The man who is looking for himself

Movie
Original title	The man who is looking for himself
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1950
length	84 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Géza from Cziffra
script	Géza by Cziffra Rudolf Köller
production	Neo-Film GmbH, Hamburg-Munich
music	Michael Jary
camera	Willy Winterstein
cut	Alice Ludwig
occupation
Vera Molnar : Victoria Miller Wolf Albach-Retty : Marius Aldon Petra Trautmann : Jeanette Karl Schönböck : Jack d'Alimonte Paul Kemp : Theobald Finger Hans Leibelt : Mr. Miller, Viktoria's father Hubert von Meyerinck : Director Cattoni Bobby Todd : Sandro, doorman Rudolf Platte : Samba-Heini Rita Paul : bar singer

The man who seeks himself is a German fiction film by director Géza von Cziffra from 1950. It is a musical crime comedy about the theft of jewels.

action

The singer Victoria Miller is admired not only for her voice and her beauty, but she also has a valuable treasure trove of jewels. A secret lover prevents her from marrying a dubious gentleman and steals her jewels. As a detective, he is now pursuing himself and playing the imitation jewels into the hands of the crook. When he is finally arrested, his adored singer comes to his aid because she has recognized his good intentions. He is freed from her, so that nothing stands in the way of marriage.

Production notes

The film was shot in the Hamburg-Rahlstedt studio. The outdoor shots were taken on the Côte d'Azur , on the Nebelhorn , in Travemünde and on the Reeperbahn . The film was funded by the brothers and textile entrepreneurs Peter and Michael Margaritoff. Herbert Kirchhoff was responsible for the buildings, the production and manufacturing management was in the hands of Michael Margaritoff and Hans Mühlberg. It premiered on August 18, 1950 in Frankfurt and other cities.

criticism

stoer.de thinks that the film is a bright spot among the many unimportant strips.

Filmdienst considers the film to be a secondary crime thriller.

literature

• Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946–1955 , Filmbuchverlag Winterberg, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-921612-01-2

Web links

• The man who is looking for himself at filmportal.de
• The man, who himself looks for in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The man who searches for himself in the lexicon of international film

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The man who seeks himself. In: Back thenKino. April 17, 2013, accessed on December 31, 2019 (German). 
2. ↑ ČSFD.cz. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ The man who seeks himself. Accessed December 31, 2019 .