Crime reporter Holm

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Movie
Original title Crime reporter Holm
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1932
length 79 minutes
Rod
Director Erich Engels
script Erich Philippi
production Erich Engels
music Heinz Letton
camera Bruno Mondi
cut Willy Zeunert
occupation

Kriminalreporter Holm is a German crime film from 1932 by Erich Engels with Hermann Speelmans in the title role.

action

The dancing couple Carla Garden and Roberti are performing in a fully booked hotel in the Bavarian Alps when retired public prosecutor Joe Miller from Chicago takes a seat at a table with his secretary Brown. Carla seems worried when she sees Miller, and he too seems to have spotted someone in the overcrowded bar, because suddenly he gets up. A shot is fired and Prosecutor Miller collapses, fatally hit. Coincidentally, the crime reporter of the "Abendpost", Peter Holm, is also present on site. He is currently on honeymoon with his young wife. When Detective Inspector Peters takes over the investigation, Holm joins him immediately. The suspicion of murder falls on Miller's secretary Brown, because Roberti testifies that he left the premises immediately after the shot. It soon turns out that the death of the officer could have something to do with a series of thefts committed at the hotel. Brown's room is searched, but nothing is found.

Criminal reporter Holm then single-handedly goes into the room of the deceased prosecutor and, during his search, comes across the body of the missing Brown. When Holm heard a noise, he saw a hand holding onto the outside of the window. He rushes there, but cannot hold the man belonging to him, who then slips away into the depths. The next morning, a hotel employee found Holm tied up in his room. A note is pinned to his chest in which a warning is issued. Back on his feet, Peter Holm leaves his room and comes across the ominous Professor Caesar Cicero Nebelthau in front of the door, who had obviously been listening at his door. This Nebelthau seems to show a great deal of interest in Holm's work. A trail leads Holm into the mountains, but it leads into emptiness. Back again, crime reporter Holm can finally find the perpetrator. The unmasking harbors a tangible surprise.

Production notes

Kriminalreporter Holm was created from January 15, 1932 with the outdoor recordings in the alpine upland of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was continued with the studio recordings from the end of February to mid-March 1932 in Berlin-Johannisthal . The film premiered on April 15, 1932 in Berlin's Titania Palace .

Producer Erich Engels also took over the production management. The Jazz Harmonists played, the lyrics were provided by Arnold Lippschütz , who also wrote the script under the pseudonym Erich Philippi. Heinz Fenchel and Herbert Lippschitz created the film structures. Composer Heinz Letton also took over the musical direction. Ernst Wilhelm Fiedler served Bruno Mondi as a camera assistant.

Reviews

The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: “The film ... skilfully steers the viewer's suspicions from one to the other ... the audience follows the action with breathless tension, the solution is ultimately different than expected ... The milieu of an elegant winter sports hotel is very appealing designed ... Hermann Speelmanns plays the crime reporter with a pleasant avoidance of the stereotyped, with the humor of a big boy who finally succeeds in everything. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme 3rd year 1932. p. 124 (073.32), Berlin 1990
  2. ^ "Crime reporter Holm". In:  Österreichische Film-Zeitung , April 23, 1932, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fil

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