Coralba
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| Original title | Coralba |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany , Italy |
| original language | German , Italian |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 300 minutes |
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| Director | Daniele D'Anza |
| script |
Biagio Proietti Daniele D'Anza Belisario L. Randone |
| production | Oscar Brazzi |
| music | Gigi Cichellero |
| camera | Luciano Trasatti |
| cut | Attilio Vincioni |
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Coralba is a German-Italian crime series that was filmed in Hamburg , Chamonix and Venice in 1969 and became a street sweeper in Italy at the beginning of 1970 . There it was shown as a five-part series in the main evening program, while in Germany it was only broadcast in eight parts of 30 minutes each from August 1, 1973 on the ARD's pre-evening program. The film borrows heavily from the works of Francis Durbridge .
action
Part 1
The doctor from Venice, Dr. Marco Danon has settled in Hamburg and founded a pharmaceutical company together with two partners. With his help, a new preparation was developed that he had already tried in Italy, albeit without approval. In the meantime, his “Coralba” is very successful and has received media attention. Unexpectedly, a Mrs. Schneider reports, accusing Danon that he is responsible for the death of her son Peter, as he had received the unfinished drug at the time. Danon wants to meet the woman, but the situation escalates and he shoots the blackmailer. Distraught, he leaves the apartment and reports the incident to the police. When he returns with the officers, he has to realize that the woman lying dead on the ground is his own wife. Commissioner Lang from the Hamburg Criminal Police now holds Dr. Marco Danon for the killer.
Part 2
Danon consults with his lawyer Albert Zimmermann, who advises him to tell the police the truth that he is the victim of blackmail. However, he cannot show the letters he paid dearly and which he had allegedly bought back because they would incriminate him. So he has no proof of blackmail and remains the main suspect for the police. This is compounded when the maid tells the police that the Danon couple had an argument on the day of the murder. Unexpectedly, an uncle of his wife's from France contacts Danon and explains that he had an appointment with Elga and that they wanted to meet in Chamonix. This is puzzling for Danon, because he knew neither about an uncle nor his wife's travel plans. The inspectors Lang and Jansen try to find the ominous blackmailer and only come across Danon's wife. She had hidden the incriminating letter in a locker.
part 3
Dr. Danon is arrested because everything is now against him. Nevertheless, Inspector Lang believes in the doctor's innocence and tries to exonerate him. A clue leads him to a certain Max Tauberg, who was probably the last person to speak to Elga Danon. Lang learns from him that the case could also have something to do with doping in cycling. Meanwhile, Danon's daughter Deborah tries to find out the truth about her stepmother. When her father married her, all that was known was that she was an orphan and possibly had relatives in South Africa. So Deborah goes to Chamonix, where Elgas wanted to meet her uncle. When she can find the man, he denies being a relative of Elga, but he would know an Elga Müller. With some difficulty, Deborah locates this woman and it turns out that her stepmother was actually called Olga and had only used this woman's papers. Another trail leads Deborah to Venice. Commissioner Jansen also goes there and comes across a person by the name of Schneider, but this woman has been dead for a year.
Part 4
The police can finally locate the murder weapon. It turns out that this is clearly Danon's own pistol, from which a total of three shots were fired. Since all other indications speak against Danon, he remains in custody. Commissioner Lang, who continues to believe in Danon's innocence, finds out that Elga Danon was none other than Olga Schneider, the sister of the dead boy from Italy. Danon thinks it is possible that his employee at the pharmaceutical company, Dr. Karl Bauer, could have had a relationship with Elga and he wanted to drive him out of the company with the murder. Unexpectedly, a body of water is found that Danon identifies as the blackmailer, so that he can be released from custody. After Deborah returns from Italy, she discovers that the watch Elga was wearing actually belongs to her friend Vanessa. To get the whole thing on the track, Danon meets with a shady guy who wants to tell him the truth about the mysterious case. So the trail leads to a certain Rolf, who was only called the "Swede" by everyone, although he is actually a German. The police can find this man. Using a photo, he identifies the blackmailer as Vera Unterberger. Following the trail, Danon comes across a Jean, with whom he meets late at night.
Part 5
The crook Jean Malvin hands Danon a tape on which his wife Elga can be heard talking to another man. He can give this voice to his colleague Dr. Assign Karl Bauer. He gradually feels cornered and tries to get Jean Malvin out of the way by running over him with his Mercedes. It turns out that Danon was right from the start with his suspicions about Bauer.
background
In the year the Coralba series was created , Italy did not yet have color television. Nevertheless, the Italian-German-French co-production was filmed in color, as modern color television had already been used in both Germany and France. In Italy the film was therefore first broadcast in black and white.
The closing song "Amare te" was sung by the Spanish singer Miguel Bosé .
Charisma
Germany
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In Germany, the original five-part crime series was broadcast eight parts of 30 minutes each, and very lengthy scenes were removed in order to get the right length. This cut the original production by almost an hour. Italy
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criticism
“'Coralba' is a not unexciting Whodunit thriller (including cliff hangers!) With good actors and a beautiful Hamburg backdrop. However, the runtime of almost five hours is a bit too long. [...] It is obvious, however, that the production wanted to tie in with the plot of the Durbridge thrillers of those years. "
Web links
- Coralba in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The crime homepage
- Interview with the author Biagio Proietti on the Durbridge homepage