Reif auf junge Blüten (1955)

Reif auf junge Blüten: Directed by Marc Allégret. With Jean Marais, Brigitte Bardot, Isabelle Pia, Yves Robert. At the Conservatory of Vienna the student only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor Eric Walter.

“Above all, u0026#39;Futures vedettesu0026#39; (= French for u0026#39;future starsu0026#39;) is a very 19-Fifties-film. It must have done well, I guess, in the many local movie-houses of the era — providing entertainment in anyoneu0026#39;s neighborhood before television was around. The charm of those days, a truly great period in the history of film, radiates off undiminished.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile watching u0026#39;Futures vedettesu0026#39;, one should realize that its attraction is for a large part provided by our knowledge of what came after wards: we see a young Brigitte Bardot in an early stage of her impressive career. One year before BBu0026#39;s break-through in u0026#39;Et Dieu creea la femmeu0026#39;, to be exact, the film that catapulted her to world fame.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026#39;Futures vedettesu0026#39; already gives us a taste of well-known Bardot-trademarks: love for dancing (you may know that Brigitte qualified as a professional ballet dancer), love for animals (bathing in a pond between Chinese fish), and putting up anyoneu0026#39;s temperature by modestly appearing naked.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnother catching feature of u0026#39;Futures vedettesu0026#39; is its large amount of melodrama — even when measured to 19-Fifties-standards. This adds a flavor that some may like and others may not. Anyway, it suits well with this filmu0026#39;s setting in Vienna.”