Sing but don't play with me

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Movie
Original title Sing but don't play with me
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Country of production Austria
original language German
Publishing year 1963
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Kurt Nachmann
script Daniela Holl
production Wiener Stadthalle
music Johannes Fehring
camera Hanns Matula
cut Hermione Diethelm
occupation

Sing, but don't play with me is an Austrian hit film by Kurt Nachmann from 1963. The main and supporting roles are occupied by Lou van Burg , Adrian Hoven , Rex Gildo , Hans Richter , Oskar Sima , Paul Hörbiger , Karin Heske and Wera Frydtberg .

action

Raul Thorsten is the strict teacher in the costume design class in Vienna . He is of the firm conviction that women belong in the kitchen and are artistically completely untalented. One of his students is the young Susi Berger, who, without his knowledge, works as a costume designer for Lou van Burg's show in the Wiener Stadthalle . He mustn't know either, since schoolgirls are prohibited from doing this type of work. As always, Raul is absorbed in his work at home. Since he is always grumpy, his sister Nina believes that she will never be able to set him up with her good friend Charlotte. It wasn't until the Lou van Burg show appeared on television that Raul joined them. He is desperately looking for an "angel face" to give to the woman in his current painting. In the show, three women from the audience are brought onto the stage for a cooking duel, including Susi, who is now nicely dressed up and not recognized by Raul. He falls in love with her immediately, but cannot find out who she is in the days that follow. He becomes very strange about it, so that Nina decides to find the stranger for him.

During her search, she meets various artists from the Lou van Burg Show, whom she refers to the young singer Billie Bill, who knows the woman. Meanwhile, Susi is in a lot of stress, as she was given the order for all the costumes for the next Lou van Burg show, so she works through the night and is constantly tired and asleep in Raul's class during the day. This causes annoyance with Raul, especially since she is generally not made attractive, what he tells her. As a result, he causes her grief, she has secretly loved him for a long time. By chance, Nina met Susi's landlord while searching and saw the costume designs for the next show. She thinks she has discovered an unknown talent and gives Raul the designs. He sees from the signature that it is one of his students and uses the opportunity to present the drafts as bad in front of the entire class. When Susi angrily goes to him and confronts him, he recognizes his angel in her, she has dressed up because of his last criticism. Susi rushes out of class and the following time is as if swallowed by the earth. Only when the Lou van Burg show is broadcast does she sit in the audience again and is personally introduced by the host as the show's costume designer. She says she doesn't like Vienna at all and will travel back to her hometown Berlin the next day. Lou van Burg uses this statement for a game: Whoever appears first in the town hall, knows the woman's name and can persuade her to stay through an action, wins something. Raul, Billie and Susi's landlord Raimund Valentin rush off. At the end of the show, Raul reaches Susi first, says her name and with his "I love you" makes her fall into his arms.

production

Production notes

The film title alludes to the show Sing mit mir, play with me and comes from producer Karl Spiehs , who at the time worked for the Wiener Stadthalle - Stadion Betriebs- und Produktions GmbH (Vienna). The shooting took place in the Sievering studio, among other places. Gerdago created the costumes , the film structures are by Wolf Witzemann and the sets for the show are by Ferry Windberger . Production manager was Karl Spiehs .

Songs

The marginal plot spans show and singing scenes from the Lou van Burg show, with Willy Dirtl responsible for the choreography . The following songs can be seen and heard:

The Jochen Brauer Sextet plays . A common thread in the film are attempts by two comedians portrayed by Hans Richter and Peter Vogel to find a really good gag for the director of the show Sendelmohn. Sendelmohn can end up laughing at slipping on a banana peel.

Brigitte Franke and Lou van Burg

Brigitte Franke took on her only film role in Sing, but don't play with me . The 1962 21-year-old hairdresser Franke briefly gained notoriety through Lou van Burg's game show Sing mit mir, spiel mit mir , to which the film title alludes. She succeeded four times in a row in beating challengers in a music quiz in which the title had to be guessed after briefly playing. In the course of this she earned the show's top prize and was hailed as a “quiz genius” and “a defiant head full of immortal melodies”. In the course of this she received a recording contract and the film role in Sing, but don't play with me , in which she as Miss Brigitte recognizes and can announce the song Madison 62 behind the stage after a short time .

At the time of filming, Franke had already left the show. Since she initially wanted to do this voluntarily, but after Lou van Burg's live persuasion she accepted a fifth game and lost it, the press began to investigate. It became known that Frankes aunt is one of Van Burg's employees and that an uncle Frankes also plays in the orchestra on the show. Accusations quickly arose that Franke's profits had been manipulated ("Should you have taken your breath away with Brigitte's phenomenal guessing escapades for no reason?") - a fact that is also taken up in the film. Here Susi Berger is selected from the audience as a participant in the cooking competition, although this is sharply criticized behind the scenes. Oskar Sima as director Sendelmohn says to Susi: “Well, you know that employees of our show are forbidden to take part in a quiz. Immediately it is said that everything is postponement, the candidate knew the questions beforehand ”. Then Brigitte Franke throws in as Miss Brigitte "I can sing a song about that!". Lou van Burg's program Sing mit mir, spiel mit mir was finally stopped as a result of the Franke incident at the end of 1962.

publication

The film had its Austrian premiere on January 15, 1963 in Vienna and was also released in German cinemas on February 22, 1963.

criticism

For the film service , Sing, but don't play with me was a “mindless and humorless entertainment film” with “a ridiculous plot”. The film is "a paragon of amateurism and lack of ideas". Der Spiegel called the film a "simple-minded slapstick opus".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 20
  2. ↑ Telemann: Wunnebar, wunnebar . In: Der Spiegel , No. 36, 1962, p. 81.
  3. ↑ Telemann: Pfff and away . In: Der Spiegel , No. 41, 1962, p. 109.
  4. ↑ a b Tantenwirtschaft also on television? In: Die Zeit , No. 43, October 26, 1962.
  5. ↑ Telemann: Uncle's highlight . In: Der Spiegel , No. 51, 1962, p. 84.
  6. ↑ Sing, but don't play with me. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ New in Germany: Sing, but don't play with me . In: Der Spiegel , No. 12. 1963, p. 76.