Two hearts in May

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Movie
Original title Two hearts in May
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1958
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Géza from Bolváry
script Janne Furch
Hans Fritz Koellner
production Kurt Ulrich
music Michael Jary
camera Georg Bruckbauer
Willi Sohm
cut Wolfgang Wehrum
Liselotte Schumacher
occupation

Two Hearts in May is a German feature film by the director Géza von Bolváry from 1957. The main roles are starring Dieter Borsche and Kristina Söderbaum . Janne Furch wrote the script together with Hans Fritz Köllner based on his novel "Viva la Musica". In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was released for the first time on January 9, 1958.

action

The young musician Peter Paul Müller, only called "PP" by his friends, is a promising talent, but can only laboriously support his wife and the two children Friedrich and Monika with his income. After he lost his job as a piano player in a silent movie theater with the advent of the sound film, he is now touring the country with his friend Ralf Siedler. PP's wife Annemie scrapes up all her savings and buys her husband a used piano. When he then plays the song "Zwei Herzen im Mai", which he once dedicated to her when they met, they wallow in memories.

Despite many attempts, the two friends have not yet succeeded in making the big hit. But the turning point is approaching when Peter and Ralf perform the "Heart Song" at a family celebration in a beer garden and the publisher Gesenius who is present there hears them both. He offers them a contract that is gladly accepted. The first Singspiel they created was a great success. Marion Dehl, the leading actress, introduces PP to her friend and patron, Director Leisemann. He's an important financier for theater productions. Marion can convince him to support PP even more intensively.

The Müller family can finally swap their modest apartment for a luxury apartment. PP, however, is increasingly neglecting his family and spending more and more time with Marion. The financial decline is not long in coming: Director Leisemann becomes jealous of him and blocks all credit. Because he can no longer offer Marion anything, she leaves his ensemble. Annemie also bursts her collar, which leads to the fact that she dumps her husband. PP has no choice but to paddle through small bars like in the old days - until the Second World War breaks out.

The war was long over when PP returned home. The restaurant where he was last employed has set up a jukebox and is therefore no longer used for him. Then he discovers a record with one of his compositions in the jukebox. He learns that his son Friedrich initiated the admission under a pseudonym. In the meantime he has married Karin, the daughter of Director Leisemann. Friedrich finally succeeds in reconciling his father with the publisher Gesenius and reuniting him with his mother.

music

The music is from Michael Jary . Numerous songs by him can be heard in the film:

  • Two hearts in May that loved each other (Text: Bruno Balz and Curth Flatow )
  • I want to dance at your wedding ( Foxtrot , text: Bruno Balz)
  • Wink - wink (Foxtrot, Text: Bruno Balz)
  • Santa Fe, when will I see you again? ( Habanera , text: Bruno Balz)
  • Mäkki was a sailor ( Boogie-Woogie , text: Bruno Balz)
  • I just missed you to my happiness (Foxtrot, Text: Just Scheu und Ernst Nebhut )
  • These are the nights of Rio! ( Mambo , text: Bruno Balz)
  • There's something in the air today ( Ragtime , Text: Bruno Balz and Curth Flatow)
  • I know a miracle will happen one day ( slow waltz , text: Bruno Balz)
  • Don't reach for the stars (Slow Waltz, Text: Bruno Balz)
  • The carousel is always going around (Foxtrot, text: Hans Fritz Beckmann )
  • The little love bird sings its sweet song (slow waltz, text: Bruno Balz)
  • Red poppy seeds, why are you wilting already? ( Tango , text: Bruno Balz)

additions

The buildings were designed by the film architects Hanns H. Kuhnert and Wilhelm Vorwerg . Walter Salemann contributed the costumes.

criticism

The lexicon of international films comes to the following conclusion: Sentimental novel by a Berlin musician, whose rapid success goes to his head, as a narrow staircase for the appearance of formerly popular actors and pop singers while at the same time belittling the social and political background of the time.

source

Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaft Franke & Co. KG, Munich, number 4100

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 4462