The cry for help
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The cry for help |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1916 |
| length | 75 (Germany), 87 (Austria) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Adolf Gärtner |
| production | Ernst Reicher |
| occupation | |
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The Call for Help is a German detective film from 1916 in the Stuart Webbs film series .
action
The department store IP Hall has a big problem: A total of 50 fake 1000-mark banknotes were found in their cash registers. The cashier Edith Heber is suspected of having something to do with the flowers. A call for help overtakes detective Stuart Webbs, who is supposed to solve this mysterious case.
Webb's research reveals that the American Brook and his gang are behind this sea of flowers. Brook kidnapped a banknote specialist and forced him in his dungeon to manufacture the fake 1000-mark notes. Webbs can free the flower counterfeiter against his will and arrest Brook and his gang.
Production notes
The Call for Help is the 11th film in this series and was shot in June 1916 in the Stuart Webbs Film Atelier in Berlin-Weißensee . After passing the censorship in July 1916, it was banned from young people and premiered in September 1916 in the marble house. In Austria-Hungary (Vienna) the call for help started on October 20, 1916. The film had four acts and was 1529 meters long in Germany and 1780 meters in Austria-Hungary, which corresponds to a playing time of about 75 and 87 minutes respectively.
The film was also subtitled The Banknote Forgers .
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: "Interesting material, game, photos and scenery very good".
Web links
- The call for help in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The call for help at filmportal.de
- The call for help at The German Early Cinema Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film length calculator
- ↑ The call for help in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
