Liane, the girl from the jungle

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Movie
Original title Liane, the girl from the jungle
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1956
length 78 minutes
Age rating FSK 10/16/6/12
Rod
Director Eduard von Borsody
script Ernst von Salomon
production Arca-Filmproduktion GmbH ( Gero Wecker )
music Erwin Halletz
camera Bruno Timm
cut Walter von Bonhorst
occupation

Liane, the girl from the jungle is a German film from 1956 based on the novel of the same name by Anne Day-Helveg . It premiered on October 4, 1956 in the Lichtburg in Essen .

action

In southern Africa, an expedition finds a young white girl who lives with a native tribe. You catch it and take it with you to Hamburg.

Upon investigation, it turns out that the girl's name is Liane. Her only relative is her very wealthy grandfather, the shipowner Amelongen, who has retired. Its operation is led by his nephew, the successful and unscrupulous businessman Viktor Schöninck, his uncle to his universal because of the alleged lack of relatives in direct line to inherit has begun. Schöninck fears that Liane might dispute his position and his inheritance, and intrigues against her. Eventually the old shipowner is murdered. The evidence suggests Liane's companion Tanga as the murderer. However, it turns out that Schöninck killed the old man.

Liana doesn't get along with civilization. She longs to return to her jungle. Therefore, she uses the inherited money to return to the world in which she was happy.

background

Liane, the girl from the jungle , was approved by the working and main committee of the FSK (AA: October 1, 1956, HA: October 19, 1956) initially with three cuts from the age of 10.

The film caused quite a stir when it was released, as the main actress Marion Michael, like the African extras , was sometimes only dressed in a loincloth . The scenes are harmless from today's perspective, but caused great indignation at the time. Because of this, too, the film became a great financial success.

The Supreme State Youth Authorities (OLJB) then tried a retrial, which had to be repeated due to procedural deficiencies. At its meeting on October 1, 1956, the working committee set the film to be from the age of 12; the main committee finally approved the film, which had been running for four months, on February 13, 1957 with a narrow majority from the age of 16. However, on April 6, 1957, the legal committee of last instance confirmed the release from 10 years. It was controversial whether a slightly cropped white woman could move among bare African women. The examiners assumed no sexual irritation in the latter.

In the examination of July 8, 1974, the FSK lowered the age limit to 6 years and over, but increased it to 12 years and over in the examination of March 22, 1990.

Originally, Christiane König , who had previously worked in the film Die Mädels vom Immenhof , also produced by Gero Wecker , was intended for the role of the liana. However, since she refused to enter into a relationship with Wecker, her contract was terminated.

Reviews

"Simple-minded, adventurous nonsense, harmless in itself, but reservations with regard to the dubious intention that is involved in the performance of nudities."

- Klaus Brüne : 6000 films

Sequels

Due to the great success, a sequel Liane, the white slave girl, was shot in 1957 . In 1961, a third film, Liane, the daughter of the jungle, was compiled from scenes shot for the two previous films .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Kniep: No youth approval! , P. 160
  2. ↑ Mallorca Magazine from May 1, 2015, accessed on July 29, 2015
  3. ^ Klaus Brüne: 6000 films . Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958. In: Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism . 3. Edition. Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 261 .

literature

  • Anne Day-Helveg: Liane - the girl from the jungle . (2 volumes.) Heros-Verlag, Bayreuth 1958
  • Brigitte Tast, Hans Jürgen Tast: Marion Michael. A photo story . Düsseldorf 1981 ISBN 3-88842-013-X .
  • Jürgen Kniep: “No youth approval!”. Film censorship in West Germany 1949-1990 , Wallstein Verlag Göttingen 2010 ISBN 978-3-8353-0638-7

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