When the evening bells ring (1951)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | When the evening bells ring |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alfred Braun |
| script |
Hans Scheffel Werner P. Zibaso |
| production |
Willie Hoffmann-Andersen for Apollo-Film, Berlin |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera | Georg Krause |
| cut | Erwin Marno |
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When the evening bells ring is a German love melodrama by Alfred Braun from 1951 .
action
Michael Storm and Rosemarie Brenda grew up together. Even as young people they plan their future together, even if the teacher's son Michael is not socially on a par with the landowner's daughter Rosemarie. One day Michael saves the cocky Rosemarie when she falls into the raging Mühlbach. Landlord Brenda is grateful by funding the musical Michael to study music. The course also means farewell to Rosemarie, but both promise to think of each other when the evening bells ring.
Michael initially visits his home village every now and then, but eventually stays away for more than a year because he takes his studies seriously. After a long time, he returns to his village on the occasion of Rosemary's birthday, even if his father advises him against appearing unannounced at the Brendas' offices. In fact, his visit brings little joy. Rosemarie is happy to see him, but her parents have long since chosen the rich neighbor and former tournament rider Albrecht Finke as Rosemary's future husband. Last but not least, he should help the family out of financial need, which also makes it impossible for them to continue to support Michael financially. He realizes that he is not welcome and voluntarily renounces any further support for the Brendas. Before he leaves, however, he meets again with Rosemarie, who still loves him. They kiss goodbye.
Michael now earns his money for his further studies by performing in a dance band, which mainly plays his compositions. The publisher's wife Gloria Römer stands out, who not only takes a liking to the compositions, but also to Michael. She begins to patronize the musicians, but Michael cannot forget Rosemarie. One day his father visits him and tells him that Rosemarie will marry Albrecht Finke. Michael is disappointed. Rosemary, on the other hand, does not react happily when her Finke proposes marriage. When she realizes that her parents prepared the connection a long time ago and want to "sell" it to Finke, she runs away. She goes to Michael and would stay with him if he loved her. In his distress, Michael says no. Because Rosemarie missed the last train home, she stayed with Michael. They both sleep together before parting for a long time. Although she is pregnant by Michael and wants to cancel the wedding with Finke, in the end Rosemarie is forced into marriage by her mother. Rosemarie finds consolation, among other things, in Michael's song When the evening bells are ringing , the notes of which he sent her to the wedding. The song will soon become popular. Even when Michael travels around the world, becomes a star and has numerous loves, he cannot forget Rosemarie.
After four years he returns to his village and visits Rosemarie on her estate, which she lives with Albrecht. She tries to suppress her feelings and to be cold towards Michael. It is Albrecht who greets Michael in a friendly manner. In the end, Rosemarie urges Michael to leave quickly - she wants to prevent him from seeing her daughter Eva. Albrecht has shown her behavior that she still loves Michael. This makes it easier for him to decide to take part in a horse show again. He knows that another tournament could be fatal for him, as he kept a splinter from the war near the left ventricle that had migrated and is now only an inch from the heart. He refuses an operation. He wins the tournament but still dies on the field. Michael hears about the events on the radio and goes to see Rosemarie. Even if she initially thinks that the dead person is now even more firmly between them than Albrecht did during his lifetime, in the end she asks him to stay with her and the child. Both become a couple.
production
The title When the evening bells ring is taken from the song of the same name by Jean Villard . The Berlin-Tempelhof studio served as the film studio, while the outdoor shots were made in Berlin-Mariendorf , Berlin-Marienfelde and Goslar .
Willy Schmidt-Gentner wrote the film music . The Egon Kaiser Orchestra plays , Kurt Reimann , Walter Hauck and the Schöneberg Boys' Choir can be heard . The production design comes from Gabriel Pellon and Hans-Jürgen Kiebach . The film was mass-launched in theaters on December 21, 1951. In 2006 it was released on DVD as part of the Filmpalast - Cinema hits from yesterday's series .
criticism
When the evening bells ring , the critics did a little worse than most films of this kind. Kurt Heuser wrote under the title Die Abendglocken des Deutschen Films in the magazine Die Literatur , 1/1952, that the film was a “concoction of speculation, lies and stolen effects. ”He felt sick, physically sick as if he had drunk booze. Heuser continued that not only would “the capacity and talent of this staff be sufficient”, but more importantly, everyone would be eager to make good films. “Still the evening bells? What's happening?"
In 1952, Der Spiegel wrote that “Georg Krause […] [photographed] overexposed faces that look like limestone walls. A festival of tears, to which the rental company in Berlin did not invite the press as a precaution. "
For the film service it was “sentimental noble kitsch staged in the gazebo style. The mendacious morals and the outdated social views also bear witness to a hopelessly outdated film. ”“ With so much kitsch, the alarm bells are ringing, ”wrote Cinema .
Web links
- When the evening bells ring in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- When the evening bells ring at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Georg Krause
- ^ History of German Film , 2nd edition, Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2004, p. 186 f.
- ↑ New in Germany: When the evening bells ring . In: Der Spiegel , No. 2, 1952, p. 32.
- ↑ When the evening bells ring. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de