Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

Set in a lively Vienna fair, Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben follows two identical brothers who make their living as performers and who share an extraordinary singing talent. The film traces how similar starts lead to different outcomes: one brother catches the public eye and moves into professional success, while the other's romantic life and opportunities take a more complicated course. Along the way there are light comic set pieces, tense personal moments, and several musical numbers that shape how relationships shift. The focus stays on family ties, miscommunication, ambition and the contrast between life onstage and offstage, without giving away how things resolve.

Released in 1936 and directed by Richard Oswald, the film credits writers Heinz Goldberg, Siegfried Geyer, and Ernst Neubach. Joseph Schmidt stars in the dual role of the singing brothers, with supporting turns from Felix Bressart, Otto Wallburg, Hans Holt, and Karl Skraup, reflecting its casting of well known stage and screen personalities.

Contemporary box office records for this title are limited, and no reliable worldwide gross has been documented. Like many films of the mid 1930s, its commercial performance is hard to reconstruct from surviving trade reports, especially outside German speaking markets.

Joseph Schmidt was already known as a celebrated tenor, and his screen appearance helped preserve performances that studio recordings alone could not convey. For collectors and followers of interwar musical cinema, the picture is remembered for capturing that period's mix of popular song, light drama, and fairground spectacle, even if it never entered the mainstream international canon.

Critical reaction from the time is patchily archived, but the film balances comedic moments with more serious emotional beats, centering on identity, sibling rivalry, fame and romantic complications. Music functions as a narrative engine, giving scenes emotional weight and making the film appealing to audiences who wanted melody alongside everyday drama.