Noise in the Secret Annex (1949)

Movie
Original title	Noise in the Secret Annex
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1949
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Erich Kobler
script	Karl Peter Gillmann , Jo Hanns Rösler , Erich Kobler
production	Willy Zeyn
music	Hans Georg Schütz
camera	Werner Krien
cut	E. Martin
occupation
Paul Dahlke : August Krüger Ursula Herking : Malchen Krüger, his wife Fita Benkhoff : Irma Schulze Carl Kuhlmann : Chief Post Conductor Hermann Schulze, her husband Ilse Melcher : Paula Schulze, his daughter Bruni Löbel : Edeltraud Panse Trusted Rose : Widow Bock Gisela from hunting ; Ilse Bock, her daughter Bum Krüger : Gustav Kluge, master baker Ernst von Klipstein : Assessor Dr. Erich Horn Friedrich Domin : Counselor Dr. Horn, his father Franz Schafheitlin : Public Prosecutor Walter Janssen : District Court Judge Meier Hilli Wildenhain : Mrs. Puschke

Krach im Hinterhaus is a German film game from 1949 by Erich Kobler . The leading roles in this ensemble film are played by Paul Dahlke , Ursula Herking , Fita Benkhoff and Bruni Löbel . The story is based on the folk play of the same name (1934) by Maximilian Böttcher , which was first filmed in 1935 with Henny Porten .

action

There is a row in the rear building of a Berlin apartment building, where the tenants make life difficult for each other and the curious property manager August Krüger has to ensure law and order. The main topic among the contentious residents is currently the topic of “coal theft”, which was extremely important in the early post-war period. Briquettes are stolen from the coal cellar from time to time. The chief postal conductor Hermann Schulze is more suffering. Krüger secretly directs suspicion to the laundress Bock, a decent and honest widow who lives with her daughter Ilse. The flatwoman is very angry about the tremendous suspicion and is now doing a lot on her part to get the thief on the trail. She positions briquettes with fireworks in Schulze's coal cellar, so that everyone who heats with his coal will experience an explosive surprise.

Prompt there is a huge rumble in the house ... in the oven of the double-faced, denunciating August Krüger. But who denies ever having long fingers. There is a court hearing in which Kruger’s guilt is clearly proven. Attorney Dr. Horn represented Mrs. Bock so well that his daughter Ilse got engaged to him afterwards. There is also a happy ending between master baker Gustav Kluge, another tenant, and Schulze's daughter Paula. In addition to this main storyline, there are also various sub-storylines, for example about the young Edeltraut, who, as another victim of August Krüger's unfounded suspicions, can make a significant contribution to the clarification of the briquette theft case in court.

Production notes

Krach im Hinterhaus was created in the spring of 1949 in the makeshift studio in Tegernsee and in Berlin (exterior shots), passed the Allied military censorship in June of the same year and was premiered on July 4, 1949 in Berlin.

Ernst H. Albrecht designed the film structures carried out by Theo Zwierski , Hans Lehmann was the production manager. Ilse Dubois designed the costumes for a film independently for the first time.

Reviews

"There are no references to the post-war period in the remake, ... but significantly more quotes from Maximilian Böttcher."

"High-spirited comedy with a lot of situation comedy, which despite some lengths and tastelessness provides entertainment."

- Lexicon of International Films

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Noise in the Secret Annex , in Stefanie Mathilde Frank: Reunion in the economic miracle. Remakes of films from the time of National Socialism in the Federal Republic 1949-1963, p. 164
2. ↑ Noise in the Secret Annex in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on July 1, 2019

Web links

• Noise in the rear building in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Noise in the Secret Annex at filmportal.de