Lilli - a girl from the big city

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Movie
Original title Lilli - a girl from the big city
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1958
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Hermann Leitner
script Louis Martin
Claude Desailly
production Helmuth Volmer
music Michael Jary
camera Kurt Grigoleit
cut Walter Boos
occupation

Lilli - a girl from the big city is a German fiction film in black and white from 1958 by Hermann Leitner . The script was written by Louis Martin and Claude Desailly . It is based on a manuscript by Peter Dronte . The leading roles are cast with Ann Smyrner and Adrian Hoven . The work had its world premiere on March 6, 1958.

action

Lilli is a successful journalist for a major newspaper. She is assigned by her boss to go to a missionary congress in Sicily. Because she is extremely attractive, she immediately attracts the eyes of men on the ship. Even the Catholic clergyman, Klinker, who is also on the way to the congress, is always looking to be close to Lillis. A certain Mr. Holland manages to invite the girl to dinner in his cabin. When she arrives, however, he lies shot in his compartment. Back in her own cabin, she finds a box and a piece of paper with the message: “I'll be right back. A. Holland. ”On closer inspection of the box, Lilli discovers a secret compartment that contains five plates for making banknotes. Soon afterwards she is visited by Cristobal Ramirez. He showed great interest in their suitcases, but did not see their contents.

At the hotel in Genoa, Lilli meets the charming Bill Morton, with whom she enjoys flirting. At the moment, however, she is more interested in another gentleman: With the help of the young shoe shine Lorenzo, she finds Ramirez's house in the harbor district. She enters and discovers a box full of dollar flowers. When she hears voices, she hides. She witnesses Ramirez being stabbed to death by an accomplice. Then Lilli looks for the distance.

A new surprise is waiting for the reporter at the hotel: Ramirez's corpse lies in her bed, and with her presence of mind she immediately disappears into a chest. Afterwards she goes out to dinner with Bill Morton. Because she needs someone to pour her heart out to now, she tells Bill about the printing plates. But she has the impression that he doesn't even want to understand her. In the restaurant, Lilli deliberately gives the waiter a false dollar bill. Then a certain Kira comes to the table. It looks like this one belongs to the gang of counterfeiters.

Morton stays in the restaurant while Lilli returns to the hotel. Kira thinks the man is a dangerous criminal. She agrees with him that he will have a 30 percent stake in the business.

When Lilli arrives at the hotel, she immediately realizes that Ramirez's body has since been discovered. To avoid arrest, she takes flight again. On the way you meet the trusting pastor Klinker. She hands him the first report for her newspaper. The next day, Lilli receives a visit from Kira, who pretends to be Mrs. Holland. Lilli immediately suspects that something is wrong here and follows Kira's car in a taxi. She is horrified to find out how Morton and Kira have found the hiding place for the printing plates. The two take the plates and go with them to the gangster headquarters, which is located in the notorious Hafenbar. Once there, Lilli realizes that Pastor Klinker is the boss of the gang. Thereupon she lures a horde of drunk sailors into the bar, who immediately start a violent fight. When the police finally arrive, all the crooks are tied up on the floor. Lilli is relieved to find that Morton is the opposite of a gang member; he works as an agent at Interpol.

Production notes

The buildings were created by the film architects Gabriel Pellon and Hans Auffenberg . Teddy Turai contributed the costumes.

criticism

The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: “Criminal lust game in the striking style of a comic strip, but too simple-minded and too clumsy staged to make the intended parody clear.” In its later online edition it says: “Failed, sometimes an An attempt at a crime film parody about a character that became popular in the 1950s as a drawing in a Bild newspaper series, which reached the limit of embarrassment. " Cinema found:" This little film was actually supposed to be a parody of the superheroes of cinema. It's just a shame that nobody notices it. Conclusion: The brave Lilli is struck by simplicity. "

source

Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaft Franke & Co. KG, Munich 2, number 4183

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 from 1988, p. 2302
  2. ↑ Lilli - a girl from the big city. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 23, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Short review at cinema.de with five pictures