa can hear Tony's voice. The two still have to deal with a few setbacks in their relationship, but in the end they become a happy couple.
music
Music occupies a large place in the film. The following compositions can be heard:
- La donna e mobile and the famous quartet Un di, se ben rammentomi… from the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi ,
- Come prima ( For the First Time ), a hit by Panzeri, Di Paola and Taccani,
- Oh, Capri , a tarantella , and the Jamaica rock Pineapple Picker by George E. Stoll ,
- O sole mio , a Neapolitan folk tune,
- the laughter from the opera Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ,
- Vesti la giubba from the Bajazzo by Ruggiero Leoncavallo ,
- I love you from Edvard Grieg ,
- the death scene from Othello by Giuseppe Verdi
- the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert ,
- Je n'en connais pa la fin from Marguerite Monnot ,
- the triumphal march from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi and
- the song Who was only in Munich once by Bette / Hauff.
In addition to the main actor, soloists, choir and orchestra of the Roman Opera and the boys' choir of the Vatican sing and play. George E. Stoll, who also contributed two of his own songs, was responsible for the music direction.
Production notes
The outdoor shots were made on the Italian island of Capri as well as in the cities of Salzburg, Naples and Rome, the indoor shots in the studios of CCC-Film in Berlin-Spandau. The buildings were designed by the production designers Fritz Maurischat , Heinrich Weidemann , Hans-Jürgen Kiebach and Arno Richter .
criticism
“Music film brand Traumfabrik. [...] Visually, the film indulges in the landscapes of Central Europe. "
“The script [...] alludes mischievously to Lanza's scandal-blessed career, but very soon pours out buckets of emotion. Lanza's vocal power, demonstrated in opera arias, Ave Maria, Schmalzschlager and Hofbräu Schunkelchor, cannot drown out the nonsense of the events. "
“A ridiculous musical film work that lacks any intellectual or even artistic level. In addition, silly and maudlin. We advise against it. "
source
Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaft Franke & Co. KG, Munich, No. 4690
Web links
- Serenade of a great love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A few pictures from the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 3174 (1988), p. 3410
- ↑ NEW IN GERMANY: Serenade of a great love (Germany). In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1959 ( online - Mar. 25, 1959 ).
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 166/1959