The Secret of the Red Cat (1949)
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| Original title | The Red Cat's Secret |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Helmut Weiss |
| script | Helmut Weiss |
| production | Comedia-Filmgesellschaft, Berlin-Munich ( Erwin Gitt ) |
| music | Werner Bochmann |
| camera | Erich Claunigk |
| cut | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
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The Secret of the Red Cat is a German feature film from 1949 with Heinz Rühmann in the leading role. It is a remake of the 1931 feature film of the same name .
action
André is an unsuccessful actor who is supposed to create a suitable atmosphere in the seedy Parisian pub "Die Rote Cat" with a role as gang leader. Gloria Jefferson, daughter of an American jewelry dealer, is attracted by the hustle and bustle. In the meantime, her father is said to have acquired the huge diamond called "Halifax". The crook Pitou intends to steal the diamond and sees in André a serious opponent. Pitou forces André to join forces with him. Over time, the gemstone changes hands several times until it finally gets back into the hands of the jeweler. Gloria and André become a couple, while the real gangsters are exposed.
background
The same material, which goes back to an idea by Erich Engels , was filmed in 1931 by the director Erich Schönfelder under the same title. The new film was shot in the Bavaria Film studio in Geiselgasteig . The outdoor shots were taken in and around Munich. The Secret of the Red Cat was premiered in Munich on April 14, 1949.
Reviews
"Detective and disguise clothes with pop music and sparse comedic highlights."
literature
- Hans J. Wulff: “All big criminals look insignificant!” Heinz Rühmann's post-war film The Secret of the Red Cat (1949) . In: Filmblatt, vol. 25 (2020), issue 72, pp. 3-18.
Web links
- The mystery of the red cat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 51 f.
- ↑ a b The secret of the red cat in the lexicon of international films .