The tunnel (1933)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The tunnel |
| Country of production |
Germany France |
| original language |
German French |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Bernhardt |
| script |
Kurt Bernhardt Reinhart Steinbicker |
| production | Ernst Garden |
| music | Walter Gronostay |
| camera | Carl Hoffmann |
| cut | Gottlieb Madl |
| occupation | |
French version:
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The Tunnel is a science fiction film from 1933 based on the 1913 novel Der Tunnel by Bernhard Kellermann . The black and white film depicts the events surrounding a 15 year tunnel construction. The tunnel is intended to connect America and Europe.
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Mac Allan, an engineer with vision, has huge plans: a tunnel 4,000 meters underground will connect Europe and America. To make his vision a reality, Allan is looking for donors. Various Wall Street sizes are convinced and the huge sums of money are raised. The project is expected to be completed over a period of 15 years. Allan takes over the management and at first the tunnel construction is progressing very quickly. A problem arises when a subterranean swamp is drilled into, which causes the tunnel to collapse.
Woolf, the president of the lending syndicate , thinks his chance has come to prevent further construction of the tunnel. For him, the tunnel is just an object for stock market speculation . Woolf uses an agitator to incite the tunnel workers to strike, but Allan uses a heroic speech to convince the workers to keep going.
Woolf, who threatens to lose everything through his speculations, is now going to extremes. He hires a saboteur to blow up the tunnel. 200 workers and Mary Allan are killed in the attack. Mac Allan now, deeply hit, wants to give up tunneling. Woolf sees himself almost there, but Hobby, the demolition expert , an old friend of Allan's, convinces the engineer to continue. Allan, now determined to complete his life's work, goes to work with renewed vigor. Woolf, who has now lost everything, commits suicide .
Finally, after 15 years the time has come: the tunnel is finished, a connection between Europe and America has been created. The workers from Europe and America shake hands in the tunnel.
Production notes
The film was produced jointly by Vandor-Film (Paris) and Bavaria-Film AG (Munich). The film was shot from the end of July to September 1933 in the Bavaria studio in Munich-Geiselgasteig. The exterior shots were taken in the Maffei locomotive factory .
At the same time, the French-language version Le tunnel was created with the same technical team and a largely different cast of actors.
The film was released in German cinemas in several cities on October 27, 1933. The performance in the Berlin Capitol on November 3, 1933 is not the premiere. The tunnel was first shown on television on October 5, 1964 in the DFF and on May 19, 1968 in the NDR .
Reviews
"Interesting in terms of film history, shaped by an overly pathetic optimism about progress in his statement."
“The still exciting story of a tunnel under the Atlantic, which a fanatical engineer enforces against acts of sabotage, takes place with a large cast. Interesting in terms of film history, characterized by an overly pathetic optimism about progress. "
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- In 1914/15 a silent film version ( Der Tunnel (1915) ) was made under the direction of William Wauer .
- In 1935 a remake was produced in England under the direction of Maurice Elvey under the title The Tunnel / Transatlantic Tunnel , for which Curt Siodmak adapted the script by Bernhardt / Steinbicker.
- The world premiere of the German version was on October 27, 1933, the French version on December 15, 1933. The first performance in Austria was on March 23, 1934.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-Language Films - Carl Hoffmann
- ↑ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-Language Films - Carl Hoffmann
- ↑ The tunnel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 10, 2017 .
- ↑ The tunnel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 10, 2017 .
- ↑ World premieres of the German version , IMDb, accessed January 6, 2020
- ↑ World premieres of the French version , IMDb, accessed January 6, 2020
Web links
- The tunnel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Illustrated film courier for the German film adaptation from 1933 at archive.org (PDF; 9.6 MB)