1-2-3 Corona

1948 film 1-2-3 Corona 1-2-3 Corona.jpg Hans Müller Eduard Kubat Artur A. Kuhnert Eva Ingeborg Scholz Hans-Otto Borgmann Robert Baberske Ilse Voigt DEFA Progress Film 1948 09 17 y 86 minutes Soviet occupation zone of Germany German 1-2-3 Corona is an East German film directed by Hans Müller. It was released in 1948. Plot In ruined Berlin, several bands of abandoned children roam the streets, engaging in petty crimes. When a circus arrives nearby, the boys are charmed by one trapeze performer called Corona. They are upset when the circus' manager insults her, and plan revenge by setting a trap on the ring. But their scheme fails and it is Corona that is injured. Being unable to work, she is dismissed. The boys tend to her, and as time passes, she teaches them her art, and they form a little circus of their own. A manager of another circus offers Corona a job. She is reluctant to leave the children. Eventually, the manager takes them all into his circus. Cast Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Corona Lutz Moik as Gerhard Wittmann Piet Clausen as Dietrich Ralph Siewert as Fritzchen Walter Werner as Doctor Waldner Annemarie Hase as Frau Schmittchen Herbert Hübner as Professor Hanke Hans-Edgar Stecher as Heinz Horst Gentzen as Emil Werner Müller as Carl Hans Neie as Rudi Eduard Wandrey as Hugo Grandini Hans Leibelt as Circus Manager Barlay Production The scriptwriters were inspired by a real children's circus, Rose, that was a popular attraction in the city of Pößneck during the first post-war years."Kino Pößneck: Wie aus Rose 1-2-3 Corona wurde." Thüringer Allgemeine. 30 April 2010. 1-2-3 Corona was the first DEFA picture to be filmed in UFA's old studio in Potsdam-Babelsberg, which was turned into the DEFA Feature Films Studio. Outdoor photography took place in Charlottenburg and Prenzlauer Berg.Ingrid Poss. Spur der Filme: Zeitzeugen über die DEFA. 978-3-86153-401-3. p. 20. Reception 1-2-3 Corona had its premiere in East Berlin's Babylon Cinema. It was viewed by some eight million people.http://www.progress-film.de/de/filmarchiv/film.php?id=10 1-2-3 Corona on PROGRESS' website. 2011-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725135757/http://www.progress-film.de/de/filmarchiv/film.php?id=10 2011-07-25 dead The Catholic Film Service defined it as a "realistic picture, managing to create an entertaining film with modest resources."1-2-3 Corona on the German Film Lexicon. Author Peter Pleyer regarded it as a classical "Rubble film", that "tried to provide some optimism".Peter Pleyer. Deutscher Nachkriegsfilm 1946-1948. Fahle (1965). ASIN B0000BMEKK. p. 120. References External links 1-2-3 Corona original poster on ostfilm.de. 1-2-3 Corona on DEFA Sternstunden. Category:1948 films Category:DEFA films Category:1948 German-language films Category:German black-and-white films Category:Circus films Category:Films set in Berlin Category:German crime drama films Category:1948 crime drama films Category:German-language crime drama films