The Judas of Tyrol (1933)

Movie
Original title	The Judas of Tyrol
Country of production	German Empire
original language	German
Publishing year	1933
length	81 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Franz east
script	Hans Curjel
production	Lothar Stark , Anatol Potok , Serge Otzoup , Else Krüger for Lothar Stark-Film GmbH
music	Gottfried Huppertz
camera	Willy Winterstein
cut	Friedel Buckow
occupation
Fritz Rasp : Raffl Camilla Spira : Walpurga Marianne Hoppe : Josefa Inez Allegri : Vroni Hanns Beck-Gaden : A young farmer Fritz Kampers : Jörgel Eduard von Winterstein : Kreuzwirt Rudolf Klein-Rogge : First Officer Theodor Loos : A commissioner Oskar Marion : Commander Leopold von Ledebur : The Colonel Carl Wilhelm Tetting : A sergeant Hans Hermann Schaufuss : game master

The Judas of Tyrol is a film drama of the director Franz Osten from the year 1933. The film adaptation based on the eponymous literary presentation of the writer Karl Schönherr from 1897. In the lead roles embody Fritz Rasp the servant Raffl and Marianne Hoppe , the patriotic maid Josefa.

action

Tyrol at the beginning of the 19th century. Napoleon marched in with his troops and keeps the region occupied. The leader of the freedom fighters, Andreas Hofer , has found a place in the alpine hut of the farmer Pfandler where he can hide. Farmer Pfandler also takes care of the food, while his servant Raffl helps him. Raffl would also like to be a farmer. The fact that he is just a servant who has to follow the instructions of his farmer alone and has no rights himself has not suited him for a long time.

Raffl only has one thing in mind: to become a farmer himself and thus have the right to slip into the role of Christ at the Passion Play . Since he is not granted this right as a servant, he slips into the role of Judas at the games and thus sees himself as entitled to reveal the place of hiding to Napoleon's troops. The maid Josefa, who learns of the betrayal, rushes to the hiding place to warn the leader of the freedom movement. In a careless hurry, she falls and is killed.

Production notes

The film, shot from June to mid-July 1933, celebrated its world premiere on August 26, 1933 in three Munich cinemas; the Berlin premiere took place on November 21, 1933 in the Marmorhaus . In the USA it was shown for the first time on April 26, 1935 (there under the title The Judas of Tyrol ). In Austria it was shown in the cinemas there under the title The Eternal Treason . Karl Löb assisted Willy Winterstein with the camera work, and Hans Jacoby was responsible for the film construction. Fritz Klotzsch was production manager.

Reviews

"While the main role is impressively psychologizing, the drawing of the French oppressors remains flat and striking."

- Lexicon of international film

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• The Judas of Tyrol in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Judas of Tyrol at filmportal.de
• The Judas of Tyrol at murnau-stiftung.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Judas von Tirol (1933) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 18, 2015 . 
2. ↑ The Judas of Tyrol. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ The Judas of Tyrol. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .