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On the Sunny Side

1962 · 101 min

A breezy, tuneful charmer about factory life and romance, easy to sink into with a smile.

Directed by
Ralf Kirsten
Genres
Music, Comedy, Romance
Overview
The story of the steel melter Martin Hoff, whose factory delegates him to a drama school, corresponds to the real life of the actor Manfred Krug. Like his (film) hero, Krug works as a steel melter, does artwork, sings and acts, and is sent to drama school. Like his hero, who behaves anarchically and conspicuously, Krug is soon expelled from school.

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Directed by
Ralf Kirsten
Genres
Music, Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • work
  • ambition
  • class
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
music, comedy, romance
Directed by
Ralf Kirsten
Written by
Gisela Steineckert, Heinz Kahlau, Ralf Kirsten
Starring
Manfred Krug, Marita Böhme, Heinz Schubert, Fred Mahr, Günter Naumann, Fred Delmare, Jutta Wachowiak, Gert Andreae
Runtime
101 min
Country
East Germany
Languages
German

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