Batman and Robin
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| German title | Batman and Robin | ||
| Original title | Batman | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1943 | ||
| length | 260 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Lambert Hillyer | ||
| script |
Victor McLeod Leslie Swabaker Harry L. Fraser |
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| production | Rudolph C. Flothow | ||
| music | Lee Payers | ||
| camera | James S. Brown Jr. | ||
| cut |
Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner |
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Batman and Robin is a fifteen individual episode adventure serial from Columbia Pictures from 1943. It is based on the comic book character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger . On June 19, 1966, it was shown as a cut with German subtitles in West German cinemas; The background was the success of Batman keeps the world in suspense .
action
Batman and Robin find out that the dubious Dr. Tito Daka is actually a Japanese spy who owns a machine with the help of which he can control the minds of people and thus turn them into willless, zombie-like slaves.
In his headquarters disguised as a fun house, however, Dr. Daka is working on a far more diabolical invention: a radium cannon , with the help of which he wants to force the whole country under his rule. The dynamic duo are now doing everything they can to put a stop to it. When Batman and Robin penetrate his hiding place, they discover that even Linda Page, the fiancée of Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne, has now become one of Daka's zombie slaves.
They turn off his henchmen and overpower him to force him to reverse the zombie effect on Linda and everyone else involved. With a knife that he had hidden in his sleeve, Daka is able to free himself and takes Linda hostage. As he tries to escape, Batman means to Robin to flip the switch that locks the only exit. Robin hits the wrong switch and a trapdoor opens. Daka falls to his doom in a pit full of hungry alligators, and the land is saved thanks to Batman and Robin's intervention.
Reviews
"Cut from several episodes of a naive utopian series from the 1940s, which was modeled on the popular comic strip."
“Incredibly primitive and amateurishly made two-part television film from 1943, based on comic strips. A leftover from the moth box that can only be seen as an example of the political abuse of the film. "
Others
- The Batcave can be seen for the first time in The Batman . These, as well as the secret entrance behind the grandfather clock, were included in the comics shortly after the film because of their effectiveness.
- Since it was not possible to create a special Batmobile due to the very tight budget, Batman and Robin use the same black Cadillac in which Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson drive. Butler Alfred even acts as a chauffeur for both identities.
- The film, which was made during the Second World War , contains various allusions to the Japanese.
- Due to the strict regulations that the serials were subjected to, Batman and Robin were portrayed as undercover FBI agents, while in the comics they are actually vigilantes . The regulations also prevented the scriptwriters from using an opponent from Batman's usual villain gallery.
- Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's / Batman's Butler , was featured in the early comics as an overweight and clean-shaven little man. William Austin , who portrays the character in The Batman , decisively shaped the further appearance of the figure with his elegant mustache and his tall, slim figure.
literature
- Ronald M. Hahn / Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Science Fiction Films. 2000 films from 1902 to today , vol. 1, 7th edition Munich (Heyne) 1997, p. 93. ISBN 3-453-11860-X
Web links
- Batman and Robin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Batman and Robin in the online movie database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Batman and Robin. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 444/1866