Underplayed Gems

Wonderful Times (1950)

Wonderful Times poster
Original title
Herrliche Zeiten
Directed by
Günter Neumann, Erik Ode
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film is a compilation of historical documentary footage covering German history from 1900 to 1950. A narrator plays an ordinary man who naively longs for wonderful times, linking the clips together in a simple story.

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What happens

Herrliche Zeiten ist ein in Gestalt einer historischen Nummernrevue gehaltener und aus historischen Dokumentarfilmaufnahmen zusammengestellter Kompilationsfilm, der ein halbes Jahrhundert deutscher Geschichte (1900 bis 1950) umfasst. Willy Fritsch führt durch die kleine Rahmenhandlung und spricht die verbindenden Texte, die Günter Neumann schrieb. Fritschs Schulze ist der archetypische „kleine Mann aus dem Volke“, „der blind den Versprechen der jeweiligen Machthaber anhängt und immer wieder unverdrossen „herrliche Zeiten“ ersehnt.“ Die Regie der Rahmenhandlung übernahm Erik Ode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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