Liebe nach Noten (1950) [N/A]
Featuring:
Olly Holzmann, Rudolf Prack, Elfe Gerhart
Written by:
Géza von Cziffra
Directed by:
Géza von Cziffra
Release Date:
October 12, 1950
Original Title:
Liebe nach Noten
Alternate Titles:
Du bist Musik für mich
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
What makes this film an interesting one, is the fact that it belongs to the category of 'Überlaufer' or 'Turncoat' films - 60 or so films that were shot during the last year of the Nazi regime, but released only after the war. Some were approved for release during the summer of 1945 by the Nazi censorship; some were forbidden. Most, however, were either in the editing or post production stage and were completed once the dust had settled and film industry resumed its work.In other words - Liebe nach Noten (Love According to Notes) was all but finished by the time the Third Reich fell in May 1945 and thus had the possibility to start anew after the war - in 1947, as 'Du bist Musik für mich' ('You're my music'). Needless to say that it's a harmless musical comedy (with some refreshingly feminist undertones) and, as most of the musical comedies of the Nazi era, have no political connotations whatsoever. Actually, the title song 'Your house is on my way home' was released already during the war as an appetizer, recorded by the famed Willy Berking big band (instrumental version). Otherwise, the film is moderately entertaining. The story is only so-so; there are no real stars aside from Rudolf Prack - future beauty Sonja Ziemann is only 18 and too cute to be taken seriously; Olly Holzmann who had a brief career during the war is seen in her last role; super elegant Elfe Gerhart never became a star of greater magnitude. The real star is the music by Michael Jary: well played by on screen bands, very well recorded and very well filmed. If you want to hear (and see) German swing orchestras of the Nazi era - to be more precise, a battle between a male and a female orchestra - you would enjoy that film very much.
