The red intoxication
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| Original title | The red intoxication |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Wolfgang Schleif |
| script | Hellmut Andics |
| production | Rex film Bloemer & Co. ( Ernest Müller ) |
| music | Hans-Martin Majewski |
| camera | Walter Partsch |
| cut | Paula Dworak |
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Der Rote Rausch is a German feature film somewhere between thriller and film drama , which was shot in Austria and West Berlin in early 1962 under the direction of Wolfgang Schleif . It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Eduard Rhein , who wrote it in 1952 under the pseudonym Hans-Ulrich Horster. The black and white film premiered on May 24, 1962 in the Barke in Hamburg .
action
Josef Stief, a possibly incurably insane woman murderer, escapes from the " prison for the criminally insane ". Their boss, Professor Lindner, is extremely concerned and immediately calls the police. Still, Stief can escape to the shore of a lake near the state border. The farmers who are busy harvesting the reeds consider the stranger to be a refugee “from over there ”. Katrin, the daughter of the landowner Vollbricht, feels reminded of her husband Martin at the sight of the stranger. It once disappeared near the border and has been missing ever since. Stief, who cannot remember his earlier actions, finally states that his name is also Martin.
Vollbricht offers “Martin” to stay and work on the estate. The stranger wins Katrin's affection, befriends her daughter Hanni and proves to be a skilled worker. The gruff foreman Karl, who had been hoping for a future with Katrin for some time, met Martin with suspicion. The other farm workers are also amazed at his frightened manner. Martin finally finds a newspaper report about his escape and by chance succeeds in stealing his wanted letter at the local police station. The pub owner Anna has long known that Martin is not a refugee. When she confronts him with it, Martin loses control of himself and it almost comes to an accident.
It doesn't take long before Katrin and Karl also doubt that Martin is a refugee. Vollbricht finds out about this and sends Martin from the farm. Martin drives into town, where he buys a doll for Hanni. In the evening he discovers his photo on a wanted poster that describes him as a "fourfold murderer of women". Martin, who is now being searched for at full speed, is desperate. He is increasingly caught up with his long-forgotten drive to want to kill women with red necklaces. As if in a frenzy, he strangles Hanni's doll, which is wearing such jewelry.
The next day there is a wedding party on the Vollbricht farm. The wedding party is surprised by the police who suspect Martin alias Josef Stief to be on the property. After the officials searched the courtyard in vain, Katrin found out that the person wanted was hiding with her daughter Hanni. Katrin confesses her love to Stief and tearfully tries to persuade him to return to the psychiatric institution. Then the completely desperate step discovers that Katrin is wearing a red coral necklace. The “red intoxication” breaks out in him again and Katrin barely escapes the murderer. When the wedding party learns of the events, a dramatic hunt for Stief begins, who flees to the shore of the lake. Katrin can't stop Karl from starting a fire in the reeds. In the end, the completely exhausted step reports to the gate of the detention center.
History of origin
Pre-production and script
After Der Spiegel dedicated a title contribution to Klaus Kinski on February 22, 1961 , the actor, who had only been known to a professional audience at that time, began a career that initially earned him numerous supporting roles in the Edgar Wallace films that were popular at the time . In 1962, the Austrian film producer Ernest Müller finally planned a film that would show Kinski in the lead role for the first time. Hellmut Andics wrote a script based on the novel by Eduard Rhein (pseudonym: Hans-Ulrich Horster), which was first published in 1952 in the Hörzu program magazine . While in the original book the escaped murderer was still taken for a returnee from the war , the film adaptation was about a supposed refugee near the Iron Curtain .
production
The shooting took place from February 21, 1962 to April 6, 1962 in Rust on Lake Neusiedl and in Vienna . On the other hand, an old people's home in Berlin-Dahlem can be seen as an asylum . The studio recordings were made in the Kalvarienberg studio in Vienna. Theo Harisch created the film structures . For the film producer Ernest Müller this was the last film, he died five weeks after the end of the shooting.
