Manolescu, the prince of thieves
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Manolescu, the prince of thieves |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Willi Wolff |
| script |
Hans Rameau , Georg C. Klaren |
| production | Willi Wolff, Ellen Richter for Ellen Richter-Filmproduktion, Berlin |
| music | Willy Rosen |
| camera | Emil Schünemann |
| cut | Roger from Norman |
| occupation | |
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Manolescu, the Prince of Thieves is a German feature film from 1933 by Willi Wolff with Iván Petrovich in the title role.
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Prince Lahovary alias George Manolescu is an elegant gentleman of the world. Nobody knows of his double life, of his second existence, and in that he is up to mischief as a jewel thief - much to the chagrin of all jewelery shops and jeweled ladies of the world. With a lot of skill he has so far been able to evade persecution and arrest by the police. If you believe him in a certain place, he has long since moved on. He has just carried out his raid in Paris, then he has already traveled on to Brussels to carry out the next coup there. While he is now being feverishly pursued there, Manolescu has returned to Paris and is staying at the Hotel Ritz as Lahovary, as befits his standing .
The biggest sufferers of his forays are the insurance companies, who have to pay for the damage, and so it is no wonder that one day the director of one of these companies, introp boss Jan Hendricks, together with his insurance colleagues, sets out to create this famous one To finally put down the handicraft. For this reason, a detective named Marion Lamond is hired to track down Lahovary aka Manolescu. With a female person, so the ulterior motive, you can track down the Womanizer more easily. But the wrong prince is not so stupid as to fool this lady and outsmart her with great skill and his legendary seductive charm. Even Olivia Hendricks, the wife of the insurance director, has been sucking into the Ritz, even though she recognizes him.
In Berlin, Georges Manolescu is finally arrested. He is sentenced to two years in prison and transferred to Plötzensee . In jail he gets to know the friendly, former racing driver Max Krause, who helps him escape from the correctional facility. Manolescu wanders through Europe, always in fear of being arrested again. First he goes to Vienna, then he travels on to Switzerland. There he meets the attractive Countess Maria Freyenberg, whom he once met under a false name in Berlin and who falls in love with the charming do-it-all. The two want to spend New Year's Eve in a mountain hut. But detective Lamond has long since taken up his track again and brings Manolescu on site. And again the noble thug managed to escape, this time with Krause and Maria's help. The lovers arrive in Monte Carlo and get married. But both are married for a short time, because Manolescu is arrested again here. Maria, who knew nothing of his double life, is deeply shocked, but promises to be loyal to him and to wait until he is released again.
Production notes
Manolescu, the prince of thieves , was created in the Jofa studios in Berlin-Johannisthal and in St. Moritz (exterior shots) from December 1932 to mid-January 1933, i.e. immediately before the start of the Nazi era. The eight-stroke with a length of 2267 meters passed film censorship on February 28, 1933 and was banned from youth. The premiere took place on March 17, 1933 in Berlin's Primus-Palast. In Austria the film was shown under the title The Enchanting Deceiver .
Hans Jacoby designed the film structures, Willi Wolff provided the texts for Willy Rosen's songs. Alfred Strasser was the musical director, Leon Sklarz was responsible for the production management.
The music title “Brennende Liebe” was published by Edition Meisel & Co., Berlin.
After Manolescu's memoirs and Manolescu , this was the third German film to deal with the eventful life of the master thief and impostor.
useful information
The film exemplarily reflects the situation of Jewish artists before and after January 30, 1933. This production, which was made entirely in the Weimar Republic , was not only the last film by the former silent film star Ellen Richter that Manolescu, the prince of thieves, had her husband Willi Wolff produce as part of her own company. For other Jews involved in this film besides Richter, this impostor comedy meant the abrupt end of their film work in Germany: composer Willy Rosen, production manager Leon Sklarz and the actors Kurt Lilien , Julius Falkenstein and Emil Rameau . The main actress Mady Christians, on the other hand , did not want to work in Nazi Germany any longer , even though Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels courted her. Only the Jewish film architect Hans Jacoby was able to continue working in Germany until 1934, when he too left the Reich the following year.
criticism
Vienna's Österreichische Film-Zeitung reported in its edition of March 25, 1933: "Dr. Willy Wolff's director has skilfully guided the threads of the plot Fritz Kampers and Julius Falkenstein bring humor to the events. (...) The extraordinary abundance and variety of scenes make the plot even more interesting. A film that keeps the audience in suspense and amused. "
See also
Web links
- Manolescu, the prince of thieves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Manolescu, the prince of thieves at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 123.
- ^ "Manolescu, the prince of thieves". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , March 25, 1933, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).