The death flyer

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Movie
Original title The death flyer
Country of production Germany
Publishing year 1921
length 5 acts, 2310 m, at 22 fps 92 minutes
Rod
Director Valy Arnhem
script Alf Zengerling based on an idea by Margot Pallas
production Richard Spelling, Valy Arnhem Film
camera Hermann Schadock
occupation

also

The Death Flyer is the title of a German silent detective film from the Harry Hill series, which Valy Arnheim made in 1921 based on an idea by Margot Pallas and the manuscript written afterwards by Alf Zengerling . He also embodied the detective Harry Hill. Marga Lindt and Victor Colani played at his side .


background

The buildings were designed by Bernhard Schwidewski , with Hermann Schadock at the camera . The producer was Richard Spelling . The film was censored on June 24, 1921 and was approved under the number B.03517. It was premiered on August 12, 1921 in Berlin. The Werner & Walter company in Leipzig took over the first rental.


literature

  • German Theater Lexicon. Volume 7, parts 38-39: Zedler - Zysset. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-026901-7 , p. 3751. (on Zengerling Alf, eigtl. Aloys Alfons)
  • Alfred Krautz: International directory of cinematographers, set and costume designers in film. Volume 4. Verlag Saur, 1984, ISBN 3-598-21434-0 , p. 347.
  • Alfred Krautz, Hille Krautz, Joris Krautz: Encyclopedia of film directors in the United States of America and Europe. Volume 2, Verlag Saur, 1997, ISBN 3-598-21502-9 , p. 16. (on Arnhem)
  • Tobias Nagl: The creepy machine. Race and Representation in Weimar Cinema. Research on film and media studies. Edition Text + Criticism, Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-88377-910-2 , pp. 77, 814.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Photo “Marga Lindt in Der Todes-Flieger” In: Illustrierte Filmwoche. Vol. 9, No. 18, 1921 at ebay.ch , accessed on April 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Photo of the artist with dedication from 1933 on ebayimg.com , accessed on April 12, 2016; on Colani cf. also kinotv.com
  3. cf. Birett, sources , film data from 1920.