Decoy (1934)

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Movie
Original title decoy
Country of production German Empire
original language German
Publishing year 1934
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK youth ban at the time
Rod
Director Hans Steinhoff
script Ludwig von Wohl
Philipp Lothar Mayring
production Karl Ritter for the UFA
music Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
Walter Schütze
camera Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Erich Schmidtke
cut Willy Zeyn junior
occupation

Decoy is a German adventure film from 1934 directed by Hans Steinhoff . In addition to Viktor de Kowa and Jessie Vihrog, the main roles are cast with Hilde Weissner and Paul Westermeier .

action

Viktor Schott, by nature bold and full of vigor and a charming womanizer, is commissioned by his father, a jeweler, to purchase an emerald necklace that a Persian in Istanbul had offered for sale. He will then bring the valuable piece of jewelery to Marseille on a ship belonging to the Groot shipping company . However, a gang of criminals is after the precious chain. Little does Viktor suspect that the attractive Delia Donovan, whom he met on the way, is part of the criminal plan and was set as a decoy on him, especially since he fell in love with the young lady. Nor does he suspect that the shipowner Groot is cooperating with the gang. Groot is the guardian of the young Sybil Termeer, a youth playmate of Viktor. Sybil secretly loves Viktor. When she realizes what is going on, she warns Viktor not only about the shipowner, but also about the captain of the ship, who also has his hands in the game. She tells him that it is planned that the piece of jewelery will change hands at a masked ball that will take place on board. However, Viktor makes the mistake of ignoring Sybil's warning. Delia has a firm grip on him.

Shortly before the ship reaches its destination, the thieving gang instigates a detonation that capsizes the vehicle. Viktor is locked in the captain's cabin, but Sybil frees him in time. Shortly afterwards, the shipowner and the captain are arrested and Delia's wrong game is also exposed. Viktor finally sees clearly and realizes that Sybil is the woman who belongs to him.

Production notes

The shooting lasted over the months of July / August 1934 and took place in Cuxhaven , on the Bosporus , in the Port of Hamburg , in the North Sea off Helgoland and in the UFA studio in Neubabelsberg. The production company was Universum-Film AG (UFA) in Berlin, production group Karl Ritter. The recording manager was Fritz Koch. For the Filmbauten recorded Fritz Maurischat and Artur Günther responsible, responsible for the tone was Hermann Fritzsching . The lyrics are from Friedrich Wilhelm Rust. The songs are sung. Every little girl waits for love and happiness will come to you .

The film was first distributed by UFA-Filmverleih GmbH (Berlin). The film is 2,719 m long, which corresponds to 99 minutes of playing time. In a test on October 19, 1934, test number B.37566, a “youth ban” was pronounced. Premiered decoy on 10 November 1934 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.

French version

At the same time, Hans Steinhoff shot a French version of the film (79 minutes) under the title Le Miroir aux Alouettes , with Roger Le Bon at his side as assistant director. Raoul Ploquin was won as producer . The film was released in French cinemas on April 5, 1935. The technical staff was identical, the line-up as follows:

criticism

Karlheinz Wendtland confirmed to the film that it was "designed with speed and all finesse". Furthermore, he was of the opinion that the film adaptation was also not lacking in humor and that it was “completely apolitical despite the director Steinhoff”.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le Miroir aux Alouettes at cinefiches.com
  2. ^ Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies born in 1933 and 1934, edited by the author Karlheinz Wendtland, Berlin, Chapter: Films 1934, Film No. 118, no page number.