To hell with the timpani
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| Original title | The louts from the first bench Part 1 To hell with the timpani |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Werner Jacobs |
| script | Georg Laforet |
| production | Franz Seitz |
| music | Rolf A. Wilhelm |
| camera | Heinz Hölscher |
| cut | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
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To hell with the timpani (original title Die Lümmel von der Erste Bank, Part 1, To hell with the timpani) is a German comedy film that was filmed in Hamburg and Baden-Baden at the end of 1967 under the direction of Werner Jacobs . The main roles are cast with Hansi Kraus , Gila von Weitershausen , Uschi Glas , Theo Lingen as well as Günther Schramm , Hannelore Elsner and Georg Thomalla .
The production by Franz Seitz , which is based on the satire of the same name by Alexander Wolf published in 1963 , premiered on April 3, 1968 in the metro in the Schlosshof in Kiel , the West German mass start took place one day later. In the year of its premiere, the film received the golden screen for more than three million viewers. With almost six million admissions, the film was one of the most successful in the entire series.
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Dr. Gottlieb Taft, director of the Mommsen-Gymnasium in Baden-Baden with heart and soul, has such a hard time with the students of 10a. In particular, Pepe Nietnagel , who was expelled from a Bavarian boarding school, drove the entire teaching staff to despair with his rough pranks. Above all, Dr. He has long been a thorn in Knörz's side. That's why Knörz wants to fail him in Latin along with a large part of the class. Pepe then stages a lintel window with the help of his classmates, so that Knörz assumes a suicide. Since Pepe, however, when the Director of Studies Dr. Taft sits calmly in his seat, Knörz goes to a sanatorium because of hallucinations.
The young, modern-minded Dr. Kersten. Forewarned by Rector Taft, he sees through the joke intended for him in the form of a “sex bomb” disguised as a high school student, which is supposed to sabotage classes. This embarrassed and gossiped in the first five minutes. With the suggestion that he should think of a few better jokes in the meantime, he leaves the class to lead the "wrong student" to the exit. Pepe grudgingly accepts the defeat because the rest of the class, especially the girls, like the new teacher. Helena, the director's daughter, also falls in love with the smart educator. As the tennis partner of Dr. Kersten cancels because of a medical emergency, she takes her chance. After the tennis lesson, Dr. Kersten was invited to a wine bar and brought home. Ironically, when the goodbye kiss on the doorstep, Kersten is seen by the returning Rector Taft and disgusted.
In the school, the conversation continues audibly for all the students, as Rector Taft mistakenly activates the in-house intercom. The 10a then publishes an announcement of his daughter's engagement , which Taft is even more furious because he calls Dr. Kersten considers the author. The disgrace staged at Pension Nachtigall with the help of the French exchange student Geneviève Ponelle also turns out to be a boomerang, as Rector Taft unexpectedly returns and sees through the dizziness. But at the inauguration of a well prepared by Pepe, the minister of culture presents himself as Dr. Kersten's uncle comes out, who immediately welcomes Rector Taft as his nephew's future father-in-law. Since the fireworks in the fountain can no longer be stopped, everything ends in a wild mess.
History of origin
prehistory
The sequels of the Ludwig Thoma film version Lausbubengeschichten by the producer Franz Seitz junior , marketed by Constantin Film since 1965 , developed into a successful cinema series. When the topic seemed exhausted after four films, Seitz developed the concept for a contemporary film series on the subject of student pranks in collaboration with Constantin-Film. In April 1967 the film distribution announced the filming of the satire To hell with the timpani . The bestseller by the pedagogue Herbert Rösler was published in 1963 under his pseudonym Alexander Wolf in the Pardon library of the Bärmeier & Nikel publishing house . Since they wanted to bring more "Lümmel" films to the cinemas if they were successful, the rights to use the main characters in freely invented film material were acquired in addition to the filming rights for the book.
Pre-production and script
As with all films in the series, the screenplay was written by the producer Franz Seitz under his pseudonym Georg Laforet. Gustav Knuth , Hubert von Meyerinck , Rudolf Rhomberg and Helga Anders were initially intended to be the main actors, but they were ultimately not used. Florian Lindinger, the son of the actor Hugo Lindinger , was originally intended for the role of Pepe Nietnagel . After it turned out that the actor was not up to his task, the role was finally taken over by the tried and tested Hansi Kraus from the "rascal" films . Werner Jacobs was planned as the director of the film from the start. In addition to three Thoma films for Seitz, he had also directed the successful Peter Alexander films Der Musterknabe (1963) and ... and something like that must go to bed at 8 (1965), who also play in the school environment.
Filming
The shooting took place from October 30th to December 17th, 1967 in Hamburg and at the original venues in Baden-Baden . The Hamburg Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer grammar school served as the backdrop for the fictional Mommsen grammar school . Numerous students, especially members of the then theater AG, were used as extras. Some interior shots were shot in the Hamburg studio in the Wandsbek district .
As Günther Schramm in the synchronization was not the film available, he was selected by Eckart Dux synchronized.
Theme music
The hit song 6 × 6 = 36, sung by the medium trio , was used as the title music during the opening credits . The title was released as a single on the Polydor label .
reception
The FSK gave the film after an examination on April 2, 1968 a day before the premiere, from six years free. The great success of the film resulted in a whole series of other official and unofficial "Pauker" and "Lümmel" films. Even before the premiere of the real sequel To the Devil with the Penne , the film producer Karl Spiehs, in collaboration with Ilse Kubaschewski's Gloria film distribution, brought the film Always Trouble with the Paukern in German cinemas.
Reviews
“A awkward comedy about the pranks and love affairs of high school students. Undemanding in content and design; The start of a series of crude, tasteless slapstick that became a huge hit with audiences in the late 60s and early 70s. "
“A great comedian like Theo Lingen is being marketed as a stupid school principal in this poor schoolboy. A lot of work around a few unimaginative, tired student jokes that nobody laughs about anymore. (Rating: weak) "
"Although this first part still shows a remnant of technically competent routine, it is largely exhausted in the reproduction of well-known slapstick and only moderately funny situation comedy ."
literature
- Alexander Wolf : To hell with the timpani . Illustrations by Kurt Halbritter . Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-499-10874-7 (121 pages).
Web links
- To hell with the drummers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Lümmel from the first bank 1st part at filmportal.de
- The lout from the first bank. To hell with the timpani full movie
Individual evidence
- ↑ 85 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 82 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2338 meters
- ↑ Title according to the movie poster and advertising material. In the opening credits: 1st trimester .
- ↑ Die Lümmel from the first bank 1st part To hell with the timpani see film poster, addition: after the book "To hell with the timpani"
- ↑ a b Entry on the film in the Lümmel blog Reloaded
- ↑ a b Joachim Kramp: The louts are on the loose! in the Lümmel blog Reloaded
- ↑ Interview with Hansi Kraus at tv-kult.com
- ↑ To hell with the timpani. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
