The shadow of the Lord Monitor

Movie
Original title	The shadow of the Lord Monitor
Country of production	Germany
Publishing year	1950
length	82 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Eugene York
script	Just shy of Ernst Nebhut
production	Walter Koppel
music	Wolfgang Zeller
camera	Willy Winterstein Ekkehard Kyrath
cut	Alice Ludwig-Rasch
occupation
Carl Raddatz : Christoph Monitor / Robb Paul Dahlke : Thomas Gossip Marianne Wischmann : Petra, Monitor's wife Katja Görna : Genia, Robb's friend Carl-Heinz Schroth : taxi driver Carl Voscherau : Porter Just shy: bailiffs Heinz Klingenberg : Public Prosecutor Willy Maertens : Defense attorney Dr. Bing Josef Dahmen : first dock worker Arnim Dahl : second dock worker Alexander Hunzinger : Night watchman Bruno Klockmann : Porter in the night club Horst Szielasko : Driver of the delivery truck Erich Weiher : Co-driver of the delivery truck Kurt A. Jung : Motorcyclist Änne Bruck : elegant lady Heinz Sailer : Auditor Dr. Bergs Gustl Busch : Maid at Monitor Joseph Offenbach : Post Office Clerk Konrad Mayerhoff : second post office clerk

Der Schatten des Herr Monitor is a German crime film by Eugen York with Carl Raddatz in a double role. At his side, Paul Dahlke plays another leading role.

action

The entrepreneur Christoph Monitor and Thomas Gossip are old friends. Both love one and the same woman, the young Petra. Since Thomas had a carefree vacation week with Petra not so long ago, he is pretty sure that Petra must love him as much as he does her. But this turns out to be a big misjudgment at the latest when the monitor snatches Petra, as he believes, from under his nose and marries. Gossip is deeply offended and angry. His friendship with Christoph breaks because of this, and Gossip seeks bitter vengeance. He wants to destroy the life of his former friend and for this reason thinks of a diabolical plan of revenge.

Gossip is lucky when one day he runs into a man who looks almost identical to the monitor. The man is a shabby engineer who has seen much better days and is grateful for every job that promises new income. Robb fell victim to gambling addiction. In order to ruin Christoph Monitor's reputation and life equally, his new shadow Robb, who is now dressed and outfitted in the style of Monitor, is supposed to go on a robbery tour as his doppelganger at night. Indeed, Gossip appears to be succeeding with his sinister plan, as the police soon find out about Mr. Monitor, who is arrested and brought to justice. Before the completely innocent is convicted, Petra Monitor sees through the evil game of the wrong friend and lets him blow up. Gossip's accomplices are arrested and a miscarriage of justice prevented.

Production notes

The shooting took place in the real film studios in Hamburg-Wandsbek as well as in downtown Hamburg and in the port of Hamburg. The German premiere was on September 5, 1950 in the Waterloo cinema in the Hanseatic city, in Berlin, the strip ran on September 28 of the same year.

Real-Film co-boss Gyula Trebitsch took over the production management, his wife Erna Sander took care of the costume selection. Mathias Matthies designed the film structures. Werner Pohl was responsible for the sound. Heinz Pehlke was a simple cameraman. Arnim Dahl did the stunts, for example when the man runs over roofs and gutters.

Reviews

The time was that director Eugen York had developed with Der Schatten des Herr Monitor "to the experienced average director".

The lexicon of international films says: "Constructed crime film, staged without tension and stenciled."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A Chance for German Film , in: The time of September 28, 1950
2. ↑ The Shadow of Mr. Monitor. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 17, 2020 .  

Web links

• The shadow of the Lord monitor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The shadow of Mr. Monitor at filmportal.de