Gripsholm

While the first adaptation of "Gripsholm Castle" brought to the movie theater screen only a summer romance and a travelogue in the manner of "What Will My Wife Say to This?"..., in the version of a German couple travelling in Sweden, and the modern remake is the story of Tucholsky, who goes to Sweden and this journey inspires him to write a novel. Tucholsky does not have a happy future. Berlin is infested with Hitler's propaganda, and the journalist - although writing under a pseudonym - is no longer on firm footing. That's why he accepts the offer of the owner of Gripsholm for a summer holiday. His Berlin girlfriend, Princess Lydia, is a woman of her time, yet (or perhaps because of it) she longs for a child. The gradual branching out of their holiday household to include the aviator Karl and Berlin's most elegant lady, who disconcerts even the most free-spirited citizens of this world metropolis, brings a new dimension to this psychological romance. Charlie brings with him news from Germany, Billie replaces Tucholsky in Lydia's bedroom on the first night... I am very surprised and delighted by the difference between the two transcriptions of "Castle Gripsholm." Each version is a unique work in its own right and both can work alongside each other without one negating the other. ♪ Anna-Louise... ♫ (2013.07.20)