This is a movie that runs for slightly over 80 minutes and is almost 60 years old already. Operetta or Lehár lovers will maybe enjoy it, but everybody else probably not so much. The lead actor is Rudolf Schock and he plays also a character named Rudolf. The cast is not too known, at least to me. i only know Willy Millowitsch, mostly because of his daughter. I cannot even say the music in this film wowed me as it is basically only one song, namely the one in the film's title that they keep singing all the time (especially Schock) and from which we keep hearing the melody. The mountain landscapes are beautiful, but they cannot make up for all the overacting. Sadly, this is an issue for so many 1950's German films. Also, the script is not inspired at all. Basically everything that happens was somewhat predictable, especially the relationship between the two protagonists. Which was especially ridiculous as there seemed to not get along at all for pretty much the entire movie.
Director Géza von Bolváry (one of his last films) is one of Germany's most known filmmakers to this day and was incredibly prolific from the 1920s to 1950s, even if he only became 63 years old. This film has four writers and is a good example of how too many cooks spoil the broth. There are several weak scenes, but the negative highlight was probably the courtroom sequence and the random singing there, especially as Holm sounded like a cackling hen occasionally. It was also not funny to me with very few exceptions ("Meineid"), but humor was something else in the 1950s I guess. Not recommended. It's really only worth a watch to see how different movies were back then.
Director Géza von Bolváry (one of his last films) is one of Germany's most known filmmakers to this day and was incredibly prolific from the 1920s to 1950s, even if he only became 63 years old. This film has four writers and is a good example of how too many cooks spoil the broth. There are several weak scenes, but the negative highlight was probably the courtroom sequence and the random singing there, especially as Holm sounded like a cackling hen occasionally. It was also not funny to me with very few exceptions ("Meineid"), but humor was something else in the 1950s I guess. Not recommended. It's really only worth a watch to see how different movies were back then.
