Love's Carnival (German: Rosenmontag) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Lien Deyers, Mathias Wieman, and Eduard von Winterstein.[1] The film is base upon the play by Otto Erich Hartleben. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth.
| Love's Carnival | |
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| German | Rosenmontag |
| Directed by | Hans Steinhoff |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Bruno Duday |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Werner Brandes |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Plot
editDue to an intrigue spun by his grandmother and two cousins, the engagement between the officer Hans and his fiancée Traute breaks up. His fiancée is said to have been unfaithful during his 4-week absence on official business. The fabricated rumors allege an affair between Traute and Oberleutnant Grobitzsch.
With the engagement officially ended, Hans becomes engaged to Hildegard, a young lady from a wealthy family. His own family is satisfied with this development, as they have apparently achieved their goal of preventing Hans and Traute from marrying.
Hans accidentally learns that his former fiancée, Traute, was not in fact unfaithful to him, but rather that the whole thing was staged. Furthermore, Hans learns that Traute still loves him.
Hans and Traute get back together; she visits him in his apartment while the annual street carnival is taking place outside. When Traute is alone for a moment, she overhears a loud exchange of words between Hans and Oberleutnant Grobitzsch from the next room. When she hears Oberleutnant Grobitzsch making disparaging remarks about her, Traute abruptly opens the door to the next room and accuses Hans of having broken his officer's word of honour.
The film ends with both of them taking their own lives.
Cast
edit- Lien Deyers as Traute Reimann
- Mathias Wieman as Hans Rudorff, Leutnant
- Eduard von Winterstein as Oberst von Friese, Kommandeur
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Oberleutnant Ferndinand von Grobitzsch
- Peter Voß as Harold Hofmann, Oberleutnant
- Harry Halm as Paul von Ramberg, Oberleutnant
- Louis V. Arco as Peter von Remberg, Oberleutnant
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Benno von Klewitz, Leutnant
- Fritz Alberti as Kommerzienrat Berger
- Hanna Waag as Hildegrad Berger, daughter
- Gertrud Arnold
- Lucie Euler
- Lotte Spira as Mrs. Berger
- Heinz Glahn as Franz
- Paul Heidemann
- Erich Kestin
- Karl Platen
- Alexander Sascha as Hugo von Marschall
See also
edit- Rosenmontag (1924)
- Love's Carnival (1955)
References
edit- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 460. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
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