I was happy to kill women

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Movie
German title I was happy to kill women
Original title I loved to kill women. Play
contro il mondo
Le Carnaval des barbouzes
Country of production Austria , Italy , France
original language German
Publishing year 1966
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Sheldon Reynolds (Ep. 1),
Alberto Cardone (Ep. 2),
Robert Lynn (Ep. 3)
script Sheldon Reynolds,
Rolf Olsen ,
Ernesto Gastaldi ,
Vittorio Salerno
production Carl Spiehs
music Claudius Alzner
camera Siegfried Hold
cut Frederick Muller
occupation

I gladly killed the women (Italian: Spie contro il mondo , French: Le Carnaval des barbouzes , German reference: Carnival of the Killer ) is an Austrian-Italian-French agent and episode film from 1966.

action

Framework I

One night a hounded "girl murderer" enters Professor Alden's apartment. He tries to force the professor, who is preparing to leave, to take him away. To calm the apparently excited young man, the scholar tells some agent and crime stories:

First episode

A journalist is murdered in Vienna. His sister uses a trick to force the famous private detective David Porter, who always works a bit outside of the law, to solve the murder case. The "Great Porter" confidently fulfills the request of the beautiful Monique Carrar and works skillfully with karate and a cigarette holder .

Second episode

In Rome, Agent Brice is supposed to deliver an important document to another agent who turns out to be an agent named Linda. With tricky and - when he fell into the trap - the superman bravely brings the task to an end. At the end he can take the pretty Linda in his arms.

Third episode

In Rio de Janeiro, CIA agent Glenn Cassidy first has to face murderers who use pistol bullets and electric shocks to send rebels to the afterlife before he can relax with the beautiful Denise and enjoy the carnival.

Framework story II

The day is dawning and the professor forces the “girl killer” at gunpoint to sign a dictated confession. At that moment, however, the alleged murderer turns out to be a detective and, based on the story, reveals the professor to be a murderer. He recorded his “confession” on tape.

Production notes

The shooting took place from mid-November 1965 to April 1966 (episode 1, 2: November – December 1965; episode 3: January – February 1966; framework April 1966). In Rio de Janeiro the film was shot at 34 degrees on the Copacabana . In dangerous scenes, Lex Barker was doubled by stuntman George Robotham, who later became Karin Dor's third husband. The film was first shown in Germany on July 29, 1966, also in France on August 12, 1966, and finally in Italy on August 27, 1966.

Reviews

Although the actors of the Karl May films Lex Barker , Stewart Granger and Pierre Brice could be seen together in a film for the first time (albeit in different episodes) and the film was advertised intensively, the success fell short of expectations. The film received little enthusiasm from the critics. The lexicon of international films , for example, came to the following conclusion: A crime film full of clichés whose parodic approaches quickly fizzle out. The Evangelical Film Watcher has a completely different opinion: the stories are staged in a parodic way. The actors, who otherwise play deadly serious in agent films, skilfully satirize themselves. Laughter after laughter breaks out. The big ones have seldom been seen so cheerful and relaxed. Sometimes one asks, however, does the fine irony still reach an audience that is trimmed for brutality? The directors used music and color dramatically to reinforce the parodic effect.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Long review by the Evangelical Film Watcher , Review No. 287/1966, p. 540.
  2. ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 27
  3. ↑ Roman Schliesser: The super nose. Karl Spiehs and his films , Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2006, p. 30