Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz (1934) User Reviews

A couple good moments, but overall ridiculous and unrealistic

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 12 September 2015]

"Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz" is an 85-minute black-and-white film from over 80 years ago. Make sure you get subtitles if you cannot speak German. Honestly, apart from the lack of color this looked more like a 1950s, maybe 1960s film from Germany. There are many romantic comedies like these from these decades, the ones from the 1930s usually look a bit different. Anyway, this one has some generic factors that you will find often in these films. A mother with great authority. Daughters who seem to be on the lookout for the right guy. The male protagonist initially does not seem to be that person, but as the film goes on he becomes it. The two grow closer. There is lots of banter, some other women apparently as well, but of course he only wants the female main character and nothing is going on with the others etc. And finally a happy ending of course. This is all pretty predictable and uncreative in here. People back then may have been fine with that, even if it was so similar in all these films, but by today's standards it just is not enough anymore. A bit of a pity to see many really experienced actors and actresses in here and also a prolific filmmaker team and yet the outcome is so mediocre. Willy Fritsch and Hans Moser may be the most known names from the cast. All in all, not a really funny watch. Not recommended.

Fritsch and Nagy are back!

[cynthiahost · 10/10 · 4 June 2013]

Although this classic German film was made under Nazi control U.f.a. it was shot in Nazi free, at that time Vienna ,or , it seems to look that way.Hansi Niese ,plays Henrietta who owns a gift shop in Vienna.She has two daughters.One Gerti, who's single, and the other one Leonie,played by Dagny Servaes,who is Married to business men,played by Hans Moser,whom is not paying attention to Leonie.So she's having an affair with Count Marenzi,played by Gustav Waldau.Henrietta and Gerti knows this.Gerti,played by Nagy is determine to stop her sister from making a mistake before Anton,Moser, finds out. This is when Gerti ,Kathy, accidentally meets the Counts son,played by Willy Fritsch.She's mistaken to believe that he's the one that her sister Leonie ,is having an affair with.This is when Gerti takes steps to prevent the Alleged Count from taking a trip with her sister.Adele Sandrock,plays the Aunt of the count,the older one.There's a scene in which the Aunt goes to a fur coat store and tries a coat on and is accuse of being the fake version of the countess,played by Dagny ,for not paying for the coat,that earlier in the film when Dagny is trying the coat on and buys it,she calls the older count to have it charged,which he forgets.It has a surprised ending.As with other film they did years earlier ,both Kathy And Fritsch ,Her grace commands,this has also confused identity situation too.It was surprising that it id not coast Lillian Harvey ,since she and Fritsch did a lot of films together,but, it's excellent German comedy directed by Reihhold Schunzel before he fled Germany. 06/05/13