The silent mouth
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The silent mouth |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karl Hartl |
| script | Karl Hartl Hugo Maria Kritz |
| production | Anton Profes |
| music | Lothar Olias |
| camera | Oskar Schnirch |
| cut | Herma Sandtner |
| occupation | |
and Hans Lexl , Sylvio Carli , Ernst Cech , Elfie Afritsch | |
The Silent Mouth is an Austrian melodrama from 1951 by Karl Hartl with Oskar Homolka , Gisela Uhlen and Curd Jürgens in the leading roles.
action
Stella Hirth, the wife of the significantly older lawyer Dr. Hirth discovers a dead person in her bedroom after a soirée that she had given in the absence of her husband. It is about a certain Kardosch, as we shall see later. Fearing that her returning husband, whom she loves very much, might draw the wrong conclusions and believe that the corpse is a hitherto unknown lover, she pulls the murdered aside with her own hands. Stella is now under suspicion of murder, as it soon turns out that she had once been engaged to the seedy dead man.
He had tried to blackmail Stella with this secret and, if she did not comply with his demands, to her husband Dr. Approach Hirth. Stella swears to her husband that she did not murder her former boyfriend. When the perpetrator is later determined, Dr. Hirth their defense. In this way, the lawyer learns about the circumstances that caused his wife to be involved in the case. Now he accepts exactly what Stella wanted to save him from: namely that he has to assume that Kardosch was her still-forever lover. Hirth's now aroused suspicion leads to the fact that both marriage is in serious danger, especially since Stella also maintains close (but platonic) contact with the architect Reinhold.
Production notes
The silent mouth was created in the summer of 1951 in the film studios of Thalerhof near Graz (studio) and in Graz itself and the surrounding area (exterior shots). The premiere took place on September 27, 1951 in Düsseldorf, the Vienna premiere took place on November 30, 1951, the Berlin premiere on April 29, 1952. On January 8, 1966, the German television premiere was on ZDF .
Producer Anton Profes also took over the production management. Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff designed the film structures. Fred Adlmüller designed the costumes. The film was based on a story by Hugo M. Kritz.
For the main actor Homolka, The Silent Mouth marked the return to German-language film after 18 years in Anglo-American exile.
useful information
The film is a remake of the crime thriller It's about my life , which Richard Eichberg filmed in 1936 .
Reviews
In the mirror it was said: “An entertainment film whisked up with a minor murder under the exclusion of probability (corpse: Albin Skoda). Small-town marriage drama between a graying lawyer and a young dancer (Gisela Uhlen), whose triangular relationship with a noble architect (Curd Jürgens) remains platonic. A silent comeback for Oskar Homolka after 18 successful years abroad. "
The lexicon of the international film judges: “The platonic relationship between his young wife and a noble architect triggers a crisis of confidence in an older lawyer. Small-town marriage drama with a criminalist element without any claim to logic or psychological credibility. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schmarrn wanted . Report in Der Spiegel from August 8, 1951
- ^ Review in: Der Spiegel of October 3, 1951
- ↑ The silent mouth. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 3, 2020 .
Web links
- The silent mouth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The silent mouth at filmportal.de