The actress Brigitte Grothum remembered the shooting in 2002:
“[…] The film was shot on Lake Neusiedl. There was a lot of media hype because Kinski was supposed to play a lover for the first time, and that's when he told the journalists: 'My leading actress and I now live by Lake Neusiedl, we have pitched a tent there. So we are closer to the material. ' And then the reporters came with their telephoto lenses and searched the whole lake. Kinski laughed himself to death. "
When asked what remained of this film, Grothum replied: “It is a great moment for me when Kinski recites from Oscar Wilde's fairy tale about the ' selfish giant '. While shooting, the whole studio went quiet and some wiped the tears from their eyes. Me too. You can see that he could do a lot more than he was allowed to show. "
Film music
The film music was composed by Hans-Martin Majewski . The arrangements are by Hans-Martin Majewski, Fritz Domina and Peter Sandloff . The music was recorded by a studio orchestra under the direction of Hans-Martin Majewski and Peter Sandloff. The film music was released in 2005 on the CD Der rote Rausch / Hanussen (original soundtracks) :
- Theme music 1:42
- Border topic 0:17
- Step stumbles through the reeds 0:44
- Stepped in the yard in the jeep 0:30
- Step and Hanni in the hayloft 0:28
- Espresso Bar Charleston 1:43
- The newspaper clipping 1:16
- Step has visions 1:42
- Espresso bar tango 1:54
- In the espresso bar, Stief is overcome by the 'red rush' 0:33
- Stief's fairy tale for Hanni 1:43
- Anna and Karl in the espresso bar (Mambo) 1:54
- Lovers at the gas station (Slow Waltz) 1:12
- The toy store 0:50
- Step at the advertising pillar 0:42
- Step destroyed the doll 0:46
- Kathrin gets the urge to kill 0:36
- Step in the burning reeds and final 1:50
reception
publication
The FSK gave the film after an examination on 21 May 1962 from 16 years free. The film, which premiered on May 24, 1962 in the Barke in Hamburg and was marketed by Nora-Filmverleih, was only moderately received by the public. Except for a television broadcast in 1967 on ZDF , the film was largely forgotten. After the original negative was thought to be lost for almost four decades, it was rediscovered in an incorrectly labeled box. Since 2002 the film has been shown again in several arthouse cinemas. The film was first released on DVD in June 2013 .
Reviews
"A material that is moderately presented under smooth direction, but based on untenable conditions (with regard to the patient and his environment), which [...] at least captivates."
“This is not one of the countless low-end horror films that Klaus Kinski made just for money. The movie just looks like this. […] Kinski offers good entertainment. As a distraught outsider with wide eyes and haunted gaze, he gives early evidence of his art. "
““ The Red Rush ”is a strangely dazzling work: Because it has something of a homeland film and a thriller at the same time. Above all, the film is astonishing because, as an entertainment vehicle during the economic boom, it shows a perpetrator who is actually a victim - and a society that does not see it. "
"Unpleasant colportage in the manner of a magazine."
"Outdated thriller with an atmospheric, expressionistic mood."
"A serious film that, due to many shortcomings, cannot bring its concerns to bear."
DVD
- The red intoxication . Movie jewels. 2013. Order number: 6414248
literature
- Hans-Ulrich Horster : The red intoxication . Hammerich & Lesser, Hamburg 1952.
Web links
- The red noise in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The red intoxication at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 87 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 84 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2389 meters
- ↑ Kinski laughed himself to death . Der Spiegel , Kulturspiegel, No. 5/2002:
- ↑ CD Der Rote Rausch / Hanussen (original soundtracks) . Bear Family Records . 2005. Order no. BCD 16651
- ↑ A case for the mind plumber . In: The world
- ↑ The red intoxication . In: Paimann's film lists . No. 2785 , May 22, 1963 ( Reizfeld.net ). Reizfeld.net ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 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.
- ↑ “The Red Rush” with Klaus Kinski was thought to be lost for forty years. Coral necklaces make him a strangler . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 28, 2002
- ^ Films 1962/64 . Düsseldorf 1965, p. 143
- ↑ The red intoxication. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Munich, Review No. 283/1962
