The Knife (1971, Italy)

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Movie
German title The knife
Original title Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate
Country of production Italy , Germany
original language Italian
Publishing year 1971
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Duccio Tessari
script Gianfranco Clerici
Duccio Tessari
production Cecilia Bigazzi
Averroe Stefani
music Gianni Ferrio
camera Carlo Carlini
cut Gabriel Rongier
occupation

The knife (original title: Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate in Italy) is a 1971 crime film by the director Duccio Tessari with Helmut Berger in the lead role. The film is an Italian-West German co-production. The film was released in Italy on September 10, 1971. The premiere in German cinemas took place on August 31, 1972. Other publication titles were The Secret of the Black Rose and Blood Trail in the Park .

action

A young woman was stabbed to death in a park. The suspicion falls on the moderator Marchi. He is sentenced to life imprisonment, but the series of murders does not end. The public is appalled. Marchi is then released from custody. Commissioner Berardi burns with eagerness to catch the murderer. But the unknown murderer now begins to blackmail Marchi.

production

In Germany, the film was originally to be released freely after Edgar Wallace (as the 33rd film in the Edgar Wallace series of the Rialto Film ). However, after an expert opinion by Gerhard F. Hummel , both Constantin Film and Rialto Film withdrew from financing the project, so that Wallace's name was ultimately not mentioned.

The film was shot in Bergamo and Milan .

criticism

"Solidly made, exciting thriller in a tasteful setting"

“The film is without question one of the most elegant and virtuoso staged examples of its genre, and it is a real pleasure to follow Carlo Carlini's camera work, which - in combination with a tight editing montage - captivates the viewer to the dark events. (...) The film differs from its American counterparts in that it not only lists its themes - a broken marriage, a disturbed father-son relationship, destroyed love, etc. - but also them in a very sensual, romantic aesthetic the staging makes the viewer noticeable. I have seldom seen that a film succeeds so well in preparing a simple entertainment story so artfully and at the same time dispensing with any superfluous frills - great! The form is completely at the service of the extremely exciting story. "

- Christian Keßler in Splatting Image magazine No. 38; June 1999

“The excellent script, which is implemented by the very good actors Helmut Berger and Silvano Tranquilli, is full of surprises and ideas. This wonderfully successful film is one of the best of its time and one of Tessari's best works. Carlo Carlini's camera work can also be judged as excellent. "

- Robert Firsching for Allmovie

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Giorgio Helmut Berger Jürgen Clausen
Alessandro Marchi Giancarlo Sbragia Holger Hagen
Maria Marchi Ida Galli Rose-Marie Kirstein
Inspector Berardi Silvano Tranquilli Hellmut Lange
Gabriella Giusti Gabriella D'Olive Helga Trümper
Marta Clerici Lorella De Luca Heidi Treutler

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The knife. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. http://www.allmovie.com/movie/una-farfalla-con-le-ali-insanguinate-v253914/review
  3. German synchronous files