Edward von Borsody Movies
- 1965
This dramatic adventure, with music by Heinz Neubrand, finds a man trying to climb a dangerous mountain peak in the Austrian Tyrol. A ballerina watches the climber through a telescope from her hotel window. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- 1960
The focus of this standard drama is a group of singing boys from Vienna and a vacation they take in Hinterbiechle in the East Tyrolean Alps. The boys' teacher Mario Pucci (Teddy Reno) has a romance going with the lovely Hanna (Loni Friedl), which is challenging enough to keep him busy. One of the boys, Michael (Michael Ande) has his own challenge when he is accused of being a thief, though fortune smiles on him when evidence comes up to the contrary. The singing and the various subplots are set against the spectacular Alps and are enhanced by a good musical score. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Willy Birgel, Ellen Schwiers, (more)
- 1956
Gellebte Corinna (Beloved Corinna) was adapted from a novel by Robert Pilchowski. The title character is played by Swiss leading lady Elizabeth Mueller, whose second film this was. An impressionable country girl, Corinna follows her urban lover (Hans Soehnker) to the Big City, only to discover that he is already married. Her disillusionment is dissipated when it develops that the supposedly caddish Romeo is actually sincere in his affections for her, and that his wife is the real villain of the piece. Surprisingly old-fashioned in its approach, Gellebte Corinna nonetheless struck a responsive chord with its target audience. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elisabeth Müller, Hannelore Schroth, (more)
- 1956
The title of this German service comedy translates to The Major and the Steers. Adapted from a novel by Hans Venatier, the film stars Fritz Tillman as Major Sunlet, an officer of the U.S. occupation forces in postwar Bavaria. Once he comes to realize that the locals are "regular folks" and not unregenerate Nazis, Major Sunlet becomes a genuine friend to one and all. Before this happens, however, the Major is inveigled into helping peasant Koltener (Attila Hoerbiger) transport 12 steers to market while avoiding bureaucratic red tape. The film's depiction of all Americans as likeable buffoons should prove interesting (if not always amusing) to U.S. audiences. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Attila Hoerbiger, Fritz Tillmann, (more)
- 1953
Attila Hoerbiger and Paula Wessely play the title characters in the Austrian musical Ich und Mein Frau (I and My Wife). Feeling neglected, Sophie Nagimueller (Wessely) decides to make her husband Herman (Hoerbiger) jealous. This she does not by fooling around with another man, but by dropping hints that she might be dallying. Fritz Schulz contributes to the fun as Sophie's confused former fiancé. For once, the comedy supports the music, rather than the other way around. Ich und Mein Frau is hardly Shakespeare, but it is immensely entertaining. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paula Wessely, Attila Hoerbiger, (more)
