A Beautiful Day (1944 film)

A Beautiful Day
Directed byPhilipp Lothar Mayring
Written byPhilipp Lothar Mayring
Harald Röbbeling
Produced byBernhard F. Schmidt
StarringGertrud Meyen
Carsta Löck
Sabine Peters
CinematographyRichard Angst
Edited byWalter von Bonhorst
Music byFranz Doelle
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 27 January 1944 (1944-01-27)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A Beautiful Day (German: Ein schöner Tag) is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Philipp Lothar Mayring and starring Gertrud Meyen, Carsta Löck and Sabine Peters.[1] [2] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Joachim Maeder and Artur Nortmann.[3] It was shot in 1943 when the Second World War was its height, but its tone is one of light comedy and escapism.

Synopsis

Three German soldiers of the Wehrmacht are given a short leave and head to Berlin. One of them Friedrich has been receiving letters and parcels from Barbara a student who works as a bus conductor during wartime. Friedrich has neglected to tell Barbara he is married, and actually wants to spend the time in the capital with his wife Erika so he sends his single friend Fritz to meet Barbara. Because of a confusion about their names (which are similar although they are not related) she mistakenly thinks that Fritz is the married one. Ultimately the tension is resolved between this potential couple thank to the intervention of Freidrich's wife. Meanwhile the third soldier Emil, a stranger to the city, is fascinated and travels around using a guidebook.

Main cast

References

Bibliography

  • Etlin, Richard A. Art, Culture, and Media Under the Third Reich. University of Chicago Press, 2002.
  • Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.
  • Richards, Jeffrey. Visions of Yesterday. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973.
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