Hallo Janine

Name: Hallo Janine
Genre: Musical
Released: 1939-07-01
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, Rudi Godden

1939
1h 33m

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7.0/10

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The French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first she wants to take revenge on Count René who stood up her best friend Charlotte. Janine want... Read allThe French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first she wants to take revenge on Count René who stood up her best friend Charlotte. Janine wants him to fall in love with her and disappoint him afterwards. At a masked ball at which Ja... Read allThe French ballet girl Janine, a gifted tap-dancer, dreams of a musical career in Paris. But first she wants to take revenge on Count René who stood up her best friend Charlotte. Janine wants him to fall in love with her and disappoint him afterwards. At a masked ball at which Janine pretends to be a Marquise they have their first meeting. Janine is very disappointed ... Read all

Director
- Carl Boese
Writers
- Hans Fritz Beckmann
- Karl Georg Külb
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Director
- Carl Boese
Writers
- Hans Fritz Beckmann
- Karl Georg Külb
Stars

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Trivia
The final number "Musik! Musik! Musik!" written by Peter Kreuder will sound very familiar to many children of the 70s and 80s - that is because it inspired Sam Pottle to write The Muppet Show theme tune - indeed it is so close as to make one wonder whether Peter Kreuder received any credit from (the late) Sam Pottle.

Connections
Featured in Der Trichter Nr. 12 (1941)

Soundtracks
Ich brauche keine Millionen
Written by Peter Kreuder
Sung by Marika Rökk

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8/10

Just wonderful

I'd seen the film years ago but recently I was listening to Musik Musik Musik on my phone and a friend asked me if I liked Nazi music. This necessitated a long discussion about how international the film actually was, how there was no propaganda in it, how Rökk was almost certainly a very brave spy for the communists during the war just as Zarah Leander had been. Unlike the Swedish diva Rökk socialised with the upper echelons of the Nazi party passing on indiscretions from Goebbels himself.

Once that was out of the way, I could talk about the film itself, its hoary plot which nonetheless convinced, the hummable songs, the fabulous sets, the synchronised dancing and singing. It's a fanatastic spectacle.

This is worth a revival even in this day and age. I'd watch it again in an instant.