Singing youth
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Through life with music |
| Original title | Singing youth |
| Country of production |
Austria Netherlands |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 89, 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Neufeld |
| script | Hermann Heinz Ortner |
| production | Union-Film, Vienna Meteor-Film, Amsterdam |
| music |
Georg Gruber, Hans J. Salter |
| camera | Hans Theyer |
| cut | Putty Krafft |
| occupation | |
| |
Singing Jugend is an Austro-Dutch musical film by Max Neufeld from 1936.
action
Little Toni is an orphan boy who lives in Vienna. His foster father is a rough chunk, and because he wants to evade his punishment, Toni joins the nice street musician Blüml, who takes care of him from then on. But life is made difficult for him too. This time the police chased him away, and Blüml and Toni find refuge in a church. There the Vienna Boys' Choir are giving a sample of their performance. Toni is enthusiastic and really wants to be part of the vocal choir. The next day, Blüml goes to Schloss Wilhelminenberg with the orphan , where he introduces Toni, who has a beautiful voice, as a great talent. The boy is enthusiastic about the environment, because this is where he feels for the first time what it means to be accepted and accepted. He has particular confidence in the nun Maria, the “good soul” of the choir. One day the choir boys will go on a recovery trip. The goal is East Tyrol : In addition to Toni and his loyal companion Blüml, who has found a job on Wilhelminenberg, Maria and the conductor Schmidt are also there.
But soon there will be trouble. A thousand schilling banknote that Sister Maria received as part of a settlement with the hotel has disappeared from the cash register without a trace. Schmidt, who is notoriously clammy and could thus secure his career as a musician, as well as Toni, who was seen coming out of the room where the note was, are suspected of being possible thieves. In his great affection for Maria, whom he loves like a mother and who could also come under suspicion, Toni admits the theft that he did not commit. The Wasenjunge has to leave the choir and runs away. An accident occurs on a rotten footbridge that bridges a torrent. Toni first falls into the depths and then into a coma. In the meantime, the 1000 Schilling note has found itself again: it was in another bundle of money that was also in the safe. When Toni wakes up again after a long period of unconsciousness, Maria and the choir boys, to whom he will now finally belong, stand opposite him.
Production notes
Singing Jugend was created in Vienna (studio recordings) as well as in Hinterbichl and on the Großglockner . The film premiered on April 11, 1936, the mass start was on April 24, 1936. There was a German premiere only after the war, on January 13, 1950, because of the "Jewish mongrel" Neufeld according to Nazi German racial ideology Federal Republic was the name of the film With Music Through Life . Another title was Der Edelweißbua . Alfred Kunz designed the film structures.
Georg Gruber used various compositions by Mozart, Schubert, Handel and Brahms in his music. The Vienna Boys' Choir will sing .
Singing youth was nominated for the Coppa Mussolini.
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “The film mainly describes the life of the choir boys. Nevertheless, his little plot has a lot of funny and some quite gripping scenes. "
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: "Max Neufeld's director cleverly used the wonderful landscape as a framework for the events."
On film.at it says: “The beginning shows everyday impressions: Toni playing in the backyard, the narrow workshop of the foster father, Blüml's poor home. There is seldom a comparable atmosphere of sadness and social hardship in Austrian films. After this committed beginning, the film shifts to the narration of a cheerful story of edification with a happy ending. "
"Cheerful story of edification."
Web links
- Singing Youth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Singing youth at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Singing youth in Paimann's film lists
- ↑ "Singing Youth". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , April 17, 1936, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Singing youth on film.at
- ↑ Singing Youth in the Lexicon of International Films
