If I were once the Lord
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | If I were once the Lord |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anton Kutter |
| script | Anton Kutter |
| production | Kurt Hammer (economic management) |
| music | Willy Mattes |
| camera | Sepp Kirzeder |
| cut | Hildegard Giese |
| occupation | |
and Christian Oppelberg , Eduard Spiess , Rudolf Joksch , Rolf Döring , Laetitia Rauch | |
If I were God God is a German-Austrian comedy from 1954 by Anton Kutter with Hans Holt , Gisela Fackeldey and Gustl Gstettenbaur in the leading roles. Joachim Fuchsberger can be seen in one of his first film roles.
action
Dr. Dr. Dr. Paul von Schmerda, a somewhat eccentric and unworldly Viennese scientist, runs a marriage initiation institute that searches for a partner on a strictly scientific basis. A suspected client gets into an argument with him because she firmly believes that the matter should still be decided by the heart. Shortly afterwards, the young lady, Gisela Deyler, who turns out to be the owner of a machine tool company, leaves the Schmerdas Institute furiously. The head of the institute is also angry and leaves his office to run errands. Schmerda's secretary Franzl Bergmüller, who had welcomed Ms. Deyler under a false name, learns her real name from her license plate and sneaks into her company. There Bergmüller tries to explain Schmerda's behavior to Mrs. Deyler, but she is just annoyed by this entire marriage initiation institute, so she throws Franzl out of her office without further ado. Her receptionist Jutta Bärmann doesn't like that, because she would like Franzl a lot.
Next weekend, Paul and Franzl as well as Gisela and Jutta decide to take a short break in the Salzkammergut. On the way, Franzl picks up a folder from 1934 with important contents that Gisela and Jutta fell out of the unlocked trunk while driving. By chance, Franzl and Jutta meet again at the registration office at the holiday destination, and Franzl can give her the folder back. What neither of them know is that Schmerda took several pages and leafed through them when he got bored. He promptly comes across the name Deyler. Gisela Deyler is happy that the file folder from 1934 has been found, but she cannot find the document she was hoping for, which is supposed to help her out of a big legal jam. Little does she know that Schmerda, of all people, has this document. He is angry with Franzl when he learns that he has arranged a meeting with Gisela. The assistant finds that his boss and the factory owner are a good match, despite the unfortunate first encounter in the marriage office. He also throws Schmerda on the head that his dating agencies, which are supposedly based on purely scientific calculations, have all gone wrong so far.
The general chaos of love is picking up speed, because the one that Schmerda referred to a Mr. Wimmerl, the nephew of the potter, Luiserl initially does not want this and Franzl also wants to assert his own head in matters of love. Then Franzl, who had to spend a night in the local prison because of “windows” and only thanks to the intervention of the Ministerialrat a. D. Würzinger, Gisela's uncle, was released, and he, a former law professor Schmerdas, confessed that his former model student is now running something as nasty as a marriage initiation institute, which is crowned with great unsuccessfulness. Schmerda and Gisela meet at a Bergotur and speak briefly. Paul confesses to her and to Jutta, who is also wandering, that he was wrong with his theory of partner initiation. When Schmerda returns to the hotel, the old Würzinger gives him a fair lecture. The predicament that Gisela Deyler is in with her company also comes up. Since Schmerda knows the facts from the 1934 file, it is all too easy for him, thanks to his knowledge advantage, to take over her legal representation, which she asks her uncle Würzinger to do. In just a few minutes, Gisela can get rid of all legal problems. After all, nothing stands in the way of the two of them being happy together.
Production notes
If I were the Lord God was created in mid-1954 in the makeshift studio in the Hotel Wasnerin in Bad Aussee and in Bad Aussee, Bad Ischl (Salzkammergut) and the surrounding area. The world premiere took place on September 17, 1954 in Munich. The Vienna premiere was on November 5, 1954, the Berlin premiere on February 18, 1955.
Adam Napoleon Schneider and Heinz Pollak took over the production management, Sepp Rothauer created the film structures. The Isarspatzen sing, the Great Munich Film Orchestra plays. Fred Rauch wrote the lyrics to the compositions by Willy Mattes . The recording management was in the hands of Karl Schwetter and Hans Mayr.
The Austrian silent film star Maria Mindszenti appeared in front of the camera for the last time after more than two decades of abstinence from the screen. Joachim Fuchsberger sings "A heart full of music".
criticism
In the lexicon of international films it says: "A musically and optically trimmed-up game of confusion."
Individual evidence
- ↑ If I were once the Lord God. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2020 .
Web links
- Once I the Lord God would in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- If I were the Lord God at filmportal.de