On a Friday at half past eleven ...
| Movie | |
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| German title | On a Friday at half past eleven ... |
| Original title | On a Friday at half past eleven ... / Vendredi 13 heures / Il mondo nella mia tasca |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany , France , Italy |
| original language |
German French Italian |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alvin Rakoff |
| script | Frank Harvey |
| production | Corona Filmproduktion ( Alexander Grüter ), CCC-Film ( Artur Brauner ), Critérion Film SA, Panta Film, Erredi Film |
| music | Claude Bolling |
| camera | Václav Vich |
| cut |
Edward B. Jarvis Alice Ludwig-Rasch |
| occupation | |
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On a Friday at eleven thirty ... is a German-French-Italian fictional film by director Alvin Rakoff from 1961 with Nadja Tiller , Peter van Eyck and Jean Servais in the leading roles. Frank Harvey wrote the script . The plot is based on the novel of the same name by James Hadley Chase . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the strip was released for the first time on February 16, 1961.
action
Southern France in the late 1950s. The gangster Frank Morgan opened a “surefire”, meticulously elaborated plan to the criminals Bleck, Gypo and Kitson in the “Café Bleu”: the attack on an armored vehicle, the week after week dollar bills worth around one million as pay for the American soldiers transported to the Lieux military base. After initial hesitation, the three are enthusiastic about the project. Morgan's friend Ginny is also part of the party.
In the following days, every minute detail of the plan is carefully practiced until everyone has mastered their intended role in their sleep.
The day of the raid is drawing near. On a Friday at eleven thirty, the gangster quintet awaits the money transporter. The first task falls to Ginny. Disguised with a blonde wig, she quickly overtooks the armored vehicle with her car, only to simulate a serious accident with the help of the men. Ginny herself plays the road victim next to the car on fire. When the money transporter arrives, the passenger, as expected, gets out to help the "injured" person. This is what the male crook quartet was just waiting for. There is a shootout that ends with the death of the driver and front passenger. The armored vehicle is quickly maneuvered into a prepared caravan. Ginny and the young Kitson play lovers and in this way they can outsmart any police control. At the next stop, Gypo manages to open a door of the stolen car. Suddenly two shots are fired and Kitson is fatal. The driver of the money transporter, who is seriously injured, was able to fire the shots. But now he is being shot by Frank Morgan.
The gang of criminals is resting on a campsite. The bright boy Gino looks suspiciously at the doings of the four and concludes that they must be the wanted perpetrators. After this rumor spreads, the gangsters run away and drive up into the mountains. Gypo wants to get out and secretly get away. Bleck has noticed this and is following him. His shot fatally wounded the fugitive.
Gino puts the police on the right track. The law enforcement officers manage to encircle the last three survivors - Morgan, Bleck and Ginny. Bleck loses his footing through a misstep and falls into the depths. Frank Morgan and his girlfriend recognize their hopeless situation and commit suicide.
Production notes
The exterior shots were taken in Marseille and Bouches-du-Rhône in southern France, the interior shots in the CCC studio in Berlin-Spandau. Claude Bolling composed the music . Anneliese Ludwig contributed the costumes. The buildings came from Hanns H. Kuhnert and Wilhelm Vorwerg . The Italian title is Il mondo nella mia tasca, the French Vendredi 13 heures .
criticism
"Conventionally invented and made as exciting as possible using conventional film means."
“A routine detective film based on the novel“ On Friday at Eleven ”by James Hadley Chase. What is remarkable about this entertaining dozen items is the top-class international cast (...). The outdoor shots in the south of France are also delightful, and the cameraman Václav Vich is responsible for them. "
"Well-made, but overly clichéd crime film in the script, which is also burdened by the joy of cruelty and the refinement of the criminals."
source
Program for the film, published by Das Neue Film-Programm GmbH, Mannheim, without a number
Web links
- ... on a Friday at half past eleven in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A few pictures of the film at cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch Nr. 3174 (1988), p. 129
- ↑ http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/an-einem-freitag-um-halb-zwoelf/13601
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Critique No. 153/1961