Kurt Grosskurth Movies
- 1965
- R
The beautiful slopes of the Austrian Alps provide the setting for this lively romantic comedy that centers on an American music student who earns money by working as a ski instructor at a popular resort. He is dismayed to learn that part of his job involves entertaining certain guests after hours. Fortunately, most of his nighttime clients are beautiful young girls. Still, unlike the other instructors, the American tries to avoid the romantic shenanigans until he meets a pretty new guest who is equally unimpressed by the mandatory wooing of the others. At first she and the Yankee do not hit it off, but later, after he wins an exciting ski-jumping contest, she falls in love with him. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Martin Milner, Claudia Martin, (more)
- 1959
The dancing talent of Marika Roekk allows this otherwise routine musical to rise above its limited storyline and banal dialogue. Marika (Roekk) is divorced from a popular composer (Johannes Heesters) and is determined to show him she can make a name for herself without riding his coattails. Her idea is to keep at it until she achieves well-deserved recognition in a musical and dance revue. Since Marika Roekk herself came back from semi-obscurity with her preceding film, At Green Cockatoo, most Germans would easily make the connection to her role in this film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, (more)
- 1956
Filmed in Germany (where it was released in 1954), Republic's Magic Fire is the life story of controversial 19th century composer Richard Wagner. Alan Badel comes off more as villain than hero as Wagner, which though historically accurate makes it hard for the audience to pull for the central character. Wagner's bizarre relationship with Ludwig II (Gerhard Riedmann), the "mad king" of Bavaria, is downplayed, while the composer's vitriolic anti-semitism is ignored altogther. The women in Wagner's life are played by Yvonne de Carlo, Valentine Cortese and Rita Gam, while Carlos Thompson does the "best friend/severist critic" bit as fellow composer Franz Liszt. Dramatically uneven, Magic Fire is rescued by Erich Wolfgang Korngold's orchestrations of Wagner's most famous operatic and symphonic works. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, (more)
This German film focuses on the story of Lissy, a college student working at various jobs, who replaces a millionaire's daughter, Pat, to travel to Tegernsee until Pat's boyfriend shows up! ~ Rovi
