"Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht" is a West German 90-minute film from 1967. It is the fourth of five films from Hansi Kraus' "Lausbubenstreich" film series and it was his last movie before the beginning of Kraus "Lümmel" series when he played pranks on his teachers as a student. But back to this one here. The director is the pretty successful Werner Jacobs and the writer who adapted Ludwig Thoma's stories this time is Franz Seitz, who also worked on previous installments of this series. The title already indicates that there is a bit of a military story in this one and it's good that they were somehow trying to make an impact by bringing new and refreshing settings and backgrounds in here. At least they were trying. But they were not succeeding really. There is almost nothing memorable about this German film from the 1960s and it is another piece of evidence how the 1960s were not the brightest in terms of German cinema. The acting is as forgettable just like the script. I personally would not call the entire film a failure, but it is also very generic and far away from a quality that would let me recommend it to audiences. Thumbs down.
