Late love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Late love |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav Ucicky |
| script | Gerhard Menzel |
| production |
Heinz-Joachim Ewert and Hans Somborn (production group) |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera | Hans Schneeberger |
| cut |
Rudolf Schaad Arnfried Heyne |
| occupation | |
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Late love is a German melodrama from 1942 by Gustav Ucicky with the married couple Paula Wessely and Attila Hörbiger in the leading roles.
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The impoverished noblewoman Sophie von Angerspang has a big problem. Her younger sister Steffi has a serious lung problem and therefore absolutely needs a stay at a spa. Only the good mountain air in Davos, Switzerland, could help, but unfortunately Sophie cannot finance such a stay, because her work as a porcelain painter simply doesn't yield enough. So she decided to marry the manufacturer August Polzer, who had been courting her for a long time. Sophie does not hide her reasons for becoming his wife from him. Even under these circumstances August is ready to marry Sophie, because he secretly hopes that one day this marriage of convenience and reason will lead to love. While Steffi is now trying to get better in Davos, Sophie learns a few things from her newly wedded couple that she had never suspected. In his small-town environment, people seem to hate the powerful weaving mill owner, because they grudge his success, which is based on hard work, and also believe that he has his first wife on his conscience. Martha Polzer had only been married to August for six months, but this short time was enough to keep cheating on him. After another heated argument, she shot herself. Since then, Polzer has been called a murderer in town behind closed doors.
Sophie realizes that life made her husband August hard and relentless. He is happy to have her, the fine spirit, at his side, but he gets more and more impatient because she doesn't give him back the feelings that he invests in her. So Polzer tries more and more often to force their love. After another heated argument, Sophie packs her bags, she wants to leave her uncouth husband. When she is about to go, two officers are quartered in Polzer's household, the two young nobles Franz von Pioletti and Egon von Lammersbach. Sophie is particularly fond of Franz: like Sophie, he comes from Vienna and is just as sensitive as the porcelain painter. Thanks to a telegram, August knows that Steffi has finished her spa stay in Davos and has moved to Paris. To find out why, August travels to the French capital. He doesn't want to worry his wife, so he doesn't tell Sophie about the trip. August finds Steffi in a pretty miserable condition. Her lover François Berthier, whom she met in Davos, left her here after he had impregnated Steffi. August knows a radical cure that has always helped his family at home with health problems: He applies shock therapy to Steffi's body, in which he rubs it alternately with very hot and then again with ice-cold water. The next morning the success is evident: Steffi, whose survival the Paris doctor had ruled out, will survive.
August Polzer travels home to bring his wife the good news of Steffi's recovery. But Sophie, who had no idea of Steffi's extremely critical health, has since made friends with Franz von Pioletti and is seriously considering leaving with him and starting a future together. When August returns home, she plans to tell her husband about her decision. Sophie sees his hands injured by the boiling hot water and learns the story behind it. Now it finally becomes clear to her what a soft core lies behind the rough shell of her previously unloved husband. When Franz is recalled and has to go into the field, Sophie explains in a farewell letter the reasons why she will stay with her husband. For August it is a late happiness, a late love that has finally awakened for him in Sophie.
Production notes
The shooting of Späte Liebe began on July 27, 1942, and the shooting took place in the Rosenhügel studios in Vienna. The film premiered on February 16, 1943 in Vienna. The Berlin premiere took place on May 14, 1943.
The production costs amounted to around 1,606,000 RM, making Späte Liebe a more expensive film than average. The film received the state rating “artistically valuable”.
Production group leaders Heinz-Joachim Ewert and Hans Somborn also took over production management. Werner Schlichting designed the film structures. Hill Reihs-Gromes and Alfred Kunz were responsible for the costumes. Herbert Janeczka took care of the sound, Sepp Ketterer assisted head cameraman Hans Schneeberger . Cutter Rudolf Schaad also served as Ucicky's assistant director.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films says: “Small-town marriage drama from the turn of the century. Emotional kitsch for the days of war, when only the actors can still impress. "
“The film“ Late Love ”also resorted to“ past ”stylistic devices, in a romantic way of depicting love. (...) The finished script almost had to be rewritten because the Reich dramaturge had concerns about the woman's suicide and adultery. (...) The film, especially the portrayal of the main heroes, has become a model in the training of young actors. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films, 12th year 1942/43. P. 216 (062.43), Berlin 2001
- ↑ Late love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 1, 2020 .
Web links
- Late Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Late love at filmportal.de