... and the night knows no mercy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | ... and the night knows no mercy |
| Original title | Vreemde Wêreld |
| Country of production | South Africa , Germany |
| original language | Afrikaans , German |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jürgen Goslar |
| script | Jürgen Goslar |
| production | Jürgen Goslar |
| music |
Hennie Bekker Horst Jankowski |
| camera | Franz Xaver Lederle |
| cut | Robbi Hinds |
| occupation | |
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... and the night knows no mercy is a fictional film by the actor and director Jürgen Goslar , for whom he also wrote the script based on the novel Disenfranchised by Heinz G. Konsalik . The film was shot in South Africa in 1974.
action
Much to Iwan Pelzer's displeasure, his brother's daughter, the attractive Gisela, inherits the family business. Ivan does everything to get the money that Gisela is supposed to inherit. His son should approach her and marry her. But that's only plan B, because plan A looks like Ivan, together with the relatives and supported by corrupt doctors, will do everything to ensure that Gisela is declared insane. In fact, he succeeds in this and the young woman is incapacitated. Clark, a young man who wants to help Gisela, does everything possible to free the innocent woman who is sitting in a mental hospital. In the end he succeeds in doing this. The villain does not escape his punishment.
Reviews
“Bad villains and self-sacrificing good guys face each other in a seemingly hopeless fight. Konsalik film adaptation; lying, clichéd and involuntarily funny. "
Others
Jürgen Goslar said in an interview that is included on the street sweeper DVD Die Fifth Kolonne (published by Studio Hamburg) that a friend in Africa made him aware of the popularity of the author Heinz G. Konsalik there. Thereupon he decided to produce the first film A dead diver takes no gold (here he left the direction to Jürgen Roland or Harald Reinl). In the second Konsalik film ... and the night knows no mercy , which was later evaluated as incapacitated on video in the 1980s , he then directed himself, wrote the script and was responsible for the production. The international film title was Listen to my story . The film was shot entirely in South Africa. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film was shown in the cinema for the first time on August 27, 1976.
Web links
- ... and the night knows no mercy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinz G. Konsalik: Disenfranchised. Novel. 34th edition, Heyne Taschenbuch, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-00133-8 .
- ↑ ... and the night knows no mercy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .