The Rabanser case
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Rabanser case |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Hoffmann |
| script | Curt J. Brown |
| production |
Rolf Meyer for Junge Film-Union, Hamburg |
| music | Werner Eisbrenner |
| camera | Albert Benitz |
| cut | Martha Dübber |
| occupation | |
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The Rabanser case is a German crime film from 1950 that was directed by Kurt Hoffmann .
action
The film is set in post-war Hamburg. The newspaper journalist Peter Rabanser is preparing a factual report in continuation with the title “How I robbed half a million!”. As an alleged photographer, he also made the acquaintance of the two cashiers, Esche and Sass. He finally succeeds under a pretext to arrange a meeting with the two of them during their working hours in an apartment that he has rented under a false name. With this he wants to prove that he could succeed in robbing the two cashiers without witnesses.
In the meantime, Rabanser learns that his brother has embezzled his employer's money. If he does not settle the amount of 30,000 marks shortly, his act will be discovered. In the evening of the day, Rabanser turns in despair to the detective superintendent Schelling, whom he knows well and who he asks for his arrest. He fears that the next morning he will actually attack the cashier and murder them in order to get hold of the money they have transported. The inspector strictly refuses to arrest Rabanser. Better than locking up is a good night's sleep, he says to the surprised Rabanser and sends him home.
The next morning the cashier will appear in the apartment as agreed. When Rabanser darkened the apartment for an arranged film screening, he was knocked down. After the journalist came to, he found the two cashiers shot dead. The money is gone. Rabanser is arrested by Inspector Schelling on suspicion of murder, the messengers were shot with his pistol. Shortly afterwards he managed to escape during a prisoner transport. He is hiding on Baroness Felten's houseboat, who runs an illegal game club there. For some time now, Kriminalrat Petersen has also been a guest there, who is covertly looking for a criminal who has very good contacts with both the underworld and the police. He reveals to Rabanser that he made his escape possible so that he and Rabanser can convict the real perpetrators of the attack together.
Another murder has since been committed. The witness Imhoff, who saw the messenger bag thrown out the window of the apartment, is found dead from the harbor basin. The taxi driver Otto Krause, the brother of the baroness, also investigates on her behalf and seems to track down the perpetrator. When the baroness wants to pass on his findings to Kriminalrat Petersen by telephone, she is shot by a stranger. Peter Rabanser now succeeds in convicting the real perpetrator. He saw him when he shot the baroness. It is detective inspector Schelling who confesses his actions in a conversation with him. Detective Petersen listens to this in an adjoining room. With a targeted shot, criminal assistant Vogel can prevent Rabanser from being killed at the last moment. Schelling is arrested.
Production notes
The film was produced in the Bendestorf studio from June to July 1950 . The outdoor shots were taken in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The first performance took place on September 19, 1950 in Cologne (Hahnentor-Lichtspiele).
criticism
"[...] The fact that a criminal his safe hiding place, which he had acquired in the ranks of the criminal police as a particularly capable detective inspector (in the next film, the police chief will surely be introduced to us as a murderer), is endangered again by an unmotivated murder at least illogical. […] Kurt Hoffmann's subtle and technically masterly direction can only partially cover up these blunders. The director, who, together with the cameraman Albert Benitz, observed the autonomy of the crime film - the greatest economy with close-ups, with music and with dialogues - who lets things speak (rain-soaked houses, street lamps, jetties and clocks), had his actors in one Ensemble summarized, from which especially Hans Söhnker as Peter Rabanser, Ilse Steppat in the role of a disreputable baroness and Inge Meysel as the mistress of a chauffeur stood out. "
"Dramaturgically and technically acceptable crime film."
Web links
- The case Rabanser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Rabanser case at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 108
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Kurt Hoffmann
- ↑ PH: The review in: Die Zeit No. 40/1950 of October 5, 1950, accessed on zeit.de on January 21, 2012
- ^ The Rabanser case. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .