Drei Mann auf einem Pferd
- Nadja Tiller: Kitty
- Gardy Granass: Ulla
- Theo Lingen: Mackie
- Kurt Meisel: Freddy
- Walter Müller: Clemens Holm
- Harry Tagore: Harry
- Carla Hagen: Miss Schnack
- Willy Millowitsch: Director Körber
- Friedl Hardt: barmaid
Three Men on a Horse is a German film directed by Kurt Meisel from the year 1957. It is based on the play Three Men on a Horse by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, which had previously been filmed in 1936 by Mervyn LeRoy. Three Men on a Horse experienced on 3 October 1957 in Stuttgart palace light playing its premiere.
Action
The somewhat unworldly greeting cards poems Schreiber Erwin Tucke and his wife Ulla celebrate their first wedding anniversary. While Ulla is full of anticipation, Erwin is only mentioned by his "best friend " Clemens on the wedding day. Clemens wanted Ulla actually marry secretly and now uses every opportunity to bad persuade Erwin Ulla. Erwin turn is haphazard, steals a neighbor the flowers from the balcony, to give to Ulla, and arranges to meet her in the evening in the bar, in which the two had met three years ago.
Too late, it occurred to him that he actually has no money. The last 50 D- Mark he has to give Clemens, of which he is a non- moving car has come up for sale, which he's paid off. Erwin's chief Körber has only large bills in your wallet and can be no advance and so Erwin finally takes the advice of Secretary and whistles: he goes to a night club, where he is to write for a singer a song text must not contain an "s" because the lady whispers.
In the bar, it turns out that the singer is none other than Kitty, who is with Erwin von formerly known - so they want to pay him for to write lyrics no money. Erwin continues still out getting drunk slowly and finally reveals Kitty's shady friends Mackie, Freddy and Felix that he would bet on horse racing for himself and so far have been right every time. The crooks always damp test Erwin first in a race, in which the predictions will. Then they force him to provide a prediction for one of the next races. While Erwin meets the predictions and actually wants to Ulla, waits at the appointed meeting place. The former restaurant has now become a jazz bar and finally, it is Clemens, the past looks and Ulla brings home. Erwin finally calls at home and pretends to still be on work and writing poetry for greeting cards.
The next morning he comes home. He is drunk and has a lipstick kiss on the cheek. In his notebook Ulla finds several women's names listed. Erwin asserts that these are names of horses race, but manages to Clemens, to doubts about Ulla.
Erwin really wants to work, but catch him Mackie, Freddy and Felix from. They finally lock him up in the restaurant, so he predicts more race results for them. It comes to tangles, as Director Körber appears on the premises and will encourage its employees to work. Ulla caught seemingly Kitty with Erwin in bed. Also Clemens looks over, reads a note with an incorrect prediction and betting Erwin sämtliches money on this placement. He loses everything and now makes Erwin responsible. Ulla be back later Clemens fall, as he has not added her over to know that the women were actually horses name.
Erwin says under trouble more races before. The rogue troops gaining money and gives Erwin always ten percent. When Erwin a race supposedly predicts wrong, there is a scramble, in which Erwin ko goes. Since the "wrong" winner is disqualified, meets Erwin's statement again and he wins almost 10,000 DM While he was still half dazed " Whiskey" says the drink and says as a tonic, the crooks take it on as the name of the winning horse in the next race, put all the money and lose everything. The three men got into a fight and finally begins in local a large brawl. Ulla, who has long experience all backgrounds for Erwin's strange behavior comes by to pick up her husband and two finally manages to make its premises without prejudice. Erwin was able to save his betting profit as the sole.
Criticism
The mirror was 1957:
" The Bühnenklamauk [ ... ] is concerned by the director Kurt Meisel transfer to Eastman Color pretty bad get: The punch lines, are sparse and difficult, due to the German presence not only to the laying of the venue of Broadway in the late twenties, but also on those strange conception of the nature of humor, which sees the summit of joy in a wide painted out brawl. "
The filmdienst wrote in 1957: " Unfortunately, the film reveals not much of the vibrancy of its template. [ ... ] When it moving occasionally approaching, the film slips into the same plates slapstick, and also the witty solo efforts of some actors can not save him. Unnecessary ambiguities affect its value addition. "
The 1990 by filmdienst edited encyclopedia of the International film called the film a " too loud guessed [n ] Rogue farce ".