Das einfache Mädchen

• Caterina Valente Caterina Bastiani
• Rudolf Prack: Thomas Krauss
• Ruth Stephan: Milli
• Rudolf Platte: Werner Paetzold
• Dorit Kreysler: Woman Seidel
• Helen Vita: Eva Krapke
• Peter W. Dust: Pit
• Stefan Hair: Jürgen Krauss
• Richard Allan: Robert Holden
• Hans Olden: Anton Black
• Franz- Otto Krüger: Director
• Henry Lorenzen: composer Heino gravel
• Edith Adana: Baroness Westhoff
• Gert Kollat ​​: head of distribution

The simple girl is a German Schlager film by Werner Jacobs from the year 1957.

Action

The young Caterina Bastiani had received terminus love a few years ago a small supporting role in the film, but had her breakthrough in the movie business did not succeed. Now she works with her friend Milli and whose brother pit in a gymnastics school. One day she talks for the role of a dancer, for which it has proposed to the movie star Robert Holden. Caterina convinced the leaders who reschedule: Now you will get the main role of the film. This is based on a novel by the writer Thomas Krauss, who with his young son Jürgen lives on castle Tanneck in Unterkirchen widowed. When he hears that his novel was rewritten as an entertainment film music, he is outraged. He believes that the scale as a simple girl in the novel main character going to a superficial singer by the Actress Caterina. Although he has never seen Caterina, he believes that they are not looking to play can, and refuses to consent to the occupation. Caterina travels with Milli by Unterkirchen to retune Thomas. The rejects, however, a meeting from the phone.

In the inn, stay in the Caterina and Milli, just passed Eva Krapke, which is to begin on this day her service as maid at Castle Tanneck. Without further ado, Caterina exchanged with Eva roles and itself appears as maid Eva at the castle. She has already experienced at the inn, that the housekeeper Mrs. Seidel disgusted every maid after a short time out of the house, but they speculated on a marriage to Thomas. Caterina sees the rumors after a short time confirmed. She had not noticed until just before the castle that she still wears her jewelry, and this tucked into a coat pocket. The jewelry falls in her maid's room from his pocket and Mrs. Seidel immediately believes that Caterina stole it. In fact, their research found that Caterina, now Eva 's called, was always released in their previous employments for theft. Ms. Seidel she wants immediately dismissed, but Caterina has already made ​​friends with Thomas ' son Jürgen. The advocates for their whereabouts, and Thomas wants Caterina give a second chance.

At the castle lives Roberts friend, the painter Werner Paetzold. He arrives in the village to Milli, he has drawn secretly while bathing. Both drunk and violent fall in love a little. Thomas wants Caterina make a better person and asked them to " stolen " jewelry. Caterina indicates that he had heard the baroness Westhoff, who once worked for the Eva. When Thomas with Caterina wants to return the jewelry for Baroness, Milli substitutes as a baroness. Now also believes Werner that he has fallen in love with a baroness. He gives to them, but decided in the end to fight them. Caterina in turn falls in love with Thomas. She knows that he would never forgive her dizziness, and now tried everything in order not to betray. As a producer Anton Schwarz Thomas personally seeks to convince him of Caterina, Caterina ensures chaos, so no photographs, no recordings in Thomas ' possession reach. In the Mix Anton forgets its clock in the castle room, to fetch the woman Seidel for Anton. However, they plug into a clock, being observed by Jürgen. A little later we find the clock hidden in Caterina's room again, and Thomas believes they have stolen them. Only Jürgen can explain everything and Thomas dismisses the jealous woman Seidel without notice.

Thomas has fallen in love with Catherine and both want to do with Jürgen on Sunday a visit. Anton, however, has organized a major matinee performance at the Astor Palace for Caterina and so they are in front of a sick aunt and moves to the city to act. Also Thomas and Jürgen head down to the theater to Anton to bring back the clock. Here meet Thomas and Catherine and Thomas is dismayed. However, he agrees to upset that Caterina plays the role in the film, she never wants to see again. Caterina is sad and may make their appearance out of sheer grief hardly to end. The next day storm outraged men castle Tanneck to the to account who has made ​​Caterina sad. Werner Paetzold also speaks Thomas 's conscience, especially since he has also come to learn that mil is not a baroness, and does not find bad. Thomas learns that Caterina also has loved him for a long time, and reconciles with her. Both marry, Werner and Milli are a couple and also Eva and Pit are getting married.

Production

The simple girl was shot May 1957, inter alia, in Austria and in the CCC studios. As Tanneck castle Schloss Matzen served in Reith, Tyrol. The film experienced on August 23, 1957 at Wiesbaden Thalia its premiere. On July 19, 1969, the film on DFF 1 ran for the first time on television in the GDR.

The scene image is from Emil Hasler and Paul Markwitz, the costumes created Maria Brauner. In the film, sing, and dance Richard Allan, John Schaper, Delmar Lee, Gerard Nel Jan Borall and the Lucas Trio, The Moonlights and the comedians. There the orchestra play Kurt Edelhagen and the RIAS Dance Orchestra, the choreography comes from Billy Daniel.

Caterina Valente sings in the movie the songs:

• Tipitipitipso
• I'll never forget you
• When the love falls into two hearts
• Ask me never what is homesick

To hear the song is also Bravo Caterina.

Criticism

The film leaves a simple girl called a " lively [s ] and fun [s ] Game ... " and noted that one Caterina Valente " rarely so restrained and yet tidy and easy saw. "

For the filmdienst it was a "musical comedy confusion with conventional, partly amusing, partly lengthy entanglements ".

" Slowly, the comedy wobbles in momentum until the host finally sings, you I 'll never forget ' Conclusion:. Lustig ( with '50s guarantee of purity ) ," Cinema wrote.