The law of the clan
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The law of the clan |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Eugene York |
| script | Hanne-Lore Morell |
| production | Günter Haase |
| music | Hans-Martin Majewski |
| camera | Günter Haase |
| cut | Hermann Haller |
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The Law of the Clan is a German gangster film by Eugen York that was made on Ibiza at the end of 1976 , and this was the last cinema production of this film. The film has a prominent cast, led by Horst Frank , Heidi Brühl , Gert Fröbe and Friedrich Schütter .
action
Ibiza mourns because Anne Coronado is leading a dear friend to her final resting place today. She died from a dose of adulterated drugs. Anne's husband Pepe Coronado runs a hotel on the Mediterranean island. But this is nowhere near his most profitable source of income. Coronado is a sinister fellow, he has his fingers in all sorts of dark machinations like drug trafficking. He also has close business ties with the local mafia clan. This is particularly uncomfortable for Pepe's wealthy English wife Anne, whose girlfriend died of all things because of the contaminated drugs from Pepe's hand. Because when Anne finds out, as expected, she is extremely bad at her husband and wants to separate from him. Since stubborn, self-determined or even divorced women are not provided for in the statutes of a patriarchal mafia extended family and Pepe is in the chalk after some bad deals with his dark business partners, the law of the clan requires Anne to be murdered. She knows too much how the godfather is, which amounts to a death sentence. In addition, Pepe hopes to come into possession of her inheritance after Anne's death. And so it happens.
Anne is electrocuted to make it look like a terrible accident. But at home her parents had taken out a high life insurance policy for Anne, and since the insurance company is reluctant to pay the same, the company from England sends two insurance agents to the island: the shrewd Philip Brown, a former chief investigator of Scotland Yard , and his friend Gordon Hamilton. Above all, the beefy Brown, type of bite-proof fox terrier with the disposition of a butcher's dog, proves to be a tough chunk who simply won't give up on his on-site investigations, especially since the Ibiza police have long been infiltrated by the mafia and have therefore stopped their own investigations . Soon, however, the police can no longer look the other way, and Anne's killer finally becomes a burden for the "honorable society". So the clan orders to kill Anne's killer, her own husband ...
Production notes
The law of the clan was created within 25 days of shooting between November 13th and December 13th, 1976. The premiere took place on March 24th, 1977 in Berlin's Gloria Palast .
There are vocal interludes by Anneliese Rothenberger and Ricky King . Brigitte Kollecker , who plays Horst Frank's lover, was his wife in real life.
criticism
"The modest attempt at a German gangster film."
Web links
- The law of the clan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The law of the clan at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Law of the Clan. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .