The murder without a perpetrator
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The murder without a perpetrator |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1921 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ewald André Dupont |
| script |
Paul Rosenhayn , Ewald André Dupont |
| production | Hanns Lippmann |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
| occupation | |
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The murder without a perpetrator is a German silent crime film made in 1920 by EA Dupont with Hermann Vallentin , Hanni Weisse and Paul Richter in the lead roles.
action
The story takes place in the newspaper environment of the United States of America. After an innocent man is executed on the electric chair , Mr. Powell, editor of the newspaper "Die Menschheit" (Humanity), decides to show his readers how easy it is to get him caught up in justice and land on death row. On the basis of a faked "murder" he wants to demonstrate the possibility of a miscarriage of justice. With his employee, the young editor Murphy, he comes up with a plan. Murphy, who is due to go underground in the near future, will be the alleged murder victim, while a young man will play the suspected perpetrator. Faked evidence of the bloody act should underpin the alleged crime. The young man who is supposed to play the alleged perpetrator in this farce with a serious background is the petty crook Bobby Stanley.
In fact, everything is going as planned. Stanley is arrested, the evidence speaks against him, and a high-profile trial results in Stanley being sentenced to death. Now would be the time to dissolve the entire charade, but suddenly the "murdered man" is really dead: Murphy's body is found, he was shot. Murphy's fiancée Alice and Powell's lover Florence do everything possible to prove Stanley's innocence, while Mr. Powell is noticeably restrained. He has every reason to, because this "fake murder" is entirely on his account: Powell found out some time ago that Florence was cheating on him with Murphy. The newspaper publisher then devised this complicated construction in order to get rid of his rival in an elegant way without suspicion falling on him. At the last moment the newspaper mogul confesses and Stanley is saved from execution.
Production notes
The murder without a perpetrator passed film censorship on December 28, 1920 and was banned from youth. The premiere took place on January 7, 1921 in two Berlin cinemas. The length of the five-act was around 1,600 meters.
The film structures were designed by Robert A. Dietrich .
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: "The material is very dramatic, the game and photos are excellent, the scenery is very good."
Web links
- The murder without culprit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The murder without a perpetrator at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The murder without a perpetrator in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
