The killer with the silk scarf

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Movie
Original title The killer with the silk scarf
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Country of production Germany
Italy
original language German
Publishing year 1966
length 82 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Adrian Hoven
script Adrian Hoven
Wolf Neumeister (adaptation)
production Adrian Hoven
Pier A. Caminneci
music Johannes Rediske
camera Hans Jura
Bob Klebig
occupation

The murderer with the silk scarf is a German-Italian crime film by Adrian Hoven made in autumn 1965 . The ten-year-old debutante Susanne Uhlen took on the key role of the "daughter of a murder victim, whom the perpetrator seeks to kill as an uncomfortable witness". The German premiere was on May 6, 1966.

action

Nine-year-old Claudia sees through the letter slot how her mother Prisca, a bar singer, is being strangled in both of the Viennese apartment in the back of the house. Immediately beforehand, the girl had overheard an argument between her mother and a certain Boris about a letter that Prisca did not want to publish. Since the press reported of Claudia's testimony, the killer has known that he was being watched and tries to get hold of the girl in order to kill the only witness. Claudia, who could expose the murderer, then flees from two police officers who are supposed to take her to a foster family. Boris is already lurking in front of the foster parents Stein's house. Claudia can escape him, however.

The little one secretly returns to her apartment, gets some saved money and digs out again to hide in an empty bunker. Meanwhile, the police are taking the first steps to investigate the murder. Police advisor Erwin Moll and his assistant Fischer are only slowly beginning to understand the importance of the young witness in solving the case. From now on Claudia avoids the public for fear of the murderer. She no longer goes to school and only trusts 'Aunt' Blaschek, the old owner of a small shop. By chance, the opaque Boris recognizes the girl on the street and pursues her again. Claudia escapes him again, this time to a warehouse, where she hides in a scrap heap.

In the meantime, the police arrested the well-known player and small crook Waldemar Fürst and interrogated him - but without result. Claudia, who sees Boris stalking her again in front of her apartment, spends the following night outdoors. In a conversation between Boris and his lover Wally in a pub one learns that Boris, who is involved in opaque business, is definitely interested in the police arresting the "gentle Waldemar". Claudia, who this time observed Boris, now calls Kriminalrat Moll and tells him that the arrested person is not identical to the man she last saw with her mother. Moll promises to come immediately. When Claudia sees Boris leaving the restaurant, she immediately disappears.

In the meantime, Waldemar Fürst has also incriminated the former US soldier Boris Garrett, who was once involved in black market deals in Vienna immediately after the war. Garrett has disappeared from his apartment and his girlfriend Wally is being questioned by the police. At large again, Lord Garrett tracks down and blackmailed him. If he didn't pay, he would whistle Garrett to the police, who have no picture of him. Meanwhile, Wally withdraws 100,000 shillings from the bank that her lover asked for. While driving a car, Garrett stabs the blackmailer prince from behind. Boris is now planning his escape. He breaks open a car and short-circuits it. It is evening again and Claudia is wandering the streets of Vienna again. At this moment Boris comes by with the stolen car and recognizes Claudia.

He races towards the girl, but she escapes. At the same time the police approach and recognize Boris and Claudia. Boris races off in the car and Claudia disappears into the darkness of the night. A police Porsche chases Boris on the city freeway and into the city center. When it comes to a stop, Garrett jumps out of the car, takes a short shot and escapes his pursuers. He goes to Wally's apartment. The police have now found Claudia's coat. There is a letter with a letter about 80,000 schillings. Moll now recognizes the motive for Garrett's murder of Prisca Sampton. Garrett is still trying to intercept Claudia in her hiding place, the old bunker on Vienna's canals. This time she does not escape him.

Boris kidnaps the girl who is screaming for help when Moll and his assistant Fischer arrive. On the run on the canal, Boris leaves the girl behind, who is picked up by Moll. Fischer is now pursuing Garrett alone. Both deliver an exchange of fire. Fischer sags hit. Like Harry Lime in The Third Man , Garrett flees through Vienna's underground sewer system. The police tried to smoke him out with fire. When he tried to escape from an opening in a sewer with fire, he was hit himself and fell back into the sewer and into the fire. The detective and family man Moll promises the disturbed Claudia that he will look after her and take her home and that she will not have to go to the orphanage, as she has always feared.

Production notes

Actor Adrian Hoven made his directorial debut with The Murderer with the Silk Scarf and also appeared as a producer for the first time. He also took on the supporting role of "gentle Waldemar", a sleazy little crook.

The film, working title Fessel der Angst , was based on the crime novel The Murderer and the Child by Thea Tauentzien.

Adi Berber died before the premiere of the film and therefore had to be dubbed.

The film structures were designed by Nino Borghi .

criticism

The lexicon of the international film wrote: "Little dense, far too unrealistic crime game that only gains tension towards the end."

The online presence of Cinema judges: "Old-fashioned crime thriller with a psycho-touch".

Even the evangelical film observer doesn't think much of the film: “Adrian Hovens' directorial debut, an unfortunate mixture of tough detective and sentimental smack, unfortunately seems awkward and also not very credible in the semi-documentary police parts. For adults without any recommendation. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 97.
  2. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexikon des Internationale Films Volume 5, p. 2655. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.
  3. ↑ The murderer with the silk scarf in cinema.de.
  4. ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 171/1966, p. 336