The secret of the green pin

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Movie
German title The secret of the green pin
Original title Cosa avete fatto a so long?
The secret of the green pin Logo 001.svg
Country of production Italy , Germany
original language German , English , Italian
Publishing year 1972
length 103 Italian version / 96 German version minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Massimo Dallamano
script Peter M. Thouet ,
Bruno di Geronimo ,
Massimo Dallamano
production Leo Pescarolo ,
Horst Wendlandt ,
Preben Philipsen
music Ennio Morricone
camera Aristide Massaccesi
cut Antonio Siciliano ,
Clarissa Ambach
occupation

The Secret of the Green Pin (Italian title Cosa avete fatto a Solange? ) Is an Italian-German crime film that was released in Germany as the 37th  Edgar Wallace film of the post-war period. The film, which is based on motifs from the novel " The Clue of the New Pin " by Edgar Wallace , was released from September 13 to November 1, 1971 under the direction of the Italian Massimo Dallamano in London and Rome turned. That of the German Rialto Film co-produced and Techniscope recorded Giallo launched the manufacture countries in theaters on March 9 1,972th

action

This time inspector Barth from Scotland Yard has to look for the famous "needle in a haystack" while hunting down the murderer. A student at a Catholic girls' boarding school is found murdered in London's Hyde Park. The only clue the police can find at the scene is a green pin.

Inspector Barth's first suspicions are directed against the Italian teacher Henry Rossini. He had stayed near the scene of the crime with his pupil Elisabeth, with whom he is having an affair, and got involved in contradictions when he was first questioned. A short time later, the schoolgirl Janet is also murdered. After Elisabeth becomes the third victim of the murderer, Rossini tries to solve the crime with her own research and comes across a girl named Solange.

Solange is a former member of a committed boarding school clique. The identification mark of the girls involved is a green pin. With this knowledge, Inspector Barth reveals a terrible secret: the girl clique held illegal sex parties together with a boy clique from a neighboring boarding school. Solange, the daughter of Professor Bawcombe, became pregnant as a result of such a party. To cover this up, the rest of the girls forced her to undergo an illegal abortion. From this unsuccessful abortion comes the state of shock from which the girl now suffers. The professor found this out. In revenge for the desecration of his daughter, he disguised himself as a priest and committed the murders and left a green pin on each victim.

Reviews

“An Edgar Wallace film, shot in the manner of a chamber play. […] Unfortunately, the film is too broad. But it still captivates. Good actors, u. a. Karin Baal and Fabio Testi, Joachim Fuchsberger (pulls off his elegant detective arm strap), and Günther Stoll (stays pale), give him a level. "

- Hamburger Abendblatt , June 10, 1972

"The uncomfortable thing about this harshly staged crime thriller is how it is mixed with speculative sex."

- Film echo , 19/1972

"Director Massimo Dallamano cleverly knitted the many threads together."

“Confused thriller. The Edgar Wallace series had reached Italy, but not much in common with the earlier thrillers. (Rating: moderate) "

- Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz : Lexicon "Films on TV", 1990

"Only moderately exciting Wallace film, which has the appearance of a psychological thriller, but is full of inconsistencies and suffocated in fashionable clichés."

Others

literature

  • Edgar Wallace: The secret of the pin (Original title: The Clue of the New Pin ). German translation. Wilhelm Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-05319-6 .
  • Joachim Kramp : The Edgar Wallace Lexicon . Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
  • Joachim Kramp: Hello! This is Edgar Wallace speaking. The story of the legendary German crime film series from 1959–1972 . 3. Edition. Verlag Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89602-645-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The secret of the green pins [sic!] In: Hamburger Abendblatt . June 10, 1972, p. 23 ( abendblatt.de [PDF; 1.9 MB ]). Abendblatt.de ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abendblatt.de
  2. The Secret of the Green Pin. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 25, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used