A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 30, 1961
Original Title:
Wie einst im Mai
Genres:
Music | Romance
Production Companies:
Sender Freies Berlin
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 84
1838: Fritz Jüterbog and Ottilie von Henkeshofen love each other, but the difference in status is too great for Ottilie's parents to give their consent to a marriage. And so, Fritz sets off for America and returns from there 20 years later as a made man to ask for Ottilie's hand in marriage again. In the meantime, however, Ottilie - believing that Fritz had long since forgotten her - is married in a manner befitting her status, but very unhappily. Fritz, who is highly successful as an entrepreneur, is elevated to hereditary nobility because of his great services to the fatherland. It is too late for a union with Ottilie, but despite the years that pass, the two cannot forget their love. 75 years later, Fritz and Ottilie have died in the meantime, their grandchildren Fred and Tilla meet and fall in love.
Author:
Rudolph Bernauer
Rudolph Schanzer
Choreographer:
Erwin Bredow
Costumer:
Ina Stein
Director:
Thomas Engel
Director of Photography:
Bruno Mondi
Editor:
Margot Jahn
Makeup Artist:
Lutz Ziegler
Lydia Braatz
Music:
Willy Bredschneider
Walter Kollo
Willi Kollo
Music Supervisor:
Horst Kudritzki
Orchestrator:
Horst Kudritzki
Production Design:
Heinrich Weidemann
Fritz Maurischat
Production Manager:
Alfred Bittins
Sound:
Theodor Linek
Heinz Weissert
Herbert Schlüter
Writer:
Walter Lieck
Willi Kollo
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