"Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder" (which means roughly translated "My Man, the economic miracle) is a West German movie from 1961, so it has its 55th anniversary this year. It is in black-and-white and runs for 1.5 hours exactly. The director is Ulrich Erfurth and it is possibly his most known work. The film comes from a trio of writers including Dieter Hildebrandt, the German entertainment legend. The cast includes a handful known names, such as Marika Rökk, Fritz Tillmann (do people still know him?) , Wolfgang Völz, Hubert von Meyerinck, the very young Cornelia Froboess and, last but not least, the legendary Heinz Erhardt. The photo here on IMDb is a bit misleading though as it depicts only Erhardt, but he is far from the central character during these 90 minutes. The film's title refers, of course, to what people considered the economic uprising (thanks to another Erhard, namely Ludwig) in Germany a while after the dark years of World War II.
But back to this film: Despite the seemingly relevant title, this is really only a family comedy just like most of the other Heinz Erhardt films from back then. Unfortunately, even if I would not call it a disappointment, it was never a really good watch and "comedy" is also only partially true I must say because there wasn't really a single scene that had me laugh out loud. Apart from the comedy aspect, there is also a great deal of music in this film, a catchy tune here and there, but eventually neither the singing performances nor the songs themselves are memorable by today's standards. Maybe people saw it differently back then, but even then one could say that this film has not aged too well. Unfortunately, it is an example of a not so great work from Germany from the 1950s and 1960s and in my opinion, they were especially struggling with comedy back then. I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
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