The red hand
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The red hand |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Meisel |
| script | Ernst Neubach |
| production | Ernst Neubach |
| music | Harald Boehmelt |
| camera | Georg Bruckbauer |
| cut | Ingrid Wacker |
| occupation | |
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Die Rote Hand is a German crime film drama set in gunsmith circles by Kurt Meisel in 1960 with Paul Hubschmid , Hannes Messemer and Eleonora Rossi-Drago in the leading roles.
action
This arms dealer drama takes place at the present time, during the Cold War , in Germany and Switzerland.
Manora Khan, consul of an unspecified Asian country, intends to hunt down an arms shipment intended for her country from his Cuban colleague Maria Gomez. To this end, he orders the help of the smart Johnny Zamaris, with whom he has a common past: Johnny had once stolen his great love, the actress Violetta Scotoni, from him. But it soon becomes apparent that no one is what they seem to be. Consul Khan turns out to be the leader of a secret organization called "The Red Hand", which purposefully kills rival gun dealers. Competitor Johnny is more than just a smart sun boy; In truth, he works as a defense officer in his country, with the task of smashing "The Red Hand" again. Both men who once competed for Violetta are killed in their service to their respective fatherland, with Johnny, after a last tender hug with Violetta, being struck down from behind from a black limousine with a sheaf of machine guns.
Production notes
The Red Hand was created in Berlin from mid-July 1960 and, depending on the source, premiered on October 25 or 26, 1960 in the Atlantik-Kino in Nuremberg.
For the long-time film composer Harald Böhmelt , this was the last film work in the cinema. Emil Hasler designed the film structures , executed by Walter Kutz . Oskar Sala played the Trautonium . Otto Reinwald was one of two unit managers.
The French by choice Ernst Neubach (production and screenplay) chose this title for patriotic reasons and created this poorly constructed gunslider story because it was a cinematic counterweight to the multi-part "Spiegel" report published shortly before (tasks 10 to 13/1960) wanted to create, in which the " Red Hand " was reported as a secret terrorist organization of the French foreign intelligence service .
Reviews
In a background report, Der Spiegel called the film a “confused tale”.
Paimann's film lists summed up: “A story that is almost too complicated and, in any case, better than the title; with safe actors and interesting locations (Berlin, Lugano). "
"Boring crime fiction clothes."
literature
- Horst Schäfer / Wolfgang Schwarzer: From “Che” to “Z”. Political thriller in the cinema , Frankfurt am Main (Fischer) 1991. ISBN 3-596-24469-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Spiegel 34/1960, p. 60 f.
- ↑ ibid., P. 61
- ↑ The Red Hand in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Red Hand in the Lexicon of International Films
Web links
- The Red Hand in Der Spiegel, issue 34/1960 from August 17, 1960
- The Red Hand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The red hand at filmportal.de