The Punch Bowl

The Punch Bowl (1959)

Maibowle

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are responsible for the may bowl. But instead of family members, telegrams with rejections flutter into the house.

Date of release
1959-12-04
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Günter Reisch

Casting

Interesting facts

Maibowle is an East German musical comedy film, released in 1959. It was directed by Günter Reisch.

Production

The film was commissioned for the tenth anniversary of East Germany's independence, and the decision to begin the project was taken on the 5th Congress of the Socialist Unity Party, at July 1958. It was a musical comedy, one of the pictures which authors Mira and Antonín J. Liehm considered as an attempt by DEFA to balance the effects its heavily ideological works had on the public.

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