Alert level V
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Alert level V |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alois J. Lippl |
| script |
Fred Andreas Alois J. Lippl |
| production | Bavaria Film, Munich |
| music | Leo Leux |
| camera | Carl Hoffmann |
| cut | Ferdinand Weintraub |
| occupation | |
as well as Walter Lantzsch , Wastl Witt , Franz Fröhlich , Karl Hanft , Walter Ebert-Grassow , Werner Leidenfrost , Helmut Kutzner , Gert Harsdorff , Rudolf Kunig , Dolf Zenzen , Anton Reimer , Franz Stick , Herbert Kroll | |
Alert V is a rich German spy film drama with Nazi propagandist undertones of 1941. Directed by Alois J. Lippl play Heli Finke Zeller and Ernst von Klipstein the leading roles.
action
After three years of absence, the chief sergeant in the fire police, Richard Haller, returns to Munich. The reason for the departure was due to the decision of his then fiancée Hilde Meindl to separate from him. Now Haller's old colleagues welcome him back again. Haller's first official assignment leads him to a factory that manufactures chemical and pharmaceutical products. Haller is surprised when he meets Hilde there again, who has become the secretary of the researcher Prof. Crusius. The glow of emotions between the two once lovers has not yet been completely extinguished, and so they arrange to meet for the coming evening. Since Hilde is afraid that she might fall in love with Haller again, she cancels him in writing. The disappointed fire police officer then contacted the attractive dancer Carla Valmeda, whom he had recently met on the train ride to Munich. In a dance hall Haller begins to flirt violently with Carla, because he had made out Hilde next door, who in turn came with a certain Mr. Wiedemann. The attempt to make Hilde jealous works quite well, especially since the young woman can no longer deny her feelings for Richard that have flared up again. Haller, on the other hand, is very displeased that Hilde obviously seems to be having fun with another man.
When Hilde arrives at the office and notices that a desk drawer, which usually contains the key to the safe, has not been properly locked, she is very worried. Because your boss, the professor, stores valuable radium in the safe that must not fall into the wrong hands. Hilde is absolutely sure that she had properly locked the desk compartment the day before and therefore notifies Prof. Curtius, who in turn alerts the police. The criminal investigation revealed that Richard Haller, in his role as fire police officer, was the last person who could have passed this room during a tour of the company. He is therefore under suspicion and is immediately suspended from duty. In truth, however, it was that ominous Herr Wiedemann, Hilde's acquaintance and companion in the dance hall, who had tampered with the desk compartment. Wiedemann approached the inexperienced secretary and later made an imprint of the key to steal the radium soon. He had claimed to Hilde that he was a former village school teacher who wanted to resume or continue his studies in Munich. In light of Richard's encounter with Carla, the secretary believes that Haller has obviously comforted herself quickly and makes a scene for him. A temporary break occurs, which can only be cemented when Carla can explain to Hilde that her encounter with Richard is harmless.
Meanwhile, Haller is following a lead that can prove his innocence and gives him back his honor and his job. He is firmly convinced that the seedy spy and thief Wiedemann must be behind everything. After the reconciliation with Hilde, the two of them decide to lie in wait in the company in order to catch the villain in the act, who in the meantime has made a duplicate key with the imprint of the safe key. In fact, Wiedemann appears and is about to open the professor's safe to steal the radium. The villain is caught and flees through the chemical plant, always Richard Haller on his heels. During this hunt there is an outbreak of fire and a duel between the two opponents. Haller can arrest Wiedemann, but then the flames are already threatening Hilde's life. With the courageous efforts of Haller's colleagues, the fire protection force, the fire is extinguished and Hilde is saved.
Production notes
The shooting began on June 13, 1941 with the studio shoots in Munich-Geiselgasteig and was completed after the outdoor shots (around a week from August 8, 1941) in the Hamburg free port . The first performance was on December 22nd, 1941 in the Dresden Zentrum-Lichtspiele.
Gerhard Heydenreich was production manager, Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg designed the film structures. Maria Pommer-Uhlig designed the costumes. Heinz Schnackertz assisted head cameraman Carl Hoffmann , Adolph Schlyssleder was assistant director.
The production costs were around 1,048,000 Reichsmarks.
This was the last film for Hanne Mertens , who despised Hitler , who was murdered by the Nazi regime in Neuengamme concentration camp in April 1945 just before the end of the war .
After the war ended in 1945, this film was banned by the Allied military authorities.
reception
In Der deutsche Film 1938-1945 it is stated that the alert level V served "political education".
The film service ruled: "A clumsy spy adventure mixed with a love story without much entertainment value."
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 11th year 1940/41. P. 173 (02.41), Berlin 2000
- ^ Boguslaw Drewniak: The German Film 1938-1945 . A complete overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 223
- ^ Alert level V. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed December 26, 2019 .
See also
Web links
- Alert V in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alert level V at filmportal.de