Do not forget love
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Do not forget love |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Verhoeven |
| script | Juliane Kay |
| production |
Friedrich A. Mainz for standard film |
| music | Alois Melichar |
| camera | Franz Weihmayr |
| cut | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
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Don't Forget Love is a Paul Verhoeven comedy from 1953.
action
Actually, Anna's dream had been to become a pianist . Instead, she married a lawyer and had three children. Almost 20 years later - the children are almost grown up - indifference has entered the marriage. Anna is still the girl for everything for her spoiled children and yet she hardly feels really noticed. When her husband Franz drives to Tyrol with the children and the fiancé of the eldest daughter , Anna stays behind because there is no more space in the car. She accepts an invitation from her friend Jeanne Löhr to Switzerland . Both of them attended the conservatory together and Jeanne, in return for Anna, became a successful pianist. The stay in Switzerland changes Anna, who regains her former cheerfulness.
Anna and Franz want to meet in Innsbruck and return home. On the train from Zurich to Innsbruck, Anna meets the singer Paul Cornelius, who confuses her with Jeanne Löhr. Anna does not clear up the misunderstanding and flirts with Paul. They parted ways at Innsbruck train station, but they both meet again later in the city. Paul invites Anna to the opera, where he is invited as a star guest. Anna enjoys her free time, so her family angrily drives home without her. When Paul's pianist disappears for a planned recital, Anna replaces him at his request.
Because the household wouldn't work without Anna, Franz travels to Innsbruck to bring his wife home. He sees her at the piano with Paul during the concert, performing under the name "Jeanne Löhr". After a violent argument after the concert, Franz goes home. Anna also returns home after hearing about the disappearance of her daughter Käthe from a phone call. A world collapsed for her after she found out that her fiancé was married. Since the mother was not at home, she wanted to visit her in Innsbruck, but was found by the police and brought home safely. Anna has now also arrived here. She left Paul a letter in Innsbruck that cleared up the misunderstanding.
The events showed Franz and the children how important their mother is. Anna has realized that her place is in the family, even if she has become more confident. At the same time, she has rediscovered her love for the piano, which she can now practice at home because Franz has the old family grand piano repaired.
production
The film is based on a script by the playwright Juliane Kay, which was originally entitled The Dream . Kay had developed the plot on behalf of the director Rolf Hansen and written it for the actress Paula Wessely . Attila Hörbiger and Paul Hörbiger were to take on the supporting roles . After Wessely turned down the role, the film was re-cast.
The film was produced in the Hamburg-Wandsbek studio. The outdoor shots were taken in Hamburg and Innsbruck. The premiere of Forget Not Love took place on April 2, 1953 in the Hamburg cinema Die Barke .
Shortly after the premiere, rumors emerged that the films Do not forget love and the not yet released film Me and My Wife , in which Paula Wessely had played the leading role, were almost identical. Accusations of plagiarism against the screenwriter of the Wessely film Fritz Rotter were rejected. While Kay had written her screenplay at the beginning of 1950, Rotter had written the film novel Me and my wife independently of her in Hollywood that same year , which he had "registered with the 'Screen Writers Guild' ... and protected" in November 1950. I and my wife came to German cinemas in August 1953.
Do not forget love became a financial success and "was long considered a top candidate for the Federal Film Prize".
criticism
Contemporary critics did not rate forget love as "tastefully and delicately told ... film history" and "pleasant entertainment", which the viewer can "follow with pleasure, sometimes smiling, sometimes moved". Nevertheless, “some women will certainly sit in the cinema who, despite all the sympathy for the lovable, charming Anna on the screen, wonders what she has now won in the course of history.” It is questionable to what extent Anna could be really happy as a hobby pianist When she “has what it takes to be an artist”: “There remains a slight regret that applies to the little film heroine, who doesn't know how much more interesting her life could be if she found her way out of the tightness of the household and into the broader field of creativity Work. ”In addition to an“ open plea for all (housewives) women and mothers ”, the film also contains“ a hidden sermon against all negligent husbands ... and negligent children ”, whereby in the film“ we talked a little too much in places becomes."
In the lexicon of international films , forget love is not a “cheerful, contemplative marriage comedy”. Although the film was "a bit polished in the milieu and at times too consciously exemplary", it was "worth watching as good entertainment."
Awards
The film received the rating of particularly valuable from the film evaluation office of the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany (FBL) . Juliane Kay was awarded the Silver Bowl of the Federal Film Prize for Best Screenwriter for Forget Love Not 1953 . In the same year, Vergiss die Liebe did not receive the film tape in silver for “Best Problem Film”. The film was recommended by the Evangelical Film Guild as “best film of the month” (May 1953). It was also shown at the XIV: Venice International Film Festival .
Web links
- Forget the love not in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Don't forget love at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Plagiarism dispute. Glory of the housewife . In: Der Spiegel . May 27, 1953, p. 29.
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 382.
- ↑ Plagiarism dispute. Glory of the housewife . In: Der Spiegel . May 27, 1953, p. 30.
- ↑ a b film: Don't forget love . In: Der Spiegel . April 15, 1953, p. 25.
- ↑ a b c r .: Do not forget love. In: Progress film illustrated. Berlin 1953, p. 2.
- ↑ r .: Do not forget love. In: Progress film illustrated. Berlin 1953, p. 4.
- ^ Klaus Brüne (ed.): Lexicon of international films. Tape ?. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1990, p. 4068.
- ↑ Do not forget love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 382.
- ↑ See deutsche-filmakademie.de