When the village music plays on Sunday evening (1953)

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Movie
Original title When the village music plays on Sunday evening
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1953
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Rudolf Schündler
script Werner P. Zibaso
production Kurt Ulrich
for Berolina
music Willy Schmidt-Gentner
camera Kurt Schulz
cut Margarete Steinborn
occupation

When the village music plays on Sunday evening is a German Heimatfilm by Rudolf Schündler from 1953.

action

When the successful trumpeter Jonny got almost all of his concert income from tax collector Weber, he had enough: He packed his trumpet and traveled to the Black Forest. On the way he meets the music-making vagabonds Tünnes and Nachtigall, whom he only takes with him on the way and with whom he walks to the village of Todtmoos after his car has also been confiscated by the police . There he went to a pension and promptly fell in love with the landlord's daughter Rosl.

The stud owner's daughter Kati is also adored - by two men. Lumberjack Martin may be down to earth, but a homeless person who hardly earns any money with his work. His rival is the sawmill owner Bruckner, who has proposed marriage to Kati several times in vain . Kati's father, the landowner Ertl, is in financial difficulties for which his brother Franz is responsible, since he lost thousands of marks while gambling. Ertl's only hope is that his horse will win the Baden Grand Prix in one week, with prize money of 50,000 DM. If he loses his horse, the stud is in danger, as Ertls Bank refuses to grant further loans. In view of the impending loss of the stud, Kati agrees to marry Bruckner. Soon, however, she meets again with Martin, whom she actually loves, and thereby dupes Bruckner, who turns away from her.

At the Baden Grand Prix, Ertl's horse, which originally only had outsider chances, surprisingly wins. Although this saved Ertl's stud, Ertl soon found out that his brother Franz had doped the horse - so that the stud could be saved with the prize money and he could settle his betting debts with a secure bet on winning the race. Ertl hides the manipulation, but can hardly reconcile this with his conscience. However, he agrees to Kati and Martin's marriage.

Everything comes to light on the day of the consecration of the bell for the church in Todtmoos. Bruckner appears at Ertl and informs him of the manipulation allegations; there will also be an official investigation into the case. Ertl promises to refund the prize money, but a short time later goes out with his revolver. Kati and Martin find out about his condition and look for him. Martin learns from Franz that he and not Ertl manipulated the race through doping. Kati finds her father in the stable with the horses and can dissuade him from suicide. Bruckner also learns that it was not Ertl who was doping the horse, but Franz. Ertl's honor is restored and Bruckner offers to help him with his financial problems.

Meanwhile, Jonny's concert agent Kubbitzky and his girlfriend Edith have also arrived at the village festival to sign Jonny for a new tour. There are brief disagreements because Rosl thinks Edith is Jonny's friend. However, this mistake can be cleared up quickly and Jonny signs for a new tour - on which Rosl will accompany him as his future wife.

production

The shooting took place from June 26th to August 24th 1953 in Todtmoos in the Black Forest and in the Ufa-Atelier Berlin-Tempelhof . The first performance was on September 24, 1953 in Essen's Lichtburg .

Numerous folk songs or popularly interpreted hits are performed in the film, including Rosamunde and Kein Schöne Land . The interpreters are Bruce Low and especially Kurt Reimann , who plays the role of the vagabond guitar player Nachtigall in the film.

criticism

The lexicon of international films described when the village music plays on Sunday evening as a "sentimental and unrealistic home film with folk songs and Black Forest photos according to its commercial cliché." For the online version, when the village music plays on Sunday evening was "a sentimental, lying home film from the Upper Black Forest."

Cinema described the film as "Heimatschnulze" and stated: "What was escapism in the 50sis now only to run away."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 9. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 4243.
  2. When the village music plays on Sunday evening. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 2, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. See cinema.de