Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht

I by Day, You by Night represents the realism of Weimar cinema in its peak form. At first glance it’s a light operetta with the popular stars Käthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch, and at second glance a probe into the lives of two young employed people who can so easily be seduced and separated by the rhythm of their lives, regularly determined by their workload. Grete works in a frisier salon and Hans is a giant at a local business... When they manage to find a moment together to visit a cultural monument, they end up being locked in a historic room, and while Grete might be willing to have a little fling, Hans realizes he is running late and has to go to work. Coincidences, collisions in communication, spicy art deco in full swing and the ubiquitous hit from the film within the film make up the corpus of a modern adventure you definitely shouldn't miss. (11.09.2011)