The Joker (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Joker |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Patzak |
| script |
Jonathan Carroll Peter Patzak |
| production | Karl Spiehs |
| music |
Frank Diez Peter Maffay Carl Carlton Tony Carey |
| camera |
Dietrich Lohmann Igor Luther |
| cut | Michou Hutter |
| occupation | |
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The Joker is a German crime film from 1987 directed by Peter Patzak . The feature film is about a commissioner's fight against organized crime . Peter Maffay plays the main role as Commissioner Jan Bogdan. The location of the thriller was the city of Hamburg . The film started on October 15, 1987.
action
Two well-known heroin dealers and a prostitute from the drug milieu are hired by the professional hired killer Dr. Proper shot with a silenced Mauser C96 . As with his previous murders, the perpetrator leaves an ace playing card at the scene of the crime as an identification mark . Commissioner Jan Bogdan and his colleague Toni, who is having a secret affair with Bogdan's girlfriend Daniela, lead the police investigation of the Hamburg homicide squad . The traces suggest that the hit man Dr. Proper was hired by the boss of a powerful criminal organization.
The Italian restaurant "Santini", which is run by Daniela's father and the one racketeering opposes, Bogdan is seriously injured in a bomb attack. Daniela's father dies in the explosion. Apparently paraplegic , embittered and released from duty, the ex-commissioner continues his investigation in the red light district of St. Pauli on his own in a wheelchair and tries to extort a confession from the two people responsible for the bombing. The first is mangled by Bogdan's dog and the second by Dr. Proper executed with a police gun. In a conversation between Bogdan and Dr. The hit man correctly indicates that he was once a police officer and that he would not take on jobs that are too personal for him. Bogdan isn't sure he can trust the killer. When Bogdan was in a wheelchair days later, he was murdered. A truck and a car try to run over him. Bogdan barely escapes the attack and realizes that he can walk again. Meanwhile, his girlfriend is kidnapped by those who commissioned the attacks and his friend Toni is killed. He manages to shoot one, and the second is taken by Dr. Proper shot. When Bogdan has brought Daniela to safety, he drives to the last two criminals and brings them down. Bogdan later meets Dr. Proper and his police chief Axel in a pub. Bogdan learns from Axel that organized crime cannot be completely smashed and that Axel had previously dealt with the ace and now with Dr. Proper working together. Dr. Proper lets Bogdan live because he did the dirty work for him. Disappointed and angry, he makes his way to Daniela.
Towards the end of the film, Bogdan and Daniela are at a city festival. There, Bogdan is shot by a person who cannot be seen by the audience.
Reviews
"Peter Patzak, the Austrian director, shot a tough, sentimental, hungover, German big-city thriller with an overwhelmingly rat-like Peter Maffay in the lead role."
“'Steppenwolf'-Peter Maffay fishes a little wooden in the neon gloom of German crime, supported by the world stars Michael York, Tahnee Welch and Elliout Gould. Well-made thriller with elements from Hollywood's 'black series', which reached half a million viewers in the cinema. Attractive subject matter and a strong cast. "
“In Peter Patzak's film 'The Joker' pretty much everything comes to a bad end, a risk that the director and screenwriters took to realize their idea of pure genre cinema: 'The Joker' is currently the best card in a game , which is called German action cinema. "
"Crude story, confused by the veteran Patzak. Conclusion: 80s trash from beautiful Hamburg. "
Film music
Tony Carey's album "Bedtime Story" (released 1987) contains the complete original soundtrack for the film.
Web links
- The wild card in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Seeßlen : The Joker . In: filmzentrale.com . Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ↑ The Joker. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The Joker with Peter Maffay . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 1987, ISSN 0038-7452 .
- ↑ The Joker (1987) or: Tabaluga's papa was once a lone wolf. In: Cinema . Retrieved February 15, 2015 .