If you had read a recent book on the films of the third Reich they now include the fact that not all films made in that time were propaganda.You have to be very academic like me to know this. A serious fan of classic cinema.Your big companies,like time Warner,MgmUA, Kino on video, don't serve us. Instead they serve the casual viewer and the fan of popular film classics only. They are greedy. So if they have a German film classic out on home video ,it will be mostly the propaganda ones. They make the fast buck. Thank goodness for ,germanvideo.net.The best of all the German video vender's in the U.S.A This was Heinz Ruhmann first time in the directors chair. This was his wife actress Hertha Feiller's leading role and her best during the war,and would be the only one that was the best in her film career.Since she was half Jewish ,she could only do films with permission of Goebels. Heinz bend the rules a bit by going out as the lead so she would take center stage.Achim, played by Hans Sohnker, is on a skiing vacation. He just had a fight with his girl friend Vera ,played by Suzzane V.Almassy,.He leaves her for the moment with his friend Beranrd, played by Hans Nielsen of Titanic fame,. Later Bernard would comfort Vera too.Well, he's out in the snow and stops along at a antique shop owned by Hlzschnitzer,played by Paul Rehkompf,.He notices a beautiful statuette of an angel and buys it from him. As he goes to his lodge, he notices someone has already went in there Susanne, played by Hertha Feiller. He angry with her but he lets her stay. But when she Leaves she decides to come back to let him know that she has no room. So he lats her stay. Paul shows up with his music instrument and then leaves and blows in it out side. By suggestion, which would have violated the American Haye's code, they make love. The next day they are suppose to meet but due to a mishap they go on the wrong trains. Oh I forgot he gives her the angel statue. Now,she so heart broken that she doesn't want the gift any more. It turns out that she a buyer for an antique shop. so she presents the statue to sell to her boss Dr. Thomas,played by Otto Graff.. It also turns out that Achim is president of a piano company. He goes on a business trip. His girl friend ,and may be fiancé, goes to the antique shop and buys the angel. Sussane isn't aware who the womens buying it for. When he comes back from business trip , Vera surprise him with the gift. It turns out he's a friend of Dr. Thomas. so he visits him to ask where he got the statue. When he is surprise that he find her and she find him and they are both happy. There's a scene in which she happy with tears when he leaves and looks at a baby picture which might suggest that she has his child. she and the Dr. are invited to a reception at Achims house.It might be an engagement party for Achim and Vera. When no one around they both start to argue what happen at that time but then things clear out when Vera show's to find out about them. she acts civilized.Later one of Dr clients and friend of Susanne, Theresa , ,played by Lina Carsten, is being told by Susanne and her affair and possible pregnancy confidentially. she suggests that he informs him and they get married . Well, Vera takes it in the chin. forcibly being married they both hate each other .Suzie confidentially lets Vera know of her pregnancy, may be. so later on when shes taking a ski trip she,notices the statue the the barkeeper has . she immediately goes to in her room and he's there and they fall in love all over again. this was the best non Nazi classic film ever saw. As of the 9th 9th 09 corrections. The cabin was not Achims. It was established earlier that Achims and Dr. Thomas were friends. Hans Gustav Achims and Susanne met at Christmas holidays. Holtzschnitzer ,played by Paul Rehkopf, did not own antique shop in mountains. Plus Dr Thomas and Susanne were getting engaged earlier.
Review of Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel
