Attention! - Car thieves!
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Attention! - Car thieves! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harry Piel |
| script | Hans Rameau |
| production | Harry Piel |
| camera | Ewald Daub |
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Attention! - Car thieves! is a German silent action film by and with Harry Piel .
action
Harry Palen works as a car salesman in his boss Jakob Reuss's shop. Shortly before an upcoming test drive with one of the company vehicles, Harry meets up with his childhood friend Helene in the park. This is the moment when one of the Reuss vehicles is stolen by a thief. Harry, the jack-of-all-trades, doesn't just accept this, of course, but immediately attaches himself to the heels of the car thief.
With one hunt after the other, Harry soon discovers that there is a veritable gang of thieves that have specialized in the theft of luxury cars. He finally has to find out that the husband of his childhood friend, Robert Radek, is the head of the band. Helene obviously doesn't know anything about it. Radek is caught and arrested, Helene renounces him and marries Harry, who previously brought the stolen car back to his boss.
Production notes
Attention! - Car thieves! , filmed in the spring of 1930 in the UFA studio in Neubabelsberg, the last silent film was Harry Piels and was shown in the Berlin Atrium cinema on June 5, 1930, at a time when talkies had already largely established themselves in Germany. In Austria you could pay attention! - Car thieves! see from September 5, 1930. The film was 2,765 meters long, divided into eight acts.
Robert Neppach designed the film structures, Max Paetz was the production manager.
criticism
Paimann's film lists found the manuscript "not too complicated", and that Piel had "tried less than usual with sensations" and that the film showed a certain amount of idle in view of the illustrations of long car journeys. Nevertheless, "the whole thing is entertaining, fast in the pace, and thanks to the gracious presentation quite appealing".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caution! - Car thieves! in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from January 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Attention! - Car thieves! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Attention! - Car thieves! at filmportal.de