Maibowle
Maibowle (May Wine; English-language title: The Punch Bowl) is an East German musical comedy film, released in 1959. It was directed by Günter Reisch.
Plot
Wilhelm Lehmann is informed that he will receive the Order of the Banner of Labor on his sixty-fifth birthday, for being the best worker in the most successful chemical plant in the country. However, it is soon made clear that all his grown up children have other plans for the day, and none of them can arrive to honor their father and their mother Auguste. But, after a series of comical mistakes that lead to utter pandemonium, all the sons and daughters eventually appear to greet Wilhelm as he is awarded the Order. The whole family drinks the traditional May wine, as they have done in every year.
More details
| author | Marianne Libera, Gerhard Weise |
|---|---|
| director | Günter Reisch |
| editor | Hildegard Conrad |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | banner of labor chemical plant may wine order of the banner of labor |
| musicBy | Helmut Nier |
| publisher | Progress Film |
| theme | musical comedy |