The white adventure
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The white adventure |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| script | Wolf Neumeister |
| production | Günther Stapenhorst |
| music |
Robert Gilbert Emil Ferstl |
| camera |
Willy Faktorovitch Jean Marie Guinot George Markman H. Rohlig |
| cut | Doris Zeltmann |
| occupation | |
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The White Adventure is a German feature film from 1952 directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt . The main roles in this story about smugglers in a small winter sports resort are starring alongside Joe Stöckel and Lucie Englisch with Adrian Hoven and Josefin Kipper .
action
There is a small ski area close to the Bavarian / Austrian border. There the retired criminal inspector Josef Stutzinger runs the hotel "Alpenrose". The people in the small town of Firnau find it difficult to get used to the fact that Stutzinger is no longer responsible for law and order, which the pensioner finds sometimes quite stressful. One day a Dr. Peter Wiedemann, Doctor of Philosophy, as he lets Franzi Schlott, who works there, know. Stutzinger's niece Lotte Wendel, who worked there as a ski instructor after the death of her father, who was also a detective and was shot on duty, immediately aroused Wiedemann's interest. He signs up for her ski course, but is very clumsy on the slopes. Stutzinger notices that as a beginner he was wearing racing skis. Wiedemann cleverly bypasses his question in this regard.
Not only Franzi is interested in the smuggler stories that are circulating in the village. Katharina, the wife of the ski manufacturer Alois Brandl, also has news to report about the smugglers and the border guards and is amused that they would even unscrew and check the ski poles at the border. To the sorrow of her husband, she often and often spends a lot of money on smart clothes that he wants to earn first.
While playing cards, the mayor tells Stutzinger that a young, dark-haired, very handsome man is said to be a member of the smugglers' gang. Lotte, who overhears the conversation, feels a thought rise within her that she quickly suppresses. When Stutzinger goes home later, his dachshund hits Jockel and sniffs something in the snow. It is a medal for the winner of the 1949 slalom championship in Tyrol .
The sophisticated Lydia Bartnik is a regular customer of Brandl's workshop. She makes sure that Wiedemann is arrested, whom she accuses of stealing in her room. Lotte doesn't believe the accusation and stands up for Peter. She also visits him in prison and speaks to his conscience if he is actually involved in the smuggling. Peter appreciates your sympathy, but doesn't seem like someone who is worried about his future. Lotte meanwhile has a conversation with her uncle and reminds him that he had promised her father that he would always be there for her. She asks him to make an exception in this particular case and to investigate. Stutzinger agrees, but sets two conditions. Firstly, no one should know that he is conducting an investigation and secondly, even if Peter is guilty, she has to accept the result without complaining to him if the result turns out differently than she had hoped. Lotte firmly believes in Peter and agrees. Stutzinger begins his research at the Austrian Alpine Club in Salzburg , where he learns that a certain Dr. Karl Holzmüller won the slalom in 1949 . When he sees a picture of Holzmüller, his assumption that Wiedemann is Holzmüller becomes a certainty.
On the day of the final party on the occasion of the ski season, Lydia Bartnik appears again in Brandl's workshop with a small package in hand and disappears with him into another room. She later visits the festival and meets Wiedemann there, who has escaped from prison. When she wants to know what role he has in the smuggling game, he indicates to her that he is involved in the matter, which she is obviously pleased with, so that she withdraws her complaint. Franzi, who was watching the two of them, tells Lotte why she is so disappointed that she leaves the party. Peter follows her and from the safety of a wooden hut they watch a man who takes off a ski and allows it to go down the mountain directly towards the border fence. The other day Peter meets Katharina Brandl on just one ski, the other one just broke, she explains. Stutzinger, who also notices that, makes up his mind. During a search in Lydia's room, he finds the second ski with Franzi's help, but first packs it back again. Without their knowledge, they are watched by Peter through a window.
Brandl, who was repeatedly tempted by Lydia Bartnik to smuggle a small package in the front part of a ski across the border, only now realized that it was cocaine . He then refuses to cooperate, but Lydia threatens to force him to take part one last time. Tomorrow she was gone anyway and he could use the not inconsiderable financial contribution for his services for his demanding wife.
When Lotte and Peter, who meet on the piste, see a skier whizzing past them again, Peter follows them down the steep piste, much to Lotte's concern. Stutzinger is also waiting down at the border fence and receiving the ski. Then Lydia shows up with her accomplice and turns everything around so that Peter stands there as the smuggler in front of the border police officer who approaches. When he tries to arrest him, Stutzinger takes action and passes Peter a document that shows him as Dr. Karl Holzmüller identifies the border police officer of the Bavarian State Police with all legitimations. The fraudulent couple is arrested and Lotte gets her Peter. What began as a white adventure leads the young couple on their honeymoon in Venice .
Production notes
It is a 1951 film made by Carlton Film GmbH (Munich) , represented by Günther Stapenhorst , which was shown for the first time on February 8, 1952 in the Universum in Essen . The film structures were designed by Robert Herlth and Willi Schatz , the costumes by Ilse Dubois .
criticism
The lexicon of the international film spoke of an "undemanding, cozy mixture of crime thriller and amusement that is reasonably entertaining".
The program magazine Hörzu stated: "A successful mixture of ski fun and crime thriller."
Web links
- The white adventure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The white adventure at filmportal.de . Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ↑ The white adventure at zweiausendeins.de. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ↑ The white adventure at hoerzu.de. Retrieved April 1, 2014.