Old Barge, Young Love (1957 film)

Old Barge, Young Love (1957 film)
Alter Kahn und junge Liebe
Directed by Hans Heinrich
Produced by Werner Dau
Written by Hans Heinrich
Starring Alfred Maack
Music by Gerd Natschinski
Cinematography Eugen Klagemann
Editing by Hildegard Tegener, Ferdinand Weintraub
Studio DEFA
Distributed by PROGRESS-Film Verleih
Release date(s) 22 February 1957 (1957-02-22)
Running time 80 minutes
Country East Germany
Language German

Alter Kahn und junge Liebe (English-language title: Old Barge, Young Love)[1] is an East German romance film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1957.

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Plot

Skipper Vollbeck leads a small group of barges traveling down the Havel from Berlin to Waren. To meet his debtors' demands, he loaded his ship with cement almost beyond its capability to carry. Horst, the skipper of one of the other boats, and Vollbeck's son Kalle both fall in love with the older skipper's niece Anna, who joined the journey. Eventually, she chooses Kalle and they marry, after the barges manage to make it to Waren.

Cast

  • Alfred Maack as Heinrich Borchert
  • Erika Dunkelmann as Marie
  • Götz George as Karl 'Kalle'
  • Gustav Püttjer as Herrmann Vollbeck
  • Maria Häussler as Anne Vollbeck
  • Kurt Schmidtchen as Ernst
  • Horst Naumann as Horst Richter
  • Uwe Torsten as Buttje
  • Elfie Dugal as lady
  • Waltraud Kogel as the assitant
  • Alice Prill as secretary

Production

The film was one of the more light-hearted DEFA productions of the second half of the 1950s, created after a wave of highly ideological films were negatively received by the public. According to author Heinz Kersten, it had only "a modest saying on the matters of society" and was "entertainment".[2] It was Götz George's first major role on the screen.[3]

Reception

The West German Catholic Film Service described the film as "having several clumsy moments. Generally, an undemanding piece of entertainment."[4] The World Stage newspaper's critic dubbed as "dramatically dull."[5]

References

  1. ^ Alter Kahn und junge Liebe on DEFA Foundation's website.
  2. ^ Heinz Kersten. Das Filmwesen in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone Deutschlands. Bundesministerium für Gesamtdeutsche Fragen (1963). ASIN B0000BK48Q. page 90.
  3. ^ Alter Kahn und junge Liebe on cinema.de.
  4. ^ Alter Kahn und junge Liebe on the German Film Lexicon.
  5. ^ Die Weltbühne, no.11, 1957.

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