Every house of cards breaks

Movie
German title	Every house of cards breaks
Original title	House of Cards
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1968
length	105 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	John Guillermin
script	Harriet Frank Jr. ; Irving Ravetch
production	Richard Berg
music	Francis Lai
camera	Alberto Pizzi ; Piero Portalupi
cut	J. Terry Williams
occupation
	George Peppard : Reno Davis; Inger Stevens : Anne; Orson Welles : Leschenhaut; Keith Michell : Morillon; Perrette Pradier : Jeanne-Marie; Geneviève Cluny : Véronique; Maxine Audley : Mathilde Rosier; Jacques Roux (actor) : Maguy; Ave Ninchi : Signora Orragi; Barnaby Shaw : Paul;

Each house of cards breaks (Original title: House of Cards ) is a thriller from 1968 after the novel The House of Cards ( House of Cards ) by Stanley Ellin . The film premiered in the USA on September 14, 1969, in Germany it was released on September 20, 1968.

action

American writer Reno Davis recently retired as a boxer. When he was unemployed, he met Anne de Villemont, a widow, completely destitute in France. Attracted by Reno's serenity, Anne lets himself into him - the two become lovers. Reno notices that Anne is terrified that her eight-year-old son will be kidnapped. He also learns that the family has contact with a fascist organization that is planning to conquer all of Europe.

Reno is accused of the murder of his best friend and, along with Anne, is targeted by the organization's manic planners. Together with Anne's eight-year-old son Paul, the two are hunted across France. The chase ends at the Colosseum in Rome , where a showdown takes place in which Reno, Anne and Paul can prevail.

Reviews

"Thriller that gets stuck on the outside with a pseudo-political background and a family-friendly happy ending."

- Lexicon of international film

“Well-kept thriller of high tension. Recommended to friends of the genre 16 and over. "

- Protestant film observer

literature

Stanley Ellin : The House of Cards. Roman (original title: House of Cards ). German by Joachim A. Frank . Unabridged paperback edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, 362 pages, ISBN 3-596-28114-8

Web links

Each house of cards is broken in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Every house of cards breaks. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 449/1968.

[1] Every house of cards breaks. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 449/1968.