THE FAIRY TALE OF YOUR LIFE
TO THE GEHEIMRAT, Pr CARL DUISBERG
ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY
FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT
BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS LEVERKUSEN
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF:
MANUSCRIPT: HANS FREIHERR VON WOLZOGEN
MUSIC: Dr BECCE
DIRECTED BY JULIUS PINSCHEWER
PRODUCED BY PINSCHEWER FILM AG - BERLIN
HEAVEN'S JOURNAL
JOHANN KARL DUISBERG, RIBBON MAKER IN BARMEN
WILHEMINE DUISBERG, HIS WIFE, NÉE WESKOTT
MARRIED FOR 7 YEARS, CHILDLESS,
ARE PRAYING FERVENTLY FOR THE BIRTH OF A BOY.
A BOY
FOR THE DUISBERG COUPLE FROM BARMEN:
SPIRIT: 20 %
INTELLIGENCE: 20 %
DILIGENCE: 20 %
ENERGY: 20 %
TEMPERAMENT: 20 %
A boy, a boy!
LABORATORY
HEAVEN'S LABORATORY
SPIRIT
INTELLIGENCE
DILIGENCE
ENERGY
TEMPERAMENT
Stop!
LABORATORY
GENIUS
Hooray, here I am! Hooray, here I am!
Onward!
If in Wuppertal you come to the world, Always keep an umbrella unfurled.
Hooray, here I am! Hooray!
Early on, with much zeal, Carl filters his meal.
Time flies by.
The child grows.
Onward!
The child grows.
Who goes so early where winds blow wild? It's the mother grasping her child!
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
Young Carl is now in 6th form. An idea strikes him like a thunderstorm.
He rejoices: "Eureka, my destiny Is really to work in chemistry!"
MY DESTINY IS IN CHEMISTRY!
But his father Is full of anger:
MY SON WILL BE A RIBBON MAKER!
His mother can feel his pain And mercifully gives him free rein.
She realises that he is a prodigy And steers him toward chemistry.
He's only 16 but with elation, Already reaches graduation!
EXAMINATION ROOM
Dr ARTOPÉ
DIPLOMA
ALL ABOARD FOR GÖTTINGEN!
LAVOISIER CHEMISTRY
After he burnt the midnight oil. Over Wöhler, no more turmoil!
FOX TOWER
Now that he's flown off to Jena, The Zeisen Inn's his new arena.
JENA 1880-1882
In addition to chemistry, He reads mineralogy,
And geology As well as economy.
After barely 4 semesters, Thanks to...
ETHYL ACETOACETATE
His doctorate he obtains, At the top of his class, what brains!
Pr GEUTHER
HERE YOU CANNOT KEEP ME.
I NEED TO GO TO THE ARMY.
"I won't let you go without a fight."
IN THAT CASE,
YOU'RE IN FOR A FRIGHT!
By day, he trains, By night, he studies.
HELP, CARL'S DOWN!
Strong as a lion, he shall persevere And become reserve lieutenant in a year.
And now, let's go, hooray, Rumpff needs him straight away.
And Carl is back!
WORK CONTRACT
"Quick to Strasburg I fly, Meyer's isatin I must try."
For a year, the isatin he tests, With Fittig, alas, it's useless.
At the Elberfeld dyestuff plant, He becomes scientific consultant.
Because Dornseif is busy too, And forgets to dump dye residue,
Laziness and genius do rally, To yield benzopurpurine 4B.
Then he finds benzoazurine. They say he saw it in a dream.
With so many great dyes, He sends bankruptcy into the skies.
COMPETITION
BANKRUPTCY
PROFITABILITY
LEIPZIG SUPREME COURT
PROXY
REPRESENTATIVE Dr CARL DUISBERG
He talks and talks, hours fly by. "Carl has won!" is the reply.
Like a housewife who can bear no waste,
Carl Duisberg makes from dyestuff waste,
phenacetin.
WASTE
PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT
Now the department produces dyes And drugs likewise.
And while Carl discovers the blue,
He also succumbs to love so true.
JOHANNA SEEBOHM
APRATH CASTLE
FORGET-ME-NOT? WITH HIM YOU SHALL TIE THE KNOT!
Our young couple we find To marry very much inclined.
UNTIL DEATH DO US PART
Their marriage is blessed As the following will suggest.
The children don't tarry He becomes a father so merry.
He also has much love to convey To his fifth child, the factory.
BAYER-BASF
AGFA
BADISCHE ANILINE FACTORIES
HÖCHST DYESTUFF FACTORY
COMPETITION
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
DYESTUFF
SUPPLY SHORTAGE
A day has only 24 hours. A week lasts only 6 days.
Carl finds enough time always. He's the one striking the hours.
PRIVATE
Each detail is thought out brilliantly During breakfast of the "trinity".
"Your hair's too long, you understand, I'll cut it now with my own hand.
"Don't touch my husband, That's my command!"
WIESDORF MAIDEN ASSOCIATION
"Maidens from Wiesdorf Will have you know
"That such a sight is unbearable,
"They ask that you don't show What modesty deems intolerable."
REPARATION NATIONAL ECONOMY
THE REICH FEDERATION OF GERMAN INDUSTRY
CONGRESS
CARL DUISBERG SAYS:
THE GERMAN INDUSTRY FEDERATION IS 10
CARL DUISBERG SAYS:
THE WAY TO THE END OF THE CRISIS...
CARL DUISBERG SAYS:
ON HOOVER'S PLAN...
What he does is extraordinary And definitely brings him glory.
It adds to his inventory And keeps him in every memory.
LIQUEURS
WALKING STICKS
DOCTOR'S HATS
Of those nine types of headgear, It's the theologian's he holds dear.
Oh, he enjoys cold duck.
For flowers, children and students his heart has always struck,
From his purse, pensions come out straight,
Everybody knows him the great..
Father of the student body!
Dr CARL DUISBERG HOUSE MARBURG
WORK AND DILIGENCE ARE THE KEY
TO CONQUER OBSTACLES UNFAILINGLY!
THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER
WHAT WE ARE,
WE OWE IT TO OTHERS
Dr H. TH. v. BÖTTINGER FRIEDRICH BAYER
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DAY IN MY LIFE
I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY.
"Always onward!"
GRANDCHILDREN
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
SONS AND DAUGHTER
CONGRATULATIONS
THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS
Long live Pr Duisberg!
Viva!
WIESDORF MAIDEN ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ECONOMY
Three cheers!
TO BE CONTINUED ON HIS 100th BIRTHDAY
THE PHARMACEUTICAL DEPARTMENT BAYER-MEISTER LUCIUS
Subtitles: Élisabeth Fuchs & Julie Manuel