When Father with Son (1955)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | When the father with the son |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Hans Quest |
| script |
Hans Grimm (story), Gustav Kampendonk , Eckart Hachfeld |
| production | Berolina-Filmproduktion GmbH, Berlin ( Kurt Ulrich ) |
| music | Heino Gaze |
| camera | Kurt Schulz |
| cut | Hermann Leitner |
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When the father with the son is a German feature film from 1955, directed by Hans Quest with Heinz Rühmann in the leading role. The first performance took place on August 12, 1955 in the Ufa-Palast in Cologne .
content
Teddy Lemke is a subtenant with Miss Biermann. She took care of six-year-old Ulli, whose mother emigrated to America. Teddy Lemke lovingly takes care of little Ulli as if he were his own son. When Ulli surprised him with a children's clown costume that he accidentally found in the attic, Teddy hesitantly tells his life story: He used to be a famous clown who performed with his son. When the boy died, Teddy ended his career.
Ulli works on Teddy until he returns to his clown role and performs with Ulli. You are successful, there is a sign of commitment. But then Ulli's mother Gerti, who is now married, returns from America to bring her child. Teddy flees with the child from Berlin to Switzerland, pursued by the child's mother, her husband and assistant. Her husband confronts Teddy, whom he initially takes to be the child's father, but then realizes the true circumstances. Ulli moves to America with his parents, and Teddy, who has a heavy heart to accept, gives a solo performance at the end.
Remarks
The film was made in the Atelier Berlin-Pichelsberg with external shots from Berlin-Wedding , Zurich , Lausanne , Locarno , Lugano and Ascona . Hans Ledersteger , Ernst Richter and Peter Schlewski created the buildings. Producer Kurt Ulrich and Hans Lehmann were production managers.
The film made the bedtime song La-Le-Lu, only the man in the moon is watching by Heino Gaze . The song is from 1950.
The film gave Rühmann the opportunity to slip into his declared favorite role: that of a clown. He did this so perfectly that the International Artist Lodge awarded him the Golden Artist Needle - a unique award for an “amateur”.
The Austrian television series of the same name has nothing to do with the film.
In 2005, a remake was made under the direction of Udo Witte , but the content differs significantly from the original.
Awards
The FBL awarded the production the title valuable .
Reviews
- “Only Heinz Rühmann convinces with soft nuances and subtle comedy.” - Lexicon of the international film
- "Cheerful, touching color film without any further claims." - 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958 . Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 482
- "Rühmann in one of his most beautiful roles on the borderline between laughing and crying (...)." (Rating: 2½ stars = above average) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 914
literature
- Gregor Ball, Eberhard Spiess , Joe Hembus (eds.): Heinz Rühmann and his films . Goldmann, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-442-10213-8
Web links
- If the father with the son in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- When the father with the son at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 575
- ↑ If the father with the son in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ When the father with the son. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 3, 2017 .