Crook's Honor (1966)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Crook honor |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wolfgang Staudte |
| script |
Curth Flatow , Hans Wilhelm |
| production | Wenzel Lüdecke |
| music | Hans Martin Majewski |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Susanne Paschen |
| occupation | |
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Ganovenehre is a German comedy film by Wolfgang Staudte from 1966 with Gert Fröbe and Mario Adorf in the leading roles.
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In the pouring rain, the crook boss Importen-Paul gives a funeral speech in honor of the deceased artist orje. Flashback, Berlin 1925: With the help of the half-silk, well-dressed silk Emil, Madame Olga runs an establishment disguised as a “massage parlor”, where light girls pamper wealthy men and heavy boys go in and out. One day there is a new addition: Georg Posanke, known as the Artisten-Orje, who has just been released from prison after three years. His bride Nelly, one of Olga's girls, ensures that Orje is accepted into the Berlin “Sparverein Biene”, a pimp ring. Orje should also become a pimp according to her will. Orje, however, cannot cope with the new tasks and feels that a pimp's job is not worthy of him. He also dislikes that his Nelly is going to buy.
The somewhat dumb Orje, who did not understand the statutes when joining the association, soon allowed himself to be seduced by Nelly's boss Olga and wrapped around his finger. Nelly then makes a scene to her boyfriend. Together with Emil caught Olga and Orje even one day in flagrante . When Orje slaps Nelly in the face, she runs away, deeply disappointed. In desperation, she turns to Imports-Paul, whose trademarks are a mostly pinched left eye and a fat cigar. Paul had already made it clear to Orje early on that a violation of the association's statutes would result in liquidation. Paul believes that Orjes and Olga's behavior is precisely this violation, especially since Olga claims that she gave Orje money, which, according to the association's statutes, is viewed as inconsistent. That now calls Emil back on the scene, who feels that Orje has ousted him.
One day the savings association opened a so-called "court of honor" because Nelly lied and Olga Orje is said to have slipped money. Orje admits that she had received money from Olga - money that Emil claims is actually his due. The three-person "court of honor" decides after a brief consultation: Olga and Nelly are expelled from the association. They receive 300 Reichsmarks each and have to leave the city within 24 hours. But Orje stands up for the ladies “from the milieu”, whereupon he too gets caught in the crossfire. With wild insults, he then quickly declares his exit. And so the court, under Paul's leadership, decides to get Orje out of the way in accordance with the association's statutes.
Paul tries one last time to convince Orje to comply with the decision of the court of honor and get the women out of town. But he only tells Paul that he should go away. Paul has since tampered with the brothel phone so that it has become unusable and can no longer be used to call for help. In the meantime, the two ladies and Orje send the establishment servant Edith outside to run to the police and ask them for help. Shortly before the police station, Paul intercepts Edith and sends two of his "employees" disguised as police officers to Orje. One of the two pours Orje some powder into his drink. He falls into deep sleep. In the meantime, the drunk Seiden-Emil decides to deal with the matter in his own way and goes to Orje. He tips the sleeping Orje out of his rocking chair and instead sits himself in it. When Paul's hit man Arthur shoots the man in the rocking chair, he believes he killed Orje.
Back in the pouring rain of the opening scene. Paul improves himself and no longer holds his hypocritical funeral speech on artist orje, but on Seiden-Emil. He is all the angrier when he discovers Nelly and Olga in the audience at the funeral service. Orje and the two women decide to escape to Paris .
Production notes
Ganovenehre is a remake of the film of the same name by Richard Oswald from 1932. Charles Rudolph provided the template .
Staudte's crook's honor was shot in the Berlin CCC film studios in December 1965 and January 1966 and premiered on April 14, 1966. The FSK released the film from 18.
Thief honor was the last film work by camera veteran Friedl Behn-Grund .
Werner Schlichting and his wife Isabella Ploberger designed the buildings for this pure studio film, and Paul Seltenhammer designed the 1920s costumes .
The dancer Jürgen Feindt , who had taken on the tiny role of petty crook and would-be killer baking cake, was also responsible for the choreography .
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote: “An underworld and demi-world comedy that derives its humor primarily from the reversal and reflection of civil propriety. Experienced by Wolfgang Staudte, but staged in a staid manner and without any real verve. "
The online presence of Cinema judged: "More like a tabloid than a snappy parody "
The online presence of TV Spielfilm reads: "Wolfgang Staudte is relocating the 'honorable' business world to the underworld - unfortunately with more gossip than satire"
The Evangelische Film-Beobachter sums it up: “German comedy film about the argument between an honest safe breaker and silky pimps. Set in the twenties, the film offers sociological studies that are received with laughter. Direction and actors adhered to limit values. "
Web links
- Honor among thieves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crook honor at filmportal.de (with photo gallery)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crooks honor. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Ganovenehre in cinema.de
- ↑ crook honor in tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ Review No. 145/1966