... and nothing but the truth
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ... and nothing but the truth |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franz Peter Wirth |
| script |
Andrew Solt , Heinz Oskar Wuttig , Leopold Ahlsen , Franz Peter Wirth |
| production | Georg Richter for Bavaria, Munich |
| music | Werner Eisbrenner |
| camera | Günther Senftleben |
| cut | Claus from Boro |
| occupation | |
and Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel , Heinz Leo Fischer , Franziska Liebing , Gabriele Reismüller , Toni Treutler , Franz Loskarn , Liesl Karlstadt , Georg Lehn | |
... and nothing but the truth is a German crime film from 1958 . Directed by Franz Peter Wirth played OW Fischer and Marianne Koch , the lead roles.
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The doctor Dr. Stefan Donat is indebted to the button bar. When the terminally ill with cancer Agnes Donat dies, she leaves all of her fortune to Stefan. This is all the more astonishing since Stefan and Agnes had been divorced for years. It also seems more than strange to the investigating police and public prosecutor that Agnes changed her will in favor of Stefans immediately before her death. The original heiress was to be the dead cousin, Mingo Fabian, who was just 23 years old. When traces of poison are discovered, Dr. Donat soon was suspected of having deliberately killed his divorced wife. It is alleged that only he, among the suspects in question, could have come across the poison. Agnes' body is then exhumed. Things are getting tight for Donat now; he is charged with willful murder.
In the meantime, Mingo decides to contest the will. But it is not she who is behind this step, as Mingo is also friends with Stefan Donat. Rather, she urges her partner, lawyer Dr. Bernburger, to challenge. He is driven by a self-interest because he would like to marry Mingo soon. The background to this case gradually emerged in the trial. Donat endures the negotiation stoically, he appears absent-minded, almost disinterested and resigned to fate. The public prosecutor can prove that the defendant was in Munich at the time of the crime. Donat's defense attorney Dr. Fein wants his client to start fighting and tries to lure him out of the reserve. When Mingo visits her trial opponent, with whom she has long since fallen in love and whom she considers innocent, in prison, Stefan seems to gradually wake up from his lethargy. Finally the truth emerges: Agnes asked her ex to get the poison to get rid of her suffering and pain; a wish that Donat complied only out of compassion and compassion - a case of killing on demand .
Production notes
... and nothing but the truth is a remake of the German crime film Der Fall Deruga from 1938 by Fritz Peter Buch based on a novel by Ricarda Huch . The shooting began in April 1958 in the Bavaria studios of Geiselgasteig and ended on May 16, 1958. The premiere took place on August 8, 1958 in Cologne, the first television broadcast on August 5, 1963 on ZDF , which had just been on the air .
Dietrich von Theobald was in charge of production. The buildings were designed by Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil , the costumes were designed by Margot Schönberger . Walter Rühland was responsible for the sound. Rainer Erler assisted director Wirth, Franz Hofer was responsible for the camera work under head cameraman Günther Senftleben .
OW Fischer and Marianne Koch were nominated for their performance for the film band in gold.
Reviews
“'Der Fall Deruga', the only detective novel written by the eminent narrator and cultural historian Ricarda Huch, became the consecration place for the self-worship of Otto Wilhelm Fischer in this second film adaptation. As an innocently accused and at the same time selfless surgeon, Fischer can demonstrate in ancient glory and in all breadth how disdainfully the world molests a noble person. The director Franz Peter Wirth, who had been recruited from television, shot some dialogues with taste at room volume. "
“The fact that a crime film with OW Fischer manages without parade roles, without sensational punch lines and yet can be exciting from beginning to end, is the remarkable result of the clever director Franz Wirth, who remained sober and clear on the matter. (...) The dialogue is consistently quiet, unobtrusive and disciplined. The camera is not flattering. O. W. Fischer, without any pose, dominating focus, appears humble in a sympathetic way. You can also see Marianne Koch and Ingrid Andree, bitter and more intense than ever, with new eyes. "
"With carefully crafted, but psychologically not completely rounded entertainment film of some tension."
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Skilled craftsmanship, psychologically inconclusive mixture of melodrama, crime thriller and court film, which is largely entertaining."
Web links
- ... and nothing but the truth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ... and nothing but the truth at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ ... and nothing but the truth (Germany) . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 1958 ( online ).
- ↑ ... and nothing but the truth. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 9, 2015 .