The shipyard for the gray pike

Movie
Original title	The shipyard for the gray pike
Country of production	German Empire
original language	German
Publishing year	1935
length	89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Frank Wysbar
script	Frank Wysbar
production	Eberhard Schmidt for Pallas-Film GmbH , Berlin
music	Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
camera	Franz Weihmayr
cut	Lena Neumann
occupation
Marianne Hoppe : Käthe Liebenow Hans Leibelt : Käthe's father, shipyard owner Hermann Speelmans : Otto Menzel, auto mechanic Johannes Bartel : Franz Boehm, Otto's friend, truck driver Fita Benkhoff : Mila Schellhase Oskar Sima : Bernhard Münchow, workshop owner Karl Stepanek : Ladewig Ruth Eweler : Lisbeth Schmidt Rudolf Klicks : Apprentice Maria Krahn : Mrs. Wehmeyer Artur Malkowsky : truck driver

Die Werft zum Grau Hecht is a love film by the director Frank Wysbar , who also wrote the screenplay , from 1935. Hermann Speelmans embodies the auto mechanic Otto Menzel in the leading role .

action

Otto Menzel, a car mechanic with body and soul, is friends with Mila Schellhase, who asks him to finally take her as his wife. Otto, however, still has concerns and does not really know how to evade this situation without offending Mila. So his friend and work colleague Franz Boehm comes in handy, who gives Otto a job with Bernhard Münchow, who owns a car repair shop that is a bit remote. In his new job Otto hopes to get some distance from his girlfriend, who urges him to make a decision about the wedding.

As luck would have it, Otto met the attractive Käthe, the daughter of the owner of the shipyard "Zum grau Hecht", and fell in love with her. But he did not expect Ladewig, who is also in love with Käthe and is therefore a direct rival. Ladewig finds out that Otto is actually with Mila and makes sure that she finds him.

The plot of the film takes a turn when Mila falls in love with the workshop owner Bernhard Münchow. The situation is complicated again when she learns that he is only targeting her financial fortune.

After numerous misunderstandings, however, the plot of the film has a happy ending , which everyone involved can reasonably live with.

Release dates and different film titles

The film was released in German cinemas on August 22, 1935 . In the USA it was premiered on April 17, 1938 (there under the international title The Gray Pikes Wharf ). In the Austrian distribution it came under the title Der Liebeshafen .

Film censorship

The Nazi regime checked the film as part of the film censorship that was customary at the time for any content that might be detrimental to the regime. There were several sightings; on August 20, 1935, the first examination took place, which declared the film free for young people with the decision B.39887 . A re-examination took place on November 13, 1943, which ended with the same result. On November 20 of the same year there was another screening of the Nazi regime, which again, and this time for good, gave the film the attribute youth-free with the decision B.56199 .

Production notes

Eugen Klagemann photographed the actors on the set . Robert A. Dietrich designed the film structures, while Friedrich Wilhelm Rust was responsible for the film music. In this capacity, Friedrich Wilhelm Rust also conducted the orchestra. Furthermore, the lyrics are also from his pen.

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• The shipyard for gray pike in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The shipyard for the gray pike at bundesarchiv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Die Werft zum Grauen Pecht (1935) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved August 5, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} The shipyard for the gray pike. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved August 5, 2015 .