The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film)

  • Lilian Harvey Lilian Cossmann
  • Willy Fritsch Willy
  • Oskar Karl Weis: Kurt
  • Heinz Riihmann: Hans
  • Fritz Kampers: Consul Cossmann
  • Olga Chekhova: Edith of Turkow
  • Kurt Gerron: Dr. Kalmus
  • Gertrud Wolle: Dr. Kalmus 's secretary
  • Felix Bressart: Bailiff ( bailiffs)
  • Leo Monosson: singer
  • Comedian Harmonists (Robert Biberti, Erwin Bootz, Erich A. Collin, Roman Cycowski Harry Frommer man, Ari Leschnikow ): Singing Bartender
  • Lewis Ruth Band: Musicians
  • Hans Possenbacher

The Three out of the gas station is a German film operetta Universum Film of 1930, which premiered on September 15, 1930 Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The music is by Werner Richard Heymann, wrote the lyrics to Robert Gilbert. In addition to Willy Fritsch, Oskar Karl Heinz Weis and Riihmann Lilian Harvey played the female lead role.

The film was completed in 1955 under the same title with Adrian Hoven, Walter Müller, Walter Giller and Germaine Damar filmed again. Also in this film plays Willy Fritsch, this time in the role of the consul Cossmann.

Content

When the three friends Willy, Kurt and Hans return from a trip, they discover that they are broke. After their furniture were all seized, they remain only the dog and her car, which she - after they run out of petrol on a busy highway - Sell to open a gas station ( Zum Kuckuck ). On the service, they alternate and so independently learn to know and fall in love with rich and attractive Lilian Cossmann. Everyone keeps his acquaintance secret, but Lilian loves just Willy and inviting all at the same time in an expensive restaurant in order to provide clarity. After Willy dispense with the victory, Lilian has a plan and asks her father to set up a tank company whose director is to be Willy. The agrees on the condition that his two friends, Kurt and Hans are also of the party. But when Lilian sits as new secretary before Willy, dictated the full fury in his notice and sign without reading. In fact, he has however signed a marriage contract with Lilian.

Music

  • First comes a big question mark
  • A friend, a good friend
  • Hello, you sweet woman driving ' not alone
  • The Song of the Cuckoo ( Dear, good Lord Gerichtsvollzieh'r )
  • Darling, my heart can you greet

Production Notes

  • The film was banned on 1 October 1937 by the film Oberprüfstelle.
  • On 22 September 2005 the musical " The Three out of the gas station " was first performed in Berlin.
  • Since February 2006, " The Three out of the gas station " as a play in the comedy Dresden.
  • At the former location in the Lindenthaler Allee 42 in Berlin Zehlendorf is still a gas station.
  • A friend, a good friend was covered by the Böhse Onkelz 1988 under the title A good friend on her album Kneipenterroristen

Reviews

" The now famous film invented by his virtuoso handling of narrative, dance and music integrated a new cinematic form with which he anticipated the U.S. musical. "

" The lively, very entertaining film invented by the virtuoso handling of narrative, dance and music integrated a then-new cinematic form: the musical. He had to sing the small plot with songs that were ( "A friend, a good friend ," " Dear good Mr. Gerichtsvollzieh'r ", " darling, my heart greets you" ) is extremely popular, and co-founded the film's success. "

" [ The film has ] seemingly disparate set pieces [ as Modernist montage, slapstick numbers, tap dancing and Brechtian alienation effects ] [... ] and established the genre of, sound film operetta '. "

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