Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he... Ler tudoA young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Pru... Ler tudoA young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and... Ler tudo
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- Indicado a 1 Oscar
- 11 vitórias e 4 indicações no total
- Kallenberg
- (as Wolfgang Neuß)
Avaliações em destaque
Both films are essentially vehicles for the immensely talented and much-loved Heinz Ruehmann whose persona encourages the viewer's sympathies. Although greatly admired by Hitler and co., he had cleverly managed to appear neutral whilst his influence enabled his ravishing wife Hertha Feiler to star in films despite her grandmother being Jewish. Both he and director Helmut Kautner somehow succeeded in remaining apolitical.
This latter film takes a satirical swipe at both the military mentality and the Prussian cult of the uniform whilst the visual juxtapostions of the military elite and the hoi polloi are well realised. Quite a few buffoons on display of course with a particularly fine performance by Martin Held whilst Hannelore Schroth as his wife does her best in a thankless role. It is not without its serious moments and Ruehmann's plea as the hapless Wilhelm Voigt for humanity over rules touches the heart.
It is a faithful adaptation with excellent production values and would have delighted Ruehmann devotees whose presence guaranteed a healthy box office but for this viewer at any rate the director seems, unusually for him, to have played it safe on this occasion and not taken any chances which results in the film somehow lacking the requisite bite.
What it does in no uncertain terms is to call to mind Peter Ustinov's observation: "The Army is the final repository of the fool."
Helmut Käutner's version of the oft-told tale has its moments of satire, but really, it's more a character study of Heinz Ruhmann, his sad frustration at dealing with the insanity of a perfect system, that decrees that you can't get a job without a lodging permit, you can't get a lodging permit without a job, and you can't get a passport to get out without.... well, whatever it is, it can't be done. The movie is shot through with humanity, from Edith Hancke's sick lodger, to Willy Kleinau as Ruhmann's brother-in-law, who takes care of his family, and bears up under the lack of concern that the German government treats him with, with an almost pious belief in the order of things.
It's not that the system is a bad one. It's that no system works.
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- CuriosidadesOfficial submission of West Germany for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 29th Academy Awards in 1957.
- ConexõesReferenced in Host Lucie Výborné: Petr Nározný (2020)
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Detalhes
- Tempo de duração1 hora 33 minutos
- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.66 : 1