The woman at the dark window
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| Original title | The woman at the dark window |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Franz Peter Wirth |
| script | Jochen Huth based on a story by Hugo Maria Kritz |
| production | Walter Koppel |
| music | Martin Böttcher |
| camera | Günther Senftleben |
| cut | Claus from Boro |
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The woman at the dark window is a German film drama from 1960. Directed by Franz-Peter Wirth , Marianne Koch , Robert Graf and Heinz Drache star .
action
The businessman Thomas Melchior is Ms. Konradin's new subtenant. Her daughter Luise has been unable to walk since she fell ill with polio . Since Luise obviously takes a liking to the new man in the house, she has to constantly listen to warnings from her mother, who tells her that the charming bachelor is certainly looking for a perfectly healthy woman. Nevertheless, Luise, who works for television, and Melchior get closer; they meet in an apartment that she has rented. On site, she met the attractive blonde Karin Becker, a femme fatale type with strong ties to Jayne Mansfield. Karin has a friend named Hermann Brasch; Through his contacts, she can get Melchior a good job. Luise is soon signed off when Thomas takes the seductive Karin into the apartment. It doesn't take long for the couple to get married too. But clouds quickly gather in this cosmos of relationships. Because that Brasch is an outright crook and wants to flee abroad with his ex Karin. Thomas does not want to do without his wife, but does not join them.
There is a dispute between Karin, who also demands money from him for the escape, and her husband. Melchior, who finally realizes that he had married the wrong woman with Karin, writes Luise a farewell letter and then wants to shoot himself. There is a scuffle between the couple over the pistol, in which a shot is released. Mortally hit, Thomas Melchior collapses. In panic, Karin flees with Brasch to the national border, where they part ways. A little later she is arrested. Luise, who blames Karin for the tragic events of the past few weeks, wants this blonde siren to pay for her (moral) debt. And so she withholds from the investigating public prosecutor Wegner that she is in possession of Karin's exonerating farewell letter from Melchior. Karin has to be held in custody, but is released when Thomas Melchior is carried to his grave. At the funeral ceremony, the two women get into each other's hair. Wegner, suspecting that Luise Konradin is hiding something from him, questions the young woman again. She finally confesses to having destroyed Melchior's farewell letter. She can now rearrange her life without the pressure of leaving someone innocent in prison. And this possibly at the side of the public prosecutor who is sympathetic to her.
Production notes
The woman at the dark window was created in the early winter of 1959/60, passed the FSK exam on March 7, 1960 and was premiered on March 17, 1960 in Hanover. On August 3, 1964, the first German television broadcast took place on ZDF .
Gyula Trebitsch was the production manager for this Walter Koppel production, Heinz-Günter Sass was the production manager. Rainer Erler assisted the director Wirth. Herbert Kirchhoff and Albrecht Becker took care of the film construction; Trebitsch's wife Erna Sander designed the costumes. Franz Hofer was responsible for camera work under Günther Senftleben's chief camera, while Gerd von Bonin was camera assistant. Werner Schlagge set the tone.
Reviews
“German films have almost always been denied the right grip on life. Now Franz Peter Wirth has made a new foray into this dream area by showing us "The woman at the dark window". Has he succeeded in detaching this woman from the shadow of her fate and making it tangible and tangible as a figure of life? He almost succeeded. (...) The "dark window" of the film title symbolizes the background of fate: the spurned is - after surviving polio - slightly disabled; the window of her life has only been brightened for once by love. That is a strong motive for a strong subject, if you want: life itself. (…) The director has earned a credit for some of his actors, above all Marianne Koch and (her mother) Alice Treff, by far Robert Graf and Public Prosecutor Heinz Drache also come quite close to the - in the best case - required performance. Furthermore, the heavily overburdened rival Christiane Nielsen ... The film is not yet the masterpiece of the "hero" director hoped for, but it awakens new hope. "
In the lexicon of the international film it says: "A psychologically illuminated drama, which moves skillfully close to common magazine stories."
Individual evidence
- ↑ The woman at the dark window. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 1, 2015 .