Jimmy Orpheus
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Jimmy Orpheus |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 52 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roland click |
| script | Roland click |
| production |
Hanns Eckelkamp Ernst Liesenhoff |
| music | Roland click |
| camera | Robert van Ackeren |
| cut | Roland click |
| occupation | |
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Jimmy Orpheus is a German black and white feature film from 1966 by Roland Klick , who also wrote the script, composed the music and edited the film. With its 52 minutes duration, the strip is no longer a short film , but neither is it a full-fledged long film. The main roles are starring Klaus Schichan and Ortrud Beginnen . The exterior shots were taken in Hamburg-St. Pauli . The work had its premiere on October 11, 1966 at the Mannheim Film Festival .
action
Kristoff, called Jimmy, is at home in the harbor bars and on St. Pauli. As a casual worker, he makes just enough to meet his alcohol and entertainment needs, and from time to time find a wife. Jimmy gets drunk while on a bar crawl. Around midnight he ends up drunk in front of the locked door of his night shelter. After a few hours of being roused by the rain, he goes again to look for a partner for the hour. So the bum , drinking brother and day thief meets a girl who attracts him without ultimately meeting him. A continuous game develops between the two of them until the early hours of the morning, the poles of which are “offering oneself” and “refusing”. When Jimmy thinks he is almost there, the woman leaves him.
criticism
The Evangelische Film-Beobachter sums up his opinion as follows: “A debut film that gives itself a meaningful appearance that tends towards extreme milieus and characters and treats them with arrogant contempt. The shortcomings in the direction and script and the banal dialogues make the story look ridiculous and provoke boredom. "The lexicon of the international film draws the following conclusion:" Impressively photographed first film by Roland Klick [...], which can only be incompletely understood. " The state film evaluation agency Wiesbaden awarded the work the rating “valuable”.
Further press reviews at Filmgalerie 451
Web links
- Jimmy Orpheus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jimmy Orpheus at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 44/1967, pp. 63 to 64
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1885
- ↑ Film Gallery 451