Rudi Schuricke - Regentropfen... Tango feat. Renate Müller!

The dreamy "Regentropfen (die an dein Fenster klopfen)" (Raindrops, knocking on your window)is one of my favourite tangos... This is an early recording by Rudi Schuricke, who is billed on the record as Rudolf Schuricke...

Not really knowing what video to make, I decided to dedicate it to movie star Renate Müller (1906-37), once one of the most popular actresses in Europe... Starting out her movie career in the late 1920's, she became a star with the introduction of sound... She starred opposite some of the most popular actors such as Luis Trenker, Emil Jannings, Willy Fritsch and especially Adolf Wohlbrück/Anton Walbrook. In 1931 her star status was confirmed when she played "Die Privatsekretärin" (Private secretary/ Enl version : Sunshine Susie - 1933) and sang "Ich bin ja heut so glücklich/Today I feel so happy", which was on everybody's lips during the dark days of the economic depression. In 1933 she starred in "Viktor und Viktoria", her most famous movie, remade as "Victor/Victoria" starring Julie Andrews in 1981. Her charm, talent and melodic voice made her a gifted and irresistible comedienne...One of her last triumphs was in Willy Forst's "Allotria" (1936) as Viola (with her own theme music throughout the movie) opposite Jenny Jugo, Heinz Rühmann and Adolf Wohlbrück, her frequent co-star. Finding life increasingly difficult and feeling pressured by the new political establishment (she was in love with a jewish man) she began to drink, used drugs and suffered epileptic attacks. After a fall from the first floor of her home (most probably accidental), she died in hospital from complications after surgery on 7.10.1937. She was 31.
Soon after her early death, rumours and fabricated stories started circulating... They ranged from her being Hitler's mistress to her being murdered by the Gestapo... The truth is rather simple : her death was just as accidental as it was tragic...

This video shows pictures of Renate Müller from my personal collection as well as clips from "Viktor und Viktoria" (1933), "Die englische Heirat" (1934) and "Allotria" (1936). Her partner in all these clips is Adolf Wohlbrück/Anton Walbrook (1900-67), her frequent (and best) partner.

About the record :

Cristal : 3568/C8880

This is a Cristal release (French version of the Kristall label) probably pressed for the Belgian market. While I am generally rather unimpressed by the technical quality of the Kristall/Cristal production, this record is in mint condition and produces a beautiful sound.

Please select "Watch in high Quality" for the best Video/Audio quality as this is an MPEG-file.

Enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tango
• 78RPM
• Rudi
• Schuricke
• Renate
• Müller
• UFA
• Star
• Regentropfen
• 1935
• Berlin
• Deutschland
• Kristall
• Schellack
• Raindrops

[dumowska]

Polish title: "krople deszczu"

[Leotaurus1975]

Thanks for the info!

[camille885]

Je connaissais cette chanson sans en connaître le titre. Très belle version, merci Renate Müller, une très belle femme. J'adore quand elle danse à 2:00!

[Leotaurus1975]

Merci Camille!

[ricainparisien]

Regentropfen, die an Dein Fenster klopfen,

das merke Dir: die sind ein Gruß von mir.

Sonnenstrahlen, die an dein Fenster fallen,

das merke Dir: die sind ein Kuß von mir.

Abends aber dann im hellen Mondschein

komm' ich selbst zu dir und will belohnt sein.

Regentropfen, die an dein Fenster klopfen,

das merke Dir: die sind ein Gruß von mir!

[elnos28]

Schönes Video! Die Musik ist übrigens von Emil Palm, nicht Erwin Palm!

Elmar Nolte

[TheErnesthall]

Nice to hear from you too Vogelbird. I went back to Zittau where I was a pow, with several members of my family, to celebrate my 90th birthday on 18th May. I now have very good friends there - and a certain amount of celebrity as I, quite accidentally and un-knowingly, played a minor role in the 550 year history of Zittau's great Lenten Veil or Fastentuch - an enormous textile artefact that is the town's pride and joy. Every good wish, Ernest Hall.

[VOGELBIRD123]

@TheErnesthall Nice to hear of your memories sir. Hearing this again must have brought back a lot from that time.

[TheErnesthall]

I first heard this when I was a prisoner of war in an Arbeitskommando in Zittau in 1944. The tune, and most of the words, have stayed in my memory. We had a gramophone in the lager and we exchanged some jazz records with the Hitler Jugend! for some German records. This was one of them. I am now 90!

[OlgaKov]

спасибо

[TheZweeback]

bei uns im altenheim schallern alle mit

xD

[irenemarijke1]

Ach, wie schoen!! Eine richtige Freude!! Herzlichen Dank

[MissMarilyn1962]

Love it very much... thanks 'for uploading' and thanks Terry 'for sharing' this old memory.... wonderful at Christmas Eve... ♥

'Merry Christmas and happy New Year' !

With Love,

Marilyn

[Liz66bee]

Isn't that the actor that was in 'The red shoes' who plays the theatre director Boris Lermontov? Anton Walbrook i think was his name. It certainly looks like him!