The man with the tree frog
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The man with the tree frog |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| script |
Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Gerhard Lamprecht |
| production | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| music | Artur Guttmann |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
| occupation | |
as well as Gerhard Bienert , Heinrich Gretler , Franz Julius Schönfeld , Wolfram Anschütz , Erika Dannhoff , Harry Grunwald | |
The man with the tree frog is a German silent detective film from 1928 by Gerhard Lamprecht with Heinrich George in the title role.
action
An even more obscure, nameless guest stays in an obscure hotel. He is a well-built but well-dressed man with an umbrella who carries a tree frog in a glass. That man prefers to hang around the hallways and stairs of the inn, supposedly to find flies for food for his animal. Obviously, there is more to him than that: the man also listens to doors and their keyholes.
At the same time: The young Yvette Bruneaux, the only daughter of an art dealer, intends to celebrate the engagement to her noble fiancé Henri Vallencours when her long lost mother turns up. Lou Bruneaux had once left husband and daughter to run away with a useless day thief and adventurer. She urgently needs money now and is only interested in her daughter's lucky day to the extent that she steals the bridal jewelry from Yvette. A series of events lead them to the hotel where the man with the tree frog stayed.
Her body is found here a little later; the lonely husband, Monsieur Bruneaux, is suspected of murder. But he did just as little as the tree frog keeper, who is rather a shrewd criminalist. Soon he found the real murderer: it was the hotel servant and the maid, his accomplice. The snoop had taken up residence in the hotel because he had been on the trail of this criminal couple for some time. Yvette and her lover Henri can now enter into the bond of life undisturbed.
Production notes
The Man with the Tree Frog passed the censorship on December 22, 1928 and premiered on February 4, 1929. The film had eight acts, spread over 2,434 meters and was banned from young people.
Franz Vogel took over the production management. Otto Moldenhauer designed the film structures. 19-year-old Erika Dannhoff made her film debut here.
Reviews
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: "The strong tension that emanates from the extremely effective detective film makes it extremely interesting and attractive, one follows breathlessly the course of the extremely skillful and opaque action, the solution of which surprises the viewer."
Paimann's film lists summed up: "A subject, free of kitsch, after a promising exposition exciting to the end, carefully staged, the actors offering excellent collective performances."
Web links
- The man with the frog in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The man with the tree frog at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Man with the Tree Frog". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , May 18, 1929, p. 16 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ The man with the tree frog in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
