The Great Coup (1919)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The big coup |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | about 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harry Piel |
| script |
Max Bauer Harry Piel |
| production | Harry Piel for Metro-Film (Berlin) |
| camera | Gotthardt Wolf |
| occupation | |
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The big coup is a German sensational and silent adventure film by and with Harry Piel from 1919.
action
The jack-of-all-trades Harry Peel is in a lot of trouble. The criminal Lu Tanere is his worst opponent and has also allied against him with a dangerous Apache, a member of a so-called Parisian criminal gang of the turn of the century, called "Black Executioner". To make matters worse, a detective named Hudder is also following him. With a lot of physical effort and shrewdness, Peel can outsmart and ultimately overwhelm his opponents. In doing so, he exposes a doppelganger and also clears up a bank robbery.
Production notes
The big coup , subtitle: Adventure of a Much Wanted , was created in mid-1919, passed censorship in October of the same year and was premiered on November 21, 1919 in the Tauentzienpalast . Depending on the censorship version, the film had five or six acts and was up to 2047 meters long (original version 1919). In Austria, a significantly shortened version with a running time of around 1500 meters (= around 73 minutes playing time) was released in cinemas.
Albert Korell created the special buildings, Paul was Thürnagel artist, Walter Zeiske manager .
criticism
Paimann's film lists summed up: "Material, game, photos and scenery are very good."
In 1935, Oskar Kalbus ' Vom Werden German Filmkunst' described the principle of Pielscher films as follows: “Even in the sensational films of the war, Harry Piel was the 'man without nerves'. He has always remained the same, who carries out his sensations with his peculiar mastery of elegance and bravura. In all of his films it is part of his personal bad luck that criminals always pursue him, or else he is the liberator of persecuted innocence. Women especially like that. That is why Harry Piel was one of the most popular actors on the German screen in the silent film era. "
Web links
- The big coup at The German Early Cinema Database
- The big coup at filmportal.de
- The big coup in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The big coup ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists
- ^ Oskar Kalbus: On the becoming of German film art. 1st part: The silent film. Berlin 1935. pp. 89 f.
