Summer Love (1942)

Movie
Original title	Summer love
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1942
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Erich Engel
script	Hans Adler Walter Supper
production	Vienna film
music	Anton Profes
camera	Robert Baberske
cut	Munni Obal
occupation
Winnie Markus : Renate, actress OW Fischer : Franz von Haflinger Siegfried Breuer : Baron von Worowsky Auguste Pünkösdy : Sophie von Haflinger, aunt of Franz Hedwig Bleibtreu : Mrs. von Schramm, Renate's acting teacher Lotte Lang : Mila Susi Nicoletti : Irma Fritzi Eckener : Liesel

Sommerliebe is a love story by film director Erich Engel from 1942 . The film adaptation is based on the novella Die Serényi (1891) by the writer Otto Erich Hartleben . In the main role , OW Fischer embodies the young landlord Franz von Haflinger.

action

The plot of the film takes place in 1909. The young landowner Franz von Haflinger spends his vacation on the Adriatic . There he meets the actress Renate, with whom he falls in love. When Renate breaks off her vacation unannounced and completely unexpectedly for him and leaves, he begins to look desperately for her.

The story takes a turn when he unexpectedly meets it again in a spa town near his estate. He now tries everything not to lose her again, but comes to the conclusion that Renate only has in view to advance her acting career. Therefore, she has little interest in a love affair.

Production notes

The film was first released in German and Austrian cinemas in 1942. It was shown for the first time on November 26, 1942 in Vienna , in Berlin it was not shown until February 8, 1943 in the Capitol am Zoo and in the Capitol Karlshorst. Further publication dates were May 16, 1943 in Finland and September 27, 1943 in Denmark . In the USA it was not released until 1950. It was first broadcast on German television on March 9, 1975 on ZDF ; in the GDR , it was first broadcast on German television about eight years later, on June 20, 1983.

The film producer was Karl Hartl , production was headed by Fritz Podehl . Otto Niedermoser designed the film structures. This was the last film for Walter Supper , who had been largely excluded from the German film industry because of his marriage to a Jewess since 1937 . In March 1943, Supper and his wife committed suicide.

Others

The Nazi regime checked the film on November 25, 1942 as part of the film censorship that was customary at the time for any content that might be detrimental to the regime. However, no complaints were found.

criticism

"Old-fashioned love drama."

- Lexicon of international film

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Summer love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summer love at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sommerliebe (1942) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Two thousand and one. Film lexicon FILMS from AZ - Summer Love (1942). In: zweiausendeins.de. Retrieved July 2, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 558.
4. ↑ Summer love. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 2, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Summer love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .