The deed of Andreas Harmer
| Movie | |
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| German title | Counterfeiters |
| Original title | The deed of Andreas Harmer |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | approx. 98 (1930), today 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alfred German-German |
| script | Alfred German-German |
| production | Sascha-Film, Vienna |
| camera | Hans Theyer |
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The act of Andreas Harmer is a later Austrian silent film set in the police environment. Directed by Alfred Deutsch-German play Oskar Marion and Attila Hörbiger the two lead roles.
action
The young Andreas Harmer, whose sister Emilie is employed as the educator of little Fritzi Valentin in the house of the respected Councilor Othmar Valentin, was taken over by the Viennese police thanks to the protection of the Councilor. Andreas repeatedly visits his sister in the Councilor's villa. He noticed two brothers, Roberto and Alonso Gomez, who live in the basement of the mansion. The two southern darklings fear with good reason that the presence of a police officer could soon have a disruptive effect on their criminal activities, because the Spanish journeymen are unscrupulous counterfeiters. They were joined by a certain Manuela Cortez, who now has the task of wrapping Andreas Harmer around his finger and, if necessary, seducing him in order to find out what he is up to and to prevent him from further "snooping". However, since Harmer remains steadfast towards this lady, Alonso has come up with another plan. You absolutely have to get rid of Emilie Harmer and thus her brother from the house.
Little Fritzi Valentin is kidnapped, which is supposed to cast a bad light on the attention of her teacher Emilie. Said and done. But now the criminalistic instinct of the young police officer Harmer has been awakened, who uses his police dog Lux to track down the little girl in the underground canals of Vienna. Now Harmer turns it up and really wants to track down the people behind the terrible crime. He quickly tracks down the three Spaniards, but they have already taken precautions and shut down Andreas by knocking him down and knotting him. The gangsters have brought the entire Valentin villa under visual control by means of television and show the tied police officer that they intend to poison all the residents of the house by introducing gas - including the young Paula Enzesfelder, Harmer's lady of the heart. However, Harmer is able to free himself and keep the criminals in check with his service revolver until his colleagues from the criminal police arrive. The Valentins are saved, Andreas receives his queen of hearts and, moreover, an unforeseen business promotion.
Production notes
The deed of Andreas Harmer was written in Vienna in 1929/30. The film, with a length of 6 acts, spread over a length of about 2700 meters, ran in February 1930 in the presence of the Austrian Chancellor Johann Schober . The mass start was on March 7th of the same year.
Moritz Grünstein and E. Morvay were production managers. Emil Stepanek designed the film structures. JA Vesely took over the production line.
Reviews
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: “The work that played in the main roles ... very excellently played has the most exciting effect right up to the last scene. At a time when the good, silent film has become so rare, it is in any case to be welcomed that a really good silent film was made in Austria with “The Deed of Andreas Harmer”.
On stummfilm.at you can read: “In the cinema of 1930 a former unemployed person is making a career. It nourishes the vision of an all-encompassing order in times of confusion and economic crisis. "
Web links
- The act of Andreas Harmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The deed of Andreas Harmer at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ "The deed of Andreas Harmer". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , February 22, 1930, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Description and short review on stummfilm.at