Triumph of love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Triumph of love |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alfred Stöger |
| script |
Kaspar Loser Template: Lysistrata by Aristophanes |
| production | Viennese Mundus Film (Alfred Stöger) |
| music | Alois Melichar |
| camera | Oskar Schnirch |
| cut | Anna Höllering |
| occupation | |
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Triumph der Liebe is an Austrian musical comedy film from 1947 directed by Alfred Stöger , which features the conspiracy of the Athenian women to end the war. The main roles are cast with Judith Holzmeister , who embodies the Lysistrata, and OW Fischer , who acts as her newly wed husband Agathos. Paul Kemp took on the role of Damon.
The script is based on Aristophanes ' ancient comedy Lysistrata , which was musically edited.
action
The general Agathos and Lysistrata have married and are having a great party. Damon, an advocate of the war between Athens and Sparta, which has been going on for years, has little time and, to the displeasure of his wife, arrives too late for the wedding celebration. He hands Lysistrata a splendid belt and says that she should be an example to her people in virtue, patience and suffering. The wedding is an opportunity for men to finally be with their wives again. When Agathos is ordered back to the war events before the wedding night has begun, it is not only Lysistrata that feels offended. The men of the other women are also called back to the front by Lamathos, the runner. The Athenian women agree that it is an insult to all women for a man to leave his wife alone on their wedding night. Damon, who doesn't want the war to end under any circumstances, promises the women a three-day truce, during which they have their husbands all to themselves. When the majority of them enthusiastically agree to his plan, Lysistrata intervenes. She explains to the women how transparent Damon's intention is and that it will not end the war and that after the gallows everything will be back to normal. She makes women, under her leadership, make a decision and swear that they will deny their husbands as long as the war goes on. Of course, the women of Sparta would also have to support their decision and reject their husbands as well. The Athenian women therefore decide that the brightest of them must go to the women of Sparta to convince them to join them. Myrrhine is chosen, the goddess Aphrodite will stand by her, the women proclaim.
When the Athenians come home for three days, they knock on locked doors everywhere. When the men received the message from their wives, they differed on how to react. Damon suggests they move away again to prove to their wives that they don't need them. Agathos makes the suggestion to go to sleep in the open air first and then to storm their houses with force the next day, which the majority of men agree with. When they start a chant outside, many of the women are electrified and Mika, on behalf of everyone, means what Lysistrata is asking of them. This reminds the women of their oath again.
The situation becomes critical when the majority of men decide to seek pleasure in the hetaera . Lysistrata then speaks to the Most High of them and can get her to reconsider her decision, since after all it is a question of ending a war. A conversation ensues between Lysistrata and Agathos, in which each describes his or her point of view. It is Hades and not Eros , says Agathos, and Lysistrata's pleading to end the war at last bounces off him.
Myrrhine has meanwhile got the women of Sparta to join the women of Athens. They too want peace. Shortly afterwards, Agathos announced that the war was over. Lysistrata was right, he was the blind man, he thanked the women of Athens for making the men see. In all houses there are celebrations of joy with wine and singing, but above all the triumph of love is celebrated.
Production notes
The film was made exclusively in the ateliers Wien-Schönbrunn and Wien-Sievering without external shots. The production company was the Wiener Mundus-Film Dr. Alfred Stöger (Vienna). Werner Schlichting was responsible for the buildings . The production designer once commented on his work as follows: “In contrast to theater decoration, nothing in a film must be made of cardboard. The film door is a solid, flawlessly closing door and its buckle is quality work that can withstand even a close-up in which it has to fatefully move up and down. "This requires a thorough study of the script and various discussions with the director and actors. All of this is specified in advance in carefully prepared drafts and drawings.
The film music was recorded by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra . The world premiere of Triumph der Liebe took place on April 18, 1947 in Vienna . In West Germany , the film was first shown on June 3, 1949 in Hamburg. In the USA it was launched under the title Lysistrata on June 18, 1948 and in France under the title Grève d'amour on October 29, 1948.
criticism
The lexicon of international film found that this film adaptation, based on Aristophanes' Lysistrata , was a "cumbersome operetta comedy". "The attempt to relate to the present [was] completely unsuccessful."
In Dorin Popa's biography about OW Fischer, this film comedy is classified in the "era of morally sour film messages in the sense of international understanding".
Web links
- Triumph of love at filmportal.de
- Triumph of Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 81
- ^ A b Dorin Popa: OW Fischer His films - his life , Heyne Filmbibliothek, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 1989, p. 42
- ↑ Triumph of love All credits at filmportal.de
- ↑ Triumph of Love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .