A thousand beats of high spirits

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Movie
Original title A thousand beats of high spirits
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1965
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ernst Hofbauer
script Hans Billian
production Karl Heinz Busse
for Music House
music Gert Wilden
camera Dieter Wedekind
cut Elisabeth Neumann
occupation

Thousand bars of Übermut is a German musical comedy by Ernst Hofbauer from 1965. The main roles are starring Vivi Bach , Rex Gildo , Thomas Alder , Margitta Scherr and Hannelore Auer .

action

The record company Melodia is about to go bankrupt. Manfred Reiner is supposed to save the company by signing the famous pop star Sherry Davis. Davis had refused to do this several times in the past. Together with lawyer Dr. Peter Hold sets out for Manfred to go to Italy to get Sherry, who is currently on vacation there, to sign the contract: he hopes to astonish the otherwise adored Sherry through refusal and ignorance, to draw attention to himself and ultimately to make her a friend to be able to win. Meanwhile, Sherry is outraged when she notices that special payments are required for every little thing in her hotel "Las Vegas". She complains by phone to the head of the hotel chain Robert Hilman, who decides to check anonymously on site to make sure everything is okay. Before that, he forbids his son Frank to continue his relationship with the accountant Michaela Andreas, as she is “not befitting”. Frank decides to change his father's mind by letting Michaela stay under the name “Andrea Michael” as a supposedly rich guest in the hotel “Las Vegas”, where she is supposed to get to know him.

Manfred and Peter duped Sherry, who is on vacation with her typist Christine, as planned when they arrive. At first her plan seems to work and after the initial outrage, Sherry is ready to go dancing with Manfred. While dancing, however, she meets her ex-husband Rick Tanner, who is currently performing as a singer in "Las Vegas". Both fall in love again.

At the hotel, the managing directors have since learned that Hilman is planning a visit. Since they do not know what he looks like, they do not recognize Hilman, who checks in under the name Wichtl, and believe that the self-confident bon vivant Felix Glücklich is their boss. Happy to take care of them, while Hilman only gets a worse room in the fully booked hotel. Michaela takes care of Hilman, who takes her into his heart over time.

Meanwhile, on the beach, Peter met the operator Gerti Brückner, but confused her with the supposedly rich Michaela. She doesn't enlighten him, but rather tries to do justice to the new role. They fall in love, even if Peter thinks they are a " playgirl " and tries to dissuade them from their way of life. When Sherry and Rick go on a love excursion to Venice , the jealous Manfred follows them. He persuades Gerti to play his lover, but Sherry does not react jealously. Peter, who has traveled to Venice with Christine, understands Gerti's assertion that she has to go to the hotel for “night duty” wrongly and keeps her distance. Back at the hotel, Manfred confesses to Christine his real identity and the original plan to get Sherry to sign the contract, which now seems hopeless because of her love for Rick.

Frank has decided to come to the Hotel "Las Vegas" to finally get to know Michaela and his father. There are numerous mix-ups, he finds Gerti in Michaela's bed, who actually only wanted to maintain her identity as Michaela, since Peter was on the way to her or to Michaela's hotel room again. When Peter again finds Gerti in a room with Frank, he finally doubts her love for him. Frank is also confused by now, because he is told that Michaela is currently sailing with a Mr. Wichtl and that she also has a lot of other people with strange men. On a second attempt to meet Michaela in her room, Felix Glücklich turns up, who in turn is actually looking for his wife. Now that he is known as a married playboy and the hotel staff has constantly spoiled the wrong man, a chase begins on Felix, who eventually returns ruefully to his wife. The couples find each other: Sherry is happy with Rick, who has signed a record deal for both of them with Melodia - he wasn't even signed at the moment and Sherry wanted him to be a man who would rule over them. Peter and Gerti, who now reveals their real identity, become a couple because down-to-earth Peter wanted a down-to-earth woman anyway. Manfred and Christine also find each other. After Frank learned that most of the men's stories should actually be attributed to Gerti, he reconciled with Michaela, who for her part had long won the heart of her future father-in-law.

Production and music

A thousand bars of high spirits was filmed in 1965 in the Hotel “Las Vegas” on Lido di Jesolo and in Venice .

The film contains various hits of the time. Elke Sommer , called Peggy Sommer in the film, sings the title Oh, I Love You in an opening shot. Manfred Schnelldorfer appears as a taxi driver and sings the title Your beautiful blue eyes while driving . During a dance event, Rex Gildo and Hannelore Auer perform in a duet entitled Amore addio , while shortly afterwards Rex Gildo sings alone. If need be, I can be faithful . Peggy March has a guest appearance and sings At 17 you still have dreams . Gus Backus intones Open The Window - I want to window , while Rex Gildo and Hannelore Auer sing dancing to music on St. Mark's Square in Venice . Shortly before the end of the film, Peppino di Capri sings the hit Arrivederci Good-Bye as a worker . Peggy March closes the film again with a repetition of At 17 you still have dreams .

publication

The premiere of the film in the Federal Republic of Germany took place on September 10, 1965. The film was released in Denmark on February 9, 1968 under the title Vivi og Rex i Italy .

criticism

The lexicon of the international film criticized a thousand bars of high spirits for its "reasonably entertaining story" and the "increasing slapstick" in the plot. Above all, the film offers the "opportunity to present nine hits of the season".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 8. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 3733.