The cousin Basilio

Movie
Original title	The cousin Basilio
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1969
length	2 × 90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Wilhelm Semmelroth
script	Gerd Angermann
music	Hans Jonsson
camera	Hans Braun
cut	Alexandra Anatra
occupation
Diana Körner : Luíza Erich Schleyer : Jorge Hans von Borsody : Basilio Ingeborg Lapsien : Juliana Edda Pastor : Joanna Elfriede Stahl-Schulze : Felicidade Hans Timerding : Chancellery Hansjakob Gröblinghoff : Dr. Caminha Günter Lamprecht : Sebastiao Hans-Joachim Schmiedel : Juliao Reinhard Music : Ernestinho Birch Bruck : Leopoldina Grete Wurm : Aunt Victoria Ernst Stankovski : Reynaldo Max Mairich : Mastro Jean-Pierre Zola : Azurara

Der Vetter Basilio is a two-part television play by WDR by Wilhelm Semmelroth from 1969 based on the novel Vetter Basilio (1878) by the Portuguese author José Maria Eça de Queiroz .

content

Luiza's cousin Basilio penetrates the tranquil life of the middle class couple Luiza and Jorge in Lisbon. While Jorge, an engineer, is on a business trip, the cousin successfully advertises the cousin and meets with her for a rendezvous in a dump in the old town. After Basilio left for Paris, Luiza wrote him love letters. The oppressed housemaid Juliana gets her hands on some of them. She begins to blackmail her mistress and demands more and more. When Jorge returns, the situation becomes more and more hopeless and Luiza more and more oppressed and suppressed.

criticism

“An epically broad, long-winded, conventional staging that gets lost in details, which cannot be justified either in terms of the material, the design or the only vague social criticism. From 16, no recommendation. "

- Protestant film observer

background

The film was shot in Portugal under adverse conditions, director Semmelroth himself had to step in as an extra several times because the amateur actors did not appear at the location, and set designer Paul Haferung can also be seen in a mini role due to the lack of amateur actors. It was first broadcast on July 3, 1969 (part 1) and July 6, 1969 (part 2) on ARD . The cousin Basilio can be seen as the forerunner of the plush thriller and was also released on DVD.

Web links

• The cousin Basilio in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The cousin Basilio at filmportal.de
• The cousin Basilio at krimiserien.heimat.eu (with pictures and detailed background information)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 313/1969
2. ↑ The crime thriller homepage: The cousin Basilio
3. ^ The cousin Basilio at fernsehserien.de