Der Reserveheld
- Rolf Herricht: Ralf Horricht
- Marita Böhme: Susanne
- Gerhard Rachold: Captain Hotta
- Günther Simon: Colonel
- Peer Hunter: Lieutenant Malorti
- Horst Jonischkan: Sergeant Bellmann
- Bodo Schmidt: Corporal Beese
- Herbert Köfer: Director
- Wilhelm Gröhl: screenwriter
- Fritz Mohr: Penkwitz
- Christoph Engel: Zabel
- Werner Röwekamp: Greiner
- Helmut Bez: Director
- Peter Dommisch: drivers
- Axel Triebel porter, porter
- Carmen Maja Antoni: Girls
The reserve hero is a German comedy film DEFA by Wolfgang Luderer from the year 1965.
Action
The well-known actor and comedian Ralf Horricht interrupts in the middle of the test shots his latest film in which he is to play a simple and even undisciplined soldiers. He is still on the set the condition to be occupied as a colonel. Otherwise he would not participate in the film. At home with his girlfriend Susanne he forges eagerly plans: He makes Susanne an awkward marriage proposal, which she still takes. To be in peace to spend his honeymoon with Susanne at the Baltic Sea, he wants to be the director - as is always implore the guaranteed him not to jump off from the film - can give at least 14 days to change your mind. The director, who hears of this plan wants to bring down Horricht of his high horse and ignores the offended movie star who takes up plenty of confused now his journey to the Baltic Sea.
Unnoticed he had burned in his apartment fan mail because it is impossible to meet all requests for autographs. Among the letters is also a real draft notice was, at the National People's Army. On the Baltic Sea Horricht reads Although a telegram from the Army, asking them again to log in, but he considers it a telegram from his director and burns it. It so happens that Horricht is taken immediately after the ceremony with Susanne by two police officers into custody and taken to the barracks. From now on he is a reservist.
The men in his room are thrilled that Horricht has not pressed before the army service - even if he has secretly tried several times in vain. As a result, it is removed all office work, other iron his clothes, clean his shoes, make his bed and leave his locker on. Even at morning roll call Horricht may come too late after a while. This changes when the group gets a new boss with Captain Hotta. He can not take fun and white between the service and leisure to distinguish strict. In Horricht it suspects a waiter and the others leave him in the faith.
Preparations for the Horricht film around the army to run and as soon located the film crew near the barracks. Also, Susan is among them who is suddenly being courted by Hotta. He has no idea that she is Horrichts wife and Horricht again soon suspected a relation of his superior with Susanne. When the whole company starts talking about an affair Hotta ' moves Horricht who has previously tried in vain to reach without proof of marriage to Susanne to the room to sneak out of the barracks and goes to Susanne. The responding annoyed, " must make a scene " because Horricht from everything while Hotta is horrified that he has flirted with Horrichts woman. Horricht and Hotta speak off: Hotta smuggles Horricht secretly back to barracks while Horricht promises to be the most exemplary reservist in the future. In fact, it performs well and leads even complicated a special order during a maneuver, but reliably. At the end of the military period is over for Horricht and he could finally travel with Susanne in the honeymoon. Just before he mounts the car, but he runs back to the barracks - he has forgotten to bring his marriage certificate.
Production
The "reserve Hero" Ralf Horricht was the stand-up comedian Rolf Herricht written by screenwriter Rudy beam to the body. It was the first screenplay written Eulenspiegel Author beam.
The film was made in 1964 in Thuringia Sondershausen and experienced on 27 February 1965 at the Theatre of friendship in Sondershausen its premiere. Although a popular success, The Reserve hero was never shown later in the cinema: The comedic look at the NVA called soon after the premiere of " the critique of the culture watchmen on the plan."
Criticism
The contemporary critics criticized the " ribald gags," and found that Luderer and beam " here and there a little resorted to deep into the Klamottenkiste ". Nevertheless, the film contains " a whole lot prettier ideas, and above all the whole thing was made up by a fleet staging again. "
The filmdienst wrote: "Despite starring role for the popular comedian Rolf Herricht only a relatively undemanding military comedy. The grotesque experiences of a suddenly contracted to a reserve training film comedian spread at best moderate cheerfulness. Interesting as a rare in the GDR try not to take the issue of National People's Army once deadly serious. " Cinema for the film was " So funny ' as the DDR - basic training ".