| Today Is the Day | |
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| Directed by | Kurt Gerron |
| Written by | Philipp Lothar Mayring Wolfgang Wilhelm |
| Produced by | Eugen Kürschner |
| Starring | Hans Albers Luise Rainer Oskar Karlweis |
| Cinematography | Bruno Mondi |
| Edited by | Milo Harbich |
| Music by | Walter Jurmann Bronislau Kaper Paul Mann Stefan Weiß |
Production company | Boston-Films |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Today Is the Day (German:Heut' kommt's drauf an) is a 1933 Germancomedy film directed byKurt Gerron and starringHans Albers,Luise Rainer andOskar Karlweis.[1] It features a number ofjazz interludes. The film's sets were designed by theart directorsMax Knaake andJulius von Borsody.
It premiered at theGloria-Palast inBerlin. It was shot between December 1932 and January 1933 during the final months of theWeimar Republic. Despite its popular success the incomingPropaganda MinisterJoseph Goebbels described it as "terrible rubbish".[2] Due to theirJewish background a number of those involved with the film, including the director Gerron and star Rainer, left Germany after theNazi takeover.
Hannes Eckmann, theleader of aHamburgjazz group heads forBerlin to take part in a competition. He encounters Marita Costa, the leader of an all-female band, and falls for her. After discovering she is short of adancer for a performance, he steps into the role and is a big success. However, when she discovers his real identity as a rival conductor, she believes it is all part of an underhand scheme to sabotage her ahead of the big competition.
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