Högler's mission
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Högler's mission |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gustav von Wangenheim |
| script | Gustav von Wangenheim |
| production | DEFA , manufacturing group " Kurt Hahne " |
| music | Ernst Hermann Meyer |
| camera | Walter Rosskopf |
| cut | Lena Neumann |
| occupation | |
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Högler's commission is a GDR cinema film by Gustav von Wangenheim from 1950 . The DEFA production is about West German industrial espionage in a state- owned steel mill .
action
After the division of Germany, the “Luisenhütte” steelworks lies exactly on the border and is separated into a West German and an East German plant by a river. In the west, the former director Högler is still in charge. After the expropriation and conversion into a state-owned company, the eastern part of the factory was taken over by the engineer Dr. Subordinated to Thelen.
Dr. Thelen develops a new process for steel production, which Högler wants to come up with at all costs. In addition to bribery and espionage, he also used slander, which almost fell victim to the union official Maria. She meets the Munich trade unionist Fritz, whom she still knows from the anti-fascist resistance . Together they can uncover and prevent Högler's criminal activities.
Production and publication
The black and white film was shot under the working title West-Eastern Wedding in the Atelier Berlin-Johannisthal and had its world premiere on January 24, 1950 in the Maxhütte in Unterwellenborn , where a large part of the filming took place. Further premieres took place on the same day in the Hennigsdorf , Riesa , Gröditz and Kirchmöser steelworks , as well as in the Berlin light bulb factory , with the participation of Walter Ulbricht in addition to several ministers of the GDR government, and in the Berlin DEFA film theater Kastanienallee .
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films writes:
“ Industrial espionage film shaped by the ideology of the Cold War , staged and played in wood, but interesting as a mirror of contemporary history. One of the first DEFA films that were consistently shot according to the principles of socialist realism. "
In the Berliner Zeitung , Hans Ulrich Eylau remarked:
“Although the film tracked down an essential topic and addressed many important questions, the result remains unsatisfactory because it does not answer the questions with the necessary clarity. It is significant that he found no face in acting either. Only the batches come to some degree of unity in the design. Otherwise you stay cool. This also applies to Inge von Wangenheim in the main role of the capable Maria, who is not very happily directed by her husband. "
literature
- "Lexicon of International Films" , Rowohlt Verlag Reinbek, 1995, ISBN 978-3-499-16357-9 (page 357)
- "The second life of the film city Babelsberg" , Henschelverlag Berlin, 1994, ISBN 978-3-89487-175-8
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 47-48 .
Web links
- The order Höglers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Högler's order from filmportal.de
- Movie poster on flimmerkiste.net
- Högler's assignment to the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ defa.de
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from January 26, 1950, p. 3
- ↑ Högler 's order. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of January 27, 1950, p. 3