The golden pole

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Movie
Original title The golden pole
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1918
length approx. 83 minutes
Rod
Director Rudolf Meinert
script Bert Öhlmann
production Rudolf Meinert
camera AO Weitzenberg
occupation

The Golden Pole is a German detective film comedy from 1918 in the film series "Harry Higgs" . Hans Mierendorff plays the detective under the direction of Rudolf Meinert .

action

As every year, the master detective Harry Higgs is giving a celebration in his London offices. The entire haute volée, also from the financial world, is present. Also present: the stock market guru Suffolk, who came to his immeasurable wealth in a highly obscure way. He and Higgs start a conversation in which Suffolk claims that Higgs could be the town's biggest crook if he weren't always on the right side of the law. Higgs replied that he could even excite all of London without committing a single crime. Confirmed, the bet is on: Higgs explains to everyone present, including Suffolk, that he will win his bet within 30 days.

A little later he receives from Edith Pillwocker, on whom Higgs has cast an eye, a newspaper snippet with a marriage advertisement. Higgs believes this is being done on behalf of Suffolk, which is now keen to see Higgs fail. Harry therefore decides to include Suffolk in his bet. And so he leads them one after the other by the nose and appears to the stock market speculator in a sometimes grotesque masquerade (as a sailor, as a wanted criminal, even once as a cleaning lady). Higgs speculates on Suffolk's immeasurable greed and eventually even lets him discover the North Pole. Rumor has it that the pole should be made of pure gold. But one day Higgs took it too far with his jokes and irritations: nine police officers jump on him to arrest him.

Higgs and the men engage in a wild scuffle ... as a result of which the detective wakes up drenched in sweat. He just dreamed the whole story. But the bet should actually take place. But Higgs explains: "It could damage the name Harry Higgs if I carried out the bet". Then he grudgingly pays the fine for the unpaid bet to a charity and becomes engaged to Edith - much to the annoyance of Suffolk, who also had an eye on the young lady.

Production notes

The golden pole passed film censorship in July 1918 and was premiered in the same year in the Berlin Marble House . The five-stroke was 1721 meters long.

criticism

“The author Bert Oehlmann calls this piece a 'curious adventure' and with this expression gives the character to the content. The processes of this plot are truly curious, skipping the probabilities with ingenuity and humor and constructing a great story, of which one is held in doubt for a long time, whether it is joke or serious, something experienced or dreamed of that is rolling before our eyes. You are happy about the joke and the purpose is well achieved. Hans Mierendorff as Harry Hyggs [sic!], As always clever and clear, able to cope with any situation and certainly able to walk through the confusion. Here, too, Rudolf Meinert shows himself to be a shapely director, for whom no task is too difficult that he was unable to solve with verve, whereby the excellent photography supports him strongly. "

- Neue Kino-Rundschau of September 21, 1918. p. 68

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