DM killer
| Movie | |
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| Original title | DM killer |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rolf Thiele |
| script |
Carl Merz Herbert Reinecker Rolf Thiele |
| production | Karl Spiehs |
| music | Erwin Halletz |
| camera | Wolf Wirth |
| occupation | |
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DM-Killer is a satirical Austrian comedy film by director Rolf Thiele from 1964 with Curd Jürgens , Walter Giller , Charles Regnier and Daliah Lavi in the leading roles. The director wrote the script together with Carl Merz and Herbert Reinecker . It is based on the novel "Honestly drives the longest" by Peter Norden . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film first hit cinemas on January 21, 1965.
action
Prison chaplain Behrendt regrets that the prison gates will soon open for three of his black sheep, who are among the most capable singers in his “community”. As soon as they are free, they set up a company. The aim is to get the big money as quickly as possible, even if the limits of legality are sometimes exceeded a bit. Charly and Kurt unequivocally recognize their buddy Ronny as the boss of the company. They always reverently call him the "Professor". For their business model, the three take advantage of the Americans' preference for the German Volkswagen . Because the product has a long delivery time, the business partners “get” massive amounts of due VW contracts and collect hefty surcharges from their customers. It doesn't take long for their bank accounts to swell. A feudal office is being built on Kurfürstendamm for representation. The ladies of the “Immertreu” guesthouse run by Charly's mother, who run a “crisis-proof business”, are given luxurious gifts.
The head of the company opens several accounts in Switzerland for his family and also purchases various properties there. Charly gets his mother out of the seedy establishment and sets up a marriage agency with her. After Kurt got tired of his Lolita, he stretched out his feelers for the daughter of the consul Möbius. Weddings are celebrated with great pomp. Lolita receives a handsome settlement.
The success of Ronald Bruck and his cronies calls for many envious people. Even the VW Group does not remain a secret how its products are handled. The only almost legal business conduct of the three is exposed. In the end they are allowed to join the prison pastor Behrendt's choir again.
Production notes
At that time, as producer Karl Spiehs wrote, the novel “Honestly drives the longest” by three crooks was a very big topic in the Federal Republic of Germany, so he took it on. The outdoor shots for the 1964 film were made in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, the indoor shots in the Sievering film studio in Vienna. The costumes were designed by Maleen Pacha . The buildings are by Herta Hareiter and Wolf Witzemann . Unfortunately, according to Spiehs, "the whole thing was overplayed" and the film was a flop.
criticism
“Rolf Thiele's alleged criticism of the immoral standards of public life cannot do without immoral allusions and exaggerations (for example in the form of a prison pastor) and therefore does not deserve to be taken seriously as criticism of the times or society. We advise against visiting. "
"Conceived as a satire on the German economic miracle mentality and bourgeois corruption, Rolf Thiele's crook has developed into a banal cabaret revue full of clichés and flat jokes."
source
Program for the film: Illustrierter Film-Kurier , Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaft Franke & Co. KG, Munich, No. 35
Web links
- DM-killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- DM killer at filmportal.de