★ 7 / 10
A Young Woman Brought Back to Life by Music
Uriah43
This film begins in New York City, where a young woman named "Hanna Muller" (Maria von Tasnady) is informed by the police that her husband has committed…
This film begins in New York City, where a young woman named "Hanna Muller" (Maria von Tasnady) is informed by the police that her husband has committed suicide in Central Park. Despondent over the news, she soon becomes quite ill, and the doctor is unsure whether she will fully recover. Then one day, she hears a wonderful symphony on the radio that reminds her of her home in Germany, which she left when her husband had to flee because of an embezzlement scheme gone wrong. Meanwhile, at the same time as the radio broadcast, another woman named "Charlotte Garvenberg" (Lil Dagover) is late for a concert being conducted by her husband, "Erich Garvenberg" (Willy Birgel), because of an affair she is having with a man named "Gregor Carl-Otto" (Albert Lippert). She then lies to her husband, telling him she attended the concert, but is exposed by the attendant at the door. This eventually leads to an argument between them, which is resolved when Erich suggests they adopt a child, even though Charlotte agrees only to pacify her husband. As it turns out, the child they eventually adopt is the same one Hanna had to leave behind in Germany, and, because of Erich's radio concert, she has suddenly been brought back to her senses and now wants to reunite with her baby by any means necessary. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that I found this to be an entertaining film, further enhanced by the date and location of its production. Admittedly, it is pretty dated, and some people may not care for it because of that reason. Even so, the acting was solid, the plot was tense, and I have rated it accordingly.
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★ 10 / 10
Douglas Sirk's early German works
cynthiahost
This is a typical Douglas Sirk melodrama.The story contains strong sentiment ,that would be his signature in his Hollywood career,in the fifties.But First the…
This is a typical Douglas Sirk melodrama.The story contains strong sentiment ,that would be his signature in his Hollywood career,in the fifties.But First the German Nazi propaganda New.The Nazi' invade Russia.The Stukas bomb Russia.On the ground ,after the Nazis bombed Russia ,they shoot there way to Stalingrad.They Bomb two eastern islands.They invade the Ukraine.They round up Russian farmer prisoners,The narrator, calls them names and alleges that if they did not stop these Russians that they would destroy Europe.A two color ,silent theatrical commercial promoting a bakery,possibly, in the 1920's, comes on ,the green is more shrunk than the red.Now back to the movie.In this typical Douglass Sirk Melodrama,Maria Von Tasnady,as Hanna, is already in the united states.She already gave her son to rich folks.She's worried cause her husband is not back.Her next door Neighbor? Mr Smith,played by Alexander Engel. is comforting her.It's new years eve .A Drunk citizen find her husband in the park dead.Once she finds out,she become ill.The doctor,played by Walter Werner comes in to help her.She gets well and goes back to Germany to find her son.The foster Parents.Willy Birgel is a Symphony conductor.He has no time for his wife.His wife is spoiled,played by Lil Dagover,So while he's out,she's having an affair with Albert Lippert, who later turns out to be black mailing her ,with the aid of Kurt Miesel.Well Anna is hired as a baby sitter for the step mothers child, played by Peter Bosse,whom she does not know that Anna is the real mother and Lil has no time for Peter.Theodor Loose plays the professor who helps Anna get the baby sitting job.Maria Koppenhoffer,Who played a rotten Queen Elizabeth and another rotten character in Tiefland,plays A crusty house keeper,Hypocritically Lil sees Willy close to Anna and mistake it for romance.She gets mad at him.Finally annal is fired.But she goes back and steals her son,but before that helps Lil to take her Medici.But Anna follows the direction.But all of a sudden,later Anna is charged with murder,but through the aid of the no longer crusty house keeper ,who witness what had happen,she's freed.This Douglas Sirk film did not have a sad ending.It a shame that the bigger film distributors and broadcast classic film channels are bias against Douglass Sirk German career ,just because of Hitler .Good print! Available at Germanwarfilms.com 05/22/13 05/22/13 ,Made a mistake it was Leningrad,not Stalingrad
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