The man from Morocco
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man from Morocco |
| Original title | The Man of Morocco |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Greene |
| script |
Warwick Ward Edward Dryhurst based on a story by Rudolf Katscher |
| production | Warwick Ward |
| music | Mischa Spoliansky |
| camera |
Basil Emmott Geoffrey Faithfull |
| cut | Flora Newton |
| occupation | |
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The Man from Morocco is a British film drama from 1944 by the German cameraman Mutz Greenbaum (here as Max Greene), who emigrated to Great Britain, with Adolf Wohlbrück (here as Anton Walbrook) in the leading role.
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Spring 1939, the Spanish Civil War is over. The Francoist troops have triumphed and the International Brigades are in the process of disintegration. Beaten by the fascists of the “ Caudillo ”, the Czechoslovak resistance fighter Karel Langer and his people, who had defended the republic, headed towards the French border. In the middle of the Pyrenees he comes across a half-ruined castle, in which the owner Manuela de Roya resides. She has seen better days too. Her brother is on the upper floor and is seriously ill. In his feverish delusion, he believes that Langer is his oldest brother. Manuela and Karel soon enjoy each other. After a short rest, Langer and his fellow combatants moved to the border, where they were allowed into the country, but immediately removed their weapons and interned as foreign combatants . Langer wants to go on to London because he used to live there for a while. With the help of Manuela, who has some contacts, he also manages to get his discharge papers issued. But in the meantime the German Wehrmacht has overrun France and the Vichy government , which is collaborating with Hitler , decides to deport all prisoners to the French Sahara region, where they are supposed to do forced labor. Camp commandant Captain Ricardi then burns Langer's discharge papers, and the fate of the Czech refugee seems sealed for the time being.
Manuela has meanwhile traveled to the camp, where Ricardi has obviously cast an eye on the beautiful Spaniard himself. After all, he allows the two lovers to say goodbye to each other. The forced labor - the prisoners are supposed to build a railroad connection through the desert - in the burning heat of the Sahara is downright murderous for the European slaves, and Langer immediately plans his escape, which, with the help of the doctor Dr. Duboste succeeds. He gives him a list of French people in Morocco who are loyal to the French Republic and from whom he can hope for help to flee to England. With great effort, Karel finally reaches London, where he meets Manuela again. After unsuccessful attempts to hand the Duboste list over to his daughter Sarah, Karel is almost outwitted by a German agent named Erna who pretends to be Sarah in order to get the names of the resistance fighters. In order to secure the valuable document from now on, the Czech passed the paper on to Manuela, who in turn was stolen from Captain Ricardi, who had obviously also arrived in London.
Ricardi tries to deceive Langer by lying to him that Manuela gave him the list out of trust and love, because both Manuela and Ricardi wanted to get married soon. Sarah, who is finally getting to know Langer, also reports that Ricardi and Manuela supposedly had already married. With some difficulties, however, she finally got the list. Now that Langer has nothing left to do in London, he travels back to Morocco to help his fellow combatant escape from the slave labor in North Africa. His venture was a success, and when the Americans landed in North Africa, he was recruited by US intelligence . He is told that it has tracked down two traitors who worked for the enemy and are now in American custody. During a confrontation, Langer sees Manuela and Captain Ricardi again. Since Karel still loves Manuela, he denies knowing the two of them. After her release, Manuela succeeds in speaking to Karel in private and clears up all the errors caused by intrigues and a lack of trust. Now both can begin a future together.
Production notes
The Man from Morocco was created in the second half of 1944 in Welwyn Studios in Welwyn Garden City and was premiered on April 9, 1945 in London. The German premiere took place on February 23, 1951.
DWL Daniels designed the film structures, Anna Duse designed the costumes. Austin Dempster was a simple cameraman. Charles Williams conducted the composition of Mischa Spoliansky.
The German version has been massively shortened by a good half an hour compared to the British original (116 minutes).
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Karel Langer | Adolf Wohlbrück | Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Manuela de Roya | Margaretta Scott | Ursula Grabley |
| Sarah Duboste | Mary Morris | Gudrun Genest |
| Dr. Duboste | David Horne | Walter Werner |
| Colonel Bagley | Hartley Power | Alfred Balthoff |
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film judges: "In the historically well-founded sequence of scenes meaningful, in other parts of naive espionage romance certain adventure film, which, shot in 1944, makes Pétain's mood against the Vichy regime."
Halliwell's Film Guide came to the following conclusion: "Stilted, rambling and extraordinarily unconvincing melodrama with a very uncomfortable star".
Individual evidence
- ^ The man from Morocco in the German dubbing file .
- ↑ The man from Morocco. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 3, 2020 .
- ^ Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 643.
Web links
- The man from Morocco in the Internet Movie Database (English)