The Lady in Black (1951)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The lady in black |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Erich Engels |
| script |
Wolf new master Erich Engels |
| production | Dornas-Film GmbH, Munich Neue Emelka GmbH, Munich |
| music | Adolf Steimel |
| camera | Ernst W. Kalinke |
| cut | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
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The Lady in Black is a 1951 crime film directed by Erich Engels . The title for the international market is The Lady in Black . The main roles are occupied by Paul Hartmann and Mady Rahl as well as Rudolf Prack , Inge Egger and Franz Schafheitlin .
action
During a nightly patrol , the police officer Nils Corbett arrests the fleeing bank robber Maurice, while another perpetrator escapes. For a few weeks there have been similar attacks on banks, which in turn are strongly reminiscent of attacks by the so-called “Rosoll Gang” years ago. At that time the criminalist and lawyer Dr. Frederik Royce put the “Rosoll Gang” down. The leader of the gang was executed and the other gang members did not survive the clashes with the police. Only the leader's lover, who was then called Collin and later called Bianca Monnier, managed to escape abroad.
The investigation into the series of robberies is taking over Chief Inspector Marshall, who is his friend Dr. Royce calls in on the case. The lawyer Royce is visited by Bianca Monnier a few days after the last attack. She demands that the arrested Maurice - her lover - be released immediately. She makes it clear to Royce that she knows that his daughter Carla is actually the daughter of his brother, who was also a member of the Rosoll gang. She threatens to make her knowledge public, especially since Maurice also knows about Royce's false paternity.
When Maurice was shot dead in an attempt to escape a few days later, Bianca Monnier made Royce responsible. She begins to contact Carla and to make it clear to Royce that the only way to silence her is by marrying her. A poste restante letter from Royce, in which he asks Bianca to speak, no longer reaches her. She is found dead and all circumstances suggest suicide .
Police sergeant Nils Corbett does not believe in suicide based on various information given to him and is investigating on his own. He succeeds in quartering his fiancée Ann in Bianca Monnier's apartment, which has since been released by the police, as a tenant. One night an acquaintance of Bianca Monnier stands in the door, who knows nothing of her death. He is certain that Bianca Monnier was not a woman who committed suicide. He also refutes the evidence to Corbett that, since the door was locked from the inside, no one could have entered or left the room. This confirms Corbett in his belief that Bianca Monnier's death was not her own fault. He is doggedly pursuing the case. When the young police officer resigned from the police force some time later, everyone was in great surprise.
Some time later, Carla married. Chief Inspector Marshall takes the couple to the airport while Royce stays at his house. On his return, Marshall finds his friend dead: Royce poisoned the extortionate Bianca Monnier and, in view of the investigation by Nils Corbett, saw no other way out than suicide. Marshall and Corbett, who both know what a special man Royce was, agree to keep their knowledge of the context of their friend's death to themselves. Royce died of a heart attack.
Production notes
The film was shot in the Munich-Geiselgasteig studio with external shots from Munich. Max Mellin was responsible for the buildings , the production management was in the hands of Hans Tost . Due to financial difficulties in the Dornas film production, the shooting was interrupted and only brought to a conclusion by Neue Emelka GmbH.
The Lady in Black premiered on November 23, 1951 in several cities in the Federal Republic of Germany, including Düsseldorf and Krefeld.
criticism
“Criminalistically salted entertainment film with mandatory tails after eight main actors who perfectly play Liszt (Mady Rahl as blackmailer, gentleman comeback for Paul Hartmann). After the two are violently different, there is still a very good police sergeant and bride (Rudolf Prack, Inge Egger). Director: Erich Engels. Laborious script, phlegmatic camera. "
“A respected criminalist poisons the extortionate mistress of an executed criminal. He is convicted by a young colleague. Cumbersome crime film on an average level. "
“Repeat offender Erich Engels (' Dr. Crippen on board ' , 'Murder Trial Dr. Jordan' ), who also wrote the script together with Wolfgang Neumeister, tries his hand at a 'typically English' crime film. The plot becomes too cumbersome for him and the pace also leaves something to be desired. On the other hand, the atmosphere is right and the production design is pleasing, meanwhile the carefully put together actors around Paul Hartmann act solidly to inconspicuously as a poisoner. "
Web links
- The lady in black in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Lady in Black movie poster on Filmportal.de
- The Lady in Black Illustrated Film Stage No. 1138 (Cover picture: Mady Rahl)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer : German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 175
- ↑ Die Dame in Schwarz In: Der Spiegel of November 28, 1951, No. 48/1951
- ↑ The Lady in Black. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The Lady in Black at kino.de. Retrieved April 14, 2012.