What women dream
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | What women dream |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 81 minutes |
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| Director | Géza from Bolváry |
| script |
Franz Schulz Billie Wilder |
| production | Julius Haimann for Super-Film, Berlin |
| music | Robert proud |
| camera | Willy Goldberger |
| cut | Käthe Kopitzke |
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What women dream is a German comedy film from 1933 by Géza von Bolváry with Nora Gregor and Gustav Fröhlich in the leading roles. Billy Wilder was involved in the script .
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The elegant singer Rina Korff is a clever thief, the young dancer has traveled all over Europe, and before or after her performances she is magically drawn to selected jewelry stores, where she regularly wiggles her fingers without being caught. After she has once again paid one of her uninvited visits and this time a particularly beautiful gem is missing, a very wealthy-looking gentleman enters the shop, who calls himself Levassor. He is happy to pay for the damage caused. He claims that the lady in question has only chosen something for herself and has already taken what he, Levassor, promised her as a gift and will then pay for it. This strange construct, which Levassor had previously used for every theft of Rina, so that none of the jewelers has ever really been damaged, does not help the young lady either, because the jeweler has long since alerted the police, and they come in the form of the police officers Füssli and small silver. You really want to get hold of that thief. A perfumed glove left behind in the jewelry store puts the two inspectors on Rina's trail.
Walter König, an employee of a perfumery with an extremely fine nose, identifies the exclusive fragrance that clings to the glove and is offered in his shop under the label "What women dream". The corresponding customer would reside in the posh Atlantic Hotel. After König gave the decisive tip, he changed his mind because he began to be interested in the predatory lady and even wanted to help Rina, who appeared as a dancer in the pavilion of the hotel, to escape. Rina Korff is not averse to the advances of the cultivated young perfumer and lets him put her on the next train that leaves town. So König is all the more astonished that a little later he finds Rina in his own apartment, where the thief, after stealing the front door key, has quartered herself uninvited. If that weren't bold enough, this idea turns out to be not particularly smart for another reason. Because the king’s apartment neighbor is Detective Inspector Otto Füssli, of all people.
Walter learns from Rina that she is not just a common thief, but that she suffers from kleptomania . Rina would like to be cured of this condition, or so she claims. King contacts Rina's great patron, Levassor, who turns out to be a certain John Constaninescu and is an impostor of the purest water. König makes him an offer: If he, Walter, can free the young woman from her addiction to thieving tours, Constantinescu should let her go; otherwise he would have Rina return to Constaninescu. Levassor / Constantinescu, who desperately wants to get rid of his rival because he wants Rina all to himself, then tries to persuade Rina Korff to steal in the future as well. But in the end love triumphs over long fingers. King tips the police and the impostor is arrested. Now the young happiness can begin a future together.
Production notes
What women dream was filmed from mid-January to mid-February 1933 and initially banned on March 18, 1933. The German premiere finally took place on April 18 or 20, 1933 (depending on the source) in two Berlin movie theaters. The film is said to have opened in Hungary as early as March 16, 1933.
Producer Julius Haimann also took over the production management. The film structures were created by Emil Hasler and Willy Schiller . The recording management was in the hands of Fritz Brunn , the sound with Fritz Seeger. Robert Stolz also took over the musical direction; Robert Gilbert wrote the lyrics to the Stolzens composition .
One year after What Women Dream , this film was remade in Hollywood under the title One Exciting Adventure .
Music track
The following music tracks are played:
- The way to you is never far
- Yes, the police have the most beautiful men
These titles were published by Alrobi-Musikverlag. The Oskar Joost orchestra plays .
useful information
What women dream , although shot in the first weeks of the “Third Reich”, is considered one of the last films of the Weimar Republic . For the early days of the Nazi state, when Goebbels' new film policy had not yet penetrated the German film industry in all its ramifications, not entirely untypical, a large number of Jewish artists were involved in this production. For most of them, Was Frauen dream was their last film in Germany before emigrating:
- Julius Haimann (film producer)
- Franz Schulz and Billie Wilder (screenwriters)
- Willy Goldberger (cameraman)
- Otto Wallburg, Peter Lorre, Kurt Lilien (supporting actors)
Leading actress Nora Gregor also turned her back on Germany forever after filming, but she was not a Jew.
criticism
“With… What women dream , director Geza von Bolvary has created a very attractive film full of original directors' ideas. The actors ... give excellent performances. "
“Nora Gregor's best film in German, staged by entertainment director Géza von Bolvary, finally gives her the space to show her talents to the full. In the role of the distinguished master thief, she embodies a disarming woman - be it in an elegant evening dress, a men's dressing gown or a maid's uniform - who is always one step ahead of the men around her. Due to the laborious unmasking of the villain, which is of course a man's business, the film loses a bit of speed towards the showdown. Nora Gregor convinces nonetheless, not least in the vocal numbers composed by Robert Stolz - among them an unforgettable duet with Peter Lorre. "
See also
Web links
- What women dream in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- What women dream at filmportal.de