One too many on board

Movie
Original title	One too many on board
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1935
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Gerhard Lamprecht
script	Philipp Lothar Mayring Kurt Heuser
production	Bruno Duday UFA
music	Werner Bochmann
camera	Robert Baberske
cut	Milo Harbich
occupation
Lída Baarová : Gerda Hegert Albrecht Schoenhals : Captain von Moltmann René Deltgen : First Officer Rohlfs Willy Birgel : Public Prosecutor Dr. Burger Ernst Karchow : Consul Schelff Annemarie Steinsieck : wife of the consul Schelff Jupp Hussels : Steward Lüdecke Alexander Engel : First Engineer Sparkuhl Grethe Weiser : Barmaid Lou Schmidt Alexander Golling : Commissioner Sörensen Rudolf Platte : Actor Maximilian Wresky Alfred Karen : First dancer in the bar Max Harry Ernst : Second dancer in the bar Hans Kettler : Second Officer Mehlhorn Karl Dannemann : Third Officer Ackermann Ernst Legal : Detective Sergeant Rudolf Biebrach : crew member Friedrich Ettel : innkeeper Karin Lüsebrink : barmaid Edgar Nollet : crew member Walter Schramm-Duncker : Stage manager Theodor Thony : shipping agent Hugo Werner-Kahle : Chairman of the Maritime Court Martha Ziegler : porter woman

One too many on board is a film drama by the director Gerhard Lamprecht from 1935. The literary film adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by the writer Fred Andreas , who also worked on the script . In the main role , Albrecht Schoenhals plays the captain of the cargo ship Cedar , von Moltmann, who cannot be found after a storm on the high seas and is reported missing.

action

Prosecutor Burger starts an investigation together with Inspector Sörensen when he learns that Captain von Moltmann was apparently washed off board his cargo ship Cedar during a storm and can no longer be found. Although the circumstances speak for a fatal accident, Burger does not rule out a murder either, as he learns in the course of his investigation that there was a dispute and a desire for revenge on board between the captain and members of the ship's crew.

In the further course of the investigation it becomes apparent that the first officer Rohlfs was hostile towards the captain, as he had reason to suspect that von Moltmann had a relationship with his fiancée Gerda Hegert. There is also the suspicion that the chief engineer Sparkuhl also had a reason to harbor feelings of hatred towards the captain: He saw in the captain a seducer of his niece, who couldn't cope with the captain's request and therefore committed suicide.

At the end of the public prosecutor's and police investigations and after evaluating the evidence, a court in Hamburg ruled that the captain von Moltmann went overboard through no fault of the crew and due to a tragic accident during a storm; The court considers third-party negligence to be excluded and declares the case to be over. After the verdict, Gerda Hegert explains that an affair with von Moltmann once existed, but had long since been forgotten.

The first engineer Sparkuhl regrets that he exposed false suspicions from Moltmann. His false suspicions weigh on him so much that he shoots himself with a pistol.

Towards the end of the film, the plot takes a surprising turn when von Moltmann reports to Gerda with a telegram . In it he announces that he was washed overboard, but is still alive and on the way to his home port.

Production notes

The film premiered on October 31, 1935 in the Gloria Palast in Berlin . Further publication dates (abroad) were January 10, 1936 in the Netherlands (there under the title Eén teveel aan boord ), January 24, 1936 in the USA (there under the title One Too Many on Board ), April 11 1936 in Denmark (there under the title Mand over Bord ) and May 4, 1936 in Sweden (there under the title Kapten över bord ). The location was Hamburg , the shooting took place there in June and July 1935.

Walter Pindter and Hans Georg Fehdmer assisted Robert Baberske with the camera work, Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann were responsible for the scenery and Heinz Ritter photographed the set .

Erich Holder supported Bruno Duday with the production.

Others

The Nazi regime checked the film for any content that might be detrimental to the regime and, with resolution B.40388, imposed a youth ban on it on October 7, 1935 as part of the film censorship customary at the time .

Reviews

"The film, based on a crime novel that was widely read at the time, is awkwardly constructed and endeavors to represent it, but impresses with its camera work, especially the footage of the storm."

- Lexicon of international film

See also

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

Web links

• One too many on board in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• One too many on board at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ One too many on board (1935) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} One too many on board. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved July 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ One too many on board (1935) - Filming Locations - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015 . 
4. ↑ One too many on board. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .