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The Punch Bowl (1944) Heinz Ruhmann, Karin Himboldt
The Punch Bowl (1944) Heinz Ruhmann, Karin Himboldt
 
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This is a region-free DVD+R without case or artwork.

In German with English subtitles. The original German title of the film is Die Feuerzangenbowle.

Based on the book of the same name, The Punch Bowl follows the book closely as its author, Heinrich Spoerl, also wrote the script for the movie. Both tell the story of a famous writer going undercover as a student at a small town secondary school after his friends tell him that he missed out on the best part of growing up by being educated at home. The story in the book takes place during the time of the Wilhelmine Empire in Germany. The movie was produced and released in Germany during the last years of World War II and has been called a "masterpiece of timeless, cheerful escapism." The movie stars Heinz Rühmann in the role of the student Hans Pfeiffer, which is remarkable as Rühmann was already 42 years old at that time.

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4 of 5 Germany's Own Ferris Bueller March 24, 2021
Reviewer: Dave Campbell from Red Bluff, CA United States  
First of all, the quality of the print of this 1944 film: it's clear and well-defined and the sound is excellent.  As far as the content, i know this is a beloved movie in Germany, showing during holidays much as It's A Wonderful Life is shown here, The Punch Bowl being much less melancholy; an older man drinking with pals, recalls missing out on high school which sounds like fun, and so returns, mixing easily with youth and becoming a sort of class clown.  I suspect there are a good many comic cultural overtones I am missing, as the overall impression is muted in comparison to other reviews I have read, but with its history of being successfully created under a Nazi regime, the film has an underlying and rather strange agenda.

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