He lost his heart in Heidelberg - enchanting classic with Christian Wolff and Sabine Sinjen
With the premiere in the Berlin Theater in 1901, Wilhelm Meyer-Förster achieved a true stroke of genius. His piece "Alt Heidelberg" became a global success. Numerous film adaptations were to follow. Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1927), and Edmund Purdom and Ann Blyth for MGM (1954) could also be seen as an unlikely dream couple in beautiful Heidelberg.
The present version was produced by Artur Brauner and directed by Ernst Marischka, who was nominated for the ACADEMY AWARD for his original screenplay for "Polonaise" (1946) with Cornel Wilde.
The fantastic Christian Wolff (*1938) plays Prince Karl Heinrich of Saxe-Karlsburg, who is granted at least a year of study in Heidelberg before his state obligations. There he enjoys student life with good friends (great: Harry Meyen (1924-1979) as Count Detlev von Asterberg) and experiences his first love in the form of the enchanting innkeeper's niece Käthi (wonderful: Sabine Sinjen (1942-1995)).
Kitsch as kitsch can! But beautiful and wonderfully nostalgic! Christian Wolff achieved amazing things in those years. As young as he was, he made some films during this time that were worthy of rediscovery, but unfortunately they were all too quickly forgotten. Particularly recommended are "The Blue Moth" and "Crimes After School". In this film, Wolff even sings: "You, you are close to my heart."
Other roles include Gert Fröbe (1913-1988, whom Christian Wolff would meet again in "Via Mala") as an understanding tutor, Rudolf Vogel as a stern valet and Siegfried Schürenberg as a minister of state. And the very young Hannelore Elsner (1942-2019) can be seen as the serving girl Helene.
A nostalgic fun! Wonderful!
