The whims of luck
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The whims of luck |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | 55 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Reicher |
| production | Ernst Reicher |
| occupation | |
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Launen des Glücks is a German detective film from 1918 in the Stuart Webbs film series . The title role is played by Ernst Reicher , who also directed and acted as producer.
action
Stuart Webbs joined a hunting party when doctor Dr. Grabert is called to the squire Warrenthin. His housekeeper, Mrs. Althoff, has just passed away completely unexpectedly. The examinations reveal that traces of arsenic were found on the corpse . Webbs and the bystanders conclude that it must be a murder case. A suspect is quickly found in Ms. Althoff's foster son.
In fact, it turns out that the housekeeper died of natural causes and that the arsenic got into her body just as naturally through food intake. Webbs solves another case en passant, which was apparently staged as a result of the suspected crime against the dead: a burglary. The landowner Warrenthin had done the same to make the disappearance of a lottery ticket by Mrs. Althoff credible. Rather, he wanted to put it in his own pocket.
Production notes
Whims of luck , the film censored in December 1918 and was premiered the following month. The four-act film was 1133 meters long and was banned from young people. In Austria, the strip started on February 28, 1919.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: “Material, photos and scenery are very good. Excellent game. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Whims of happiness ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Paimann's film lists
