Remember the 1953 musical the Red Garter?the production values were stylistic ,like the way the stage musicals are produced.This musical is the same way .The beginning Paris sequence looks like a card board fantasy,rather then the real Paris,like a stage version.What interested me in this film is that it starred young Peter Alexander and Katrina Valenti before she became an international star.The musical number ,in which Peter,Silvo and Katrina have jobs as a maid and butler and Hotel assistant in San Remo ,the back ground is so stylistic that you see, in the window back ground, a yacht and it's a painting .All three actors portray music students Broke.Rudolph Vogel plays the business man who takes their musical instruments away cause they can't make the payments.He allows them them to practice them in his warehouse.They meet a broke composer,played by played by Dietmar Schonherr,whom Rudolph had taken his piano back cause Diet could not make the payments.They all meet and Diet tries to give them a job at a revue he's invoked with.Rolf Olsen plays the director of the musical revue .It seems that the whole revue get in trouble when the investor ,played by Hans Joachim KulenKamphff,withdraws when he fines out that the leading actress,played by Helen Vita ,is fooling around behind him.So that goes their jobs too.The three room mates get a job at a hotel in San Remo,they discovered that the cast of the original revue,including the composer ,is up their too .Diet decides to allow the three to go on his show,which is televised.Peter,who falls in love with the daughter of Rudolph,played by Sabine Hahn,tries to work in the director to star Kathrin in Rolph's revue.but when Kathrin persuaded by Rolph to seduce Joachim for financial support,she turns him down .So Rolph has to work on him.The revue plans fall when Katrina rejects Joachim's advances and Dieter is mad with her.Joachim withdraws the finances and the set are picked up by Rudolph.All three with the agreement of the director ,why not combine the revue with the auction being planned by Rudolph,It is so successful ,that Joachim is persuaded by Helen ,vita to finance the show with Kathrin. The Nicholas brothers make an appearance in this film,since at that time they were doing a European tour.A German swing band ,popular in that, country at the time,"Kurt Edelhagen and his orchestra , makes an appearance near the end.The musical number are very colorful.One which Katrina is dress in the 1700 style costume and white wig ,where she transforms herself to the present day ,56,in a feather hat and a slimmer evening dress.Fun and entertaining vintage Katrina Valenti. 04/29.17
Review of Bonjour Kathrin
