The man in the loden coat
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man in the loden coat |
| Original title | Un om în loden |
| Country of production | Romania |
| original language | Romanian |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nicolae Mărgineanu |
| script | Nicolae Mărgineanu, Haralamb Zincă |
| music | Cornel Țăranu |
| camera | Gabor Tarco |
| cut | Helga Preatcu |
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The man in the loden coat is a Romanian crime film based on the detective novel Death Comes on the Tape (in the original: Moartea vine pe bandă de magnetofon ) by Haralamb Zincă. It is the debut film by the Romanian director Nicolae Mărgineanu. The film was released on VHS in Germany under the title Vom Wahnsinn chased (Progess-Filmverleih). The international title was The Man in the Overcoat .
action
Engineer Dan Stamatiad works at the Institute for Geophysics and Geology in Bucharest and thus has secret information about certain deposits. One evening he received a mysterious letter in which he was told that it was already certain when, where and how he would die. Soon he will also receive a tape with the voice of a man telling him that he will soon know who is trying to kill him and why. A little later, Dan's sister is followed through the streets of Bucharest and shot in an elevator. The counterintelligence kicks in, further threatening calls and threatening letters follow. The security forces are investigating and questioning some suspects. Little by little it becomes clear to Dan who might be keen to kill him and why. The case goes way back in time. The employees of the state security finally succeed in arresting the creepy man in the loden coat. The perpetrator tried to combine an espionage assignment with personally motivated revenge on Dan.
criticism
"Well constructed, but also exciting crime film."
background
The film was produced by Româniafilm Film Studio Bucharest, Casa de Films 1, with a budget of 2,762,000 lei. The film was shot between August 31 and October 24, 1978 in Bucharest. In Romania, the film was seen by 1,689,174 people in cinemas.
Awards
- 1979 Prize "Opera Prima"
- 1980 Costineşti Prize for Direction and Music
German dubbed version
The film had its German premiere in GDR cinemas on December 28, 1979 and was first broadcast on GDR TV (1st program) on December 12, 1981. The German dubbed version was produced by DEFA-Studio für Synchron in Berlin, the dialogue book was written by Hanns Beyer, and the dialogue director was directed by Gerhard Paul.
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Stamatiad | Victor Rebengiuc | Helmut Schellhardt |
| Lucian | Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan | Hans Oldenbürger |
| Lieutenant Frunza | Constantin Diplan | Klaus Nietz |
| Aman | George Constantin | Joachim Konrad |
| Panait | Mircea Albulescu | Eberhard Mellies |
| Gramosts | Cazimir Tanase | Oswald Foerderer |
| Aman's girlfriend | Draga Olteanu Matei | Ruth Glöß |
| Mioara | Florina Luican | Margot Busses |
| Nelu Matu | Gheorghe Visu | Detlef Bierstedt |
| Institute director | Silviu Stanculescu | Manfred Wagner |
| Secretary in the institute | Elena Sereda | Evamaria Bath |
| an investigator | Dan Tufaru | Ernst Meincke |
Web links
- The man in the loden coat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The man in the loden coat. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 26, 2017 .