Amazing gem of a movie with Siodmak and Wilder at the helm. You can already perceive the professional touch that was to make them big names in cinema history even if the plot is very simple. Taxi driver Erwin has a conflictual relationship with his partner Annie. Erwin is back from work and he is reluctant to take Annie to the movies. In their scenes together in their tiny apartment, the two are sulking and nasty to each other.
Enters friend Wolf, who just hooked up with Christl for a Sunday date at the lake. Erwin and Wolf start playing cards ignoring Annie in a blatant case of machismo. Worst is to follow on Sunday, when the smitten Christl has the bad idea to bring her best friend, the blonde Brigitte to the date. Wolf is clearly more attracted to Blondie and Christl can just sulk. Erwin is out of the mating game, not only because he is taken but also because he is a boorish buffoon and way less attractive than Wolf.
The movie shows several scenes of people frolicking at the lake and having their portraits taken, which are more interesting as a documentary of the times than the flirting of the young couple. Eventually, Wolf scores with Brigitte, but Christl is not so annoyed anymore when she realizes that Wolf is immediately looking for some other women to flirt with.
The relationship between men and women seems shallow and almost brutal, women dream of love and men just want the first woman available and apart from sex nothing else matters. Pretty shallow, but is it any much better nowadays?
Enters friend Wolf, who just hooked up with Christl for a Sunday date at the lake. Erwin and Wolf start playing cards ignoring Annie in a blatant case of machismo. Worst is to follow on Sunday, when the smitten Christl has the bad idea to bring her best friend, the blonde Brigitte to the date. Wolf is clearly more attracted to Blondie and Christl can just sulk. Erwin is out of the mating game, not only because he is taken but also because he is a boorish buffoon and way less attractive than Wolf.
The movie shows several scenes of people frolicking at the lake and having their portraits taken, which are more interesting as a documentary of the times than the flirting of the young couple. Eventually, Wolf scores with Brigitte, but Christl is not so annoyed anymore when she realizes that Wolf is immediately looking for some other women to flirt with.
The relationship between men and women seems shallow and almost brutal, women dream of love and men just want the first woman available and apart from sex nothing else matters. Pretty shallow, but is it any much better nowadays?