The adventurer of Tunis
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The adventurer of Tunis |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1931 |
| length | 106.99 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Willi Wolff |
| script |
Hans Rameau Willi Wolff |
| production | German Lichtspiel-Syndikat, DLS |
| music | Vincent Scotto |
| camera |
Otto Kanturek (studio photos) Emil Schünemann (travel photos) |
| cut | Carl Otto Bartning |
| occupation | |
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The Adventurer of Tunis is a German adventure film from 1931 with Ellen Richter in the title and at the same time her first sound film role. Directed by her husband Willi Wolff .
action
Uprising in North Africa. The European skilled workers who work in the copper mines of the Paris industrialist Bertell are besieged by wild and dangerous Arabs and absolutely need outside help, more precisely: the company management. Since military intervention is rejected by the military and the government, CEO Henry Bertell sends his nephew René to secretly send the beleaguered the urgently needed weapons and ammunition. René Bertell, at the same time designated heir of the company, immediately sets off for Tunis in order to reach the desperate company employees from there. Old Bertell at home is certain that the competition in the form of the villainous exploiter Valera is behind the unrest and has incited the local Arabs against Bertell's copper miners. Little does René suspect that a bad game is being played with him too. Valera's henchman in Paris, Ferrero, has put the seductive Colette, a dancer, on Bertell's nephew. She is supposed to lure him into a trap in France and first of all takes the important waybills of the explosive cargo.
But they get closer, and Colette changes sides, as she was forced into this deception and undergoes a purification in the course of the journey, which first takes her to southern France and the Riviera. She accompanies René, a well-trained young guy who also knows how to shoot and box, on the strenuous and dangerous train journey south. From now on, the dissimilar couple has a plethora of adventures to endure before they can even think of coming to the aid of those trapped in the mine. Colette René is a great help in Tunis because the dancer knows her way around here. Colette and René find another accomplice in the corpulent Emil Dupont, who claims that he is an expert on North Africa, but in truth only wants to escape from his quarrelsome wife Agathe, who is literally at his heels. In the meantime, the weapons and ammunition were stored by a shipping company in the Tunisian capital, as further transport did not seem possible. Eventually, however, the arsenal can be taken into possession, and the small troop sets out on the dangerous journey into the North African interior, into the desert. In a caravan, Colette and René finally transport their delicate cargo to the mine and can come to the last minute to help those trapped at the destination. The workers are saved as well as the existence of the copper mine is secured. Now the time has finally come for René and Colette to admit their love for each other.
Production notes
The Adventurer of Tunis was made between June and July 1931 in numerous film locations in France (Paris, Côte d'Azur, Nice, Marseille), Italy (Genoa and the Riviera) and Tunisia (Tunis and the northern Sahara). The film passed the German censorship on September 1, 1931 and was premiered on September 10, 1931 in Stuttgart. The Berlin premiere was on October 14, 1931.
The film structures were created by Robert Neppach and Willy Schiller . Director Wolff also wrote the lyrics. His assistant director was Bruno Lopinski . Bruno Timm served as a camera assistant.
A music track was played: Do you know the country where people love each other hotter?
criticism
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung saw in Die Abenteurerin von Tunis a “very promising beginning in the field of German travel and adventurer sound films” and found that director Wolff staged the plot “with verve and temperament”. It also said: “The adventurous events precipitate, the colorful change of scenery, the great pace and the constantly increasing tension completely captivate the eyes and ears of the beholder. (…) In this film you get to see a lot, extremely interesting and beautiful. Paris, Marseille, Nice with its carnival bustle that takes in the two fleeing heroes, the French and Italian Riviera, Genoa pass by in the eyes of the beholder. Magnificent pictures from Tunis, from the desert ... optical and acoustic effects of the greatest intensity. "
Web links
- The adventurer of Tunis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The adventurer from Tunis at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Adventurer of Tunis". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , October 24, 1931, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).