Almenrausch und Edelweiß

• Elma Karlowa: Ilonka Ferency
• Karin Dor: Maresi Meier
• Bert Fortell: Robert Teichmann
• Harald Juhnke: Max Lachner
• Paul Westerberg Meier: Ferdinand Meyer, Director General
• Maria Andergast: Friedl Meier
• Joseph Egger: Forester Fenninger
• Theodor Danegger: Concierge Xandl
• Theo Lingen: Leo Amadeus Schulze, valet
• Ady Berber: massage
• Raoul Retzer: Film Producer
• Hans Terofal: Eishöhlenführer

Almenrausch and Edelweiss is an Austrian native comedy film directed by Harald pure linen from the year 1957. It is one of the tourist films within the genre.

Action

Maresi and her mother Friedl received the news that a distant aunt has bequeathed them a small fortune. Friedl signs the papers, but write it yourself " Meier ". However, the inheritance is to a " Friedl Meyer ". Friedl refuses to distribute the estate to show their marriage certificate and reveals to her daughter that she has never married their father, Ferdinand Meyer, as he had from Schusselei at the altar leave. Also of his daughter knows Ferdinand Meyer anything because Friedl had left her fiancé after the bursting of the wedding ceremony. Maresi decides Ferdinand Meyer, who has since become general manager of a publishing house, and seek to persuade her to marry with her mother. Not least, mother and daughter could use the money from the estate well as the family hotel is going badly.

Ferdinand Meyer, meanwhile, has to be convinced by his doctor that he has health's sake cut consumption. He plans to go to the village in the Salzkammergut, which also Friedl lives, and for a relaxing holiday at his hunting lodge. That brings his valet Leo embarrassed, he has the hut sublet secretly to the photographers Robert and Max. Both, however, refuse to prematurely move out of the hut and so claims before Leo Ferdinand that the cottage had burned down. Instead, he has already hired the Director-General a room in a hotel of the village.

Ferdinand soon learns that the cottage still stands and pulls unceremoniously under the name Mr. Swan at Max and Robert a. Leo, in turn, is held and courted in the hotel for the Director-General. The dancer and art shooter Ilonka hopes to have done with him a good catch and Maresi that believes to have found in him their father is appalled that Leo seems to know what to do with her ​​or her mother.

This leads to complications and misunderstandings, Ilonka is behind the true identity of Leo and leaves him, but tries to flirt with Ferdinand, whose identity has again experienced. That leaves Max suffer, who has fallen in love with Ilonka, however, is poor. Robert loves Maresi and both want to get married after a short time, but arises as Leo Maresis "father" of marriage contrary, and thus ensures frustrations. Ferdinand finally dissolves everything. He and Friedl have back in love at first sight and want to get married and also against the relationship of Robert Maresi and he has nothing. In the end, even Max and Ilonka, who has got a contract as an actress and now can "afford" Max find.

Production

Almenrausch and Edelweiss Schloss Ort in Gmunden, Gosau and Hallstatt was from late September to early November 1957 in Bad Goisern, rotated. Studio recordings were made in the mountains film studio in Wels. The film was released on 20 December 1957 in several German cities in the cinemas. The G -18 classification was withdrawn after a few changes to the film; since April 1958, the film has been released from 16 years.

The Hansen Quartet sings folk songs in the movie the The strong Max from Halifax, Today dancing ' I without shoe ' and favorite, remember me.

Criticism

Gertrude Steiner arranged in her book The home - maker to film the so-called tourist films to and found that in this summer comedies " standardization greatest " was:

" The main setting is almost always the hotel, which is populated by tourists within their intuition horizon runs the action, the only longer is often a thin thread without compelling internal cohesion to justify the use of gags, confusions, disguises, love scenes and pop songs. [ ... ] In the center of the plot is the 'love'. And the more devoid of meaning the plot appears, the more pairs arise. Three to four pairs at the end are not uncommon. No person shall, empty ' out. "

At the same genre include summer comedies like sunshine and downpour (1955), Holiday on Lake Wörth (1956) and Where the lark sings (1956).

The lexicon of the International film called Almenrausch and Edelweiss as " Verwechslungsfilmchen " with " Theo Lingen in its standard role as a valet ": " Lingen so in the mountain lift, Lingen in a mass brawl, Lingen at Edelweiss pick from (and to a hay wagon ) Dashing Lingen the ice cave to the echo - ghost -freezing, Lingen shot from the fireworks in the air ... An accumulation of clothes comedy. "the filmdienst described the home movie as" silly cramped [n ] slapstick. "