Nobody gets along with me

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Movie
Original title Nobody gets along with me
Country of production Austria-Hungary
original language German
Publishing year 1917
Rod
Director Luise Kolm
Jakob Fleck
script Hans Huebner
Lusie Kolm
Jakob Julius Fleck
production Anton Kolm
Luise Kolm
Jakob J. Fleck
for the Viennese art film industry
occupation

Nobody Can Get Out of Me is an Austro-Hungarian silent film from 1917. Directed by Jakob Fleck and Luise Kolm .

action

Amadeus Wimpfl is an extremely wealthy private citizen whose passion is reading detective stories. It even goes so far that he considers himself a born nose for a nose. Soon he believes he is called upon to put an end to a horrific gang of gangsters called "The Black Hand". These bad guys have already committed a number of break-ins and robberies. Even Wimpfl's wife, under whose slipper he usually likes to stand, cannot drive these fantasies out of him. Wimpfl's whimsy goes so far that he expects his future son-in-law, who will one day have his little daughter Liane, to be as enthusiastic about crime as he is. And so the chosen one, a certain Ottokar Steiner, pretends to be an examining magistrate, willy-nilly, in order to gain the favor of his father-in-law. Now Ottokar, whether he wants to or not, has to join Wimpfl's explorations. Steiner made a virtue out of necessity: in the company of his fellow student corps, he had the idea to pass these people off as members of the “black hand”. With the future father-in-law in tow, he goes to the notorious Schnorrer bar to spy on the alleged "crooks" who are holding a meeting here in a conspiratorial manner. Ottokar's fellow students are happy to take part in this fun so that Wimpfl may finally get rid of his fad in this way.

The students in the corps do their job so well that poor Wimpfl is soon frightened. He is very happy when he finally made it safely to his home. But is this really safe from the murderous rascals? Now Amadeus suddenly sees the signs of the “black hand” everywhere. Armed to the teeth, he is ready to defend his home, life and family. With a skewer in hand and a shield behind which his wife must hide, he waits for the things that may come. In fact, the “criminals” are not long in coming and get to him. Wimpfl succeeds in locking up two of the crooks. Since the Wimpflsche knight's armor also seems to be moving, it is immediately locked in the room with the captured "gangsters". How can the brave family father suspect that the fearful daughter Liane is hiding in there? Meanwhile, Mrs. Wimpfl runs to Ottokar to borrow a suitcase from him for a planned escape. But Steiner does not reveal it, because his lady visit, the dancer Nelly, is currently hiding there after she heard Ottokar's future mother-in-law come. But the old woman doesn't care, and she has the filled suitcase dragged away by her servant and brought to her home.

There Wimpfl is very surprised when the only half-clothed Nelly emerges from this dream. The general confusion grows bigger as the police, notified by Wimpfl, approach. Steiner has also come to the villa to collect his affair Nelly again. Both tower out of the house in an unobserved moment. The handing over of the criminals, announced by Wimpfl with great fuss, turns out to be a complete embarrassment: The two "gangsters" escaped out of the window, and his daughter Liane is still in the armor, who has not yet dared to come out. For the privateer all this is one great humiliation. He swore to his wife that he would keep his hands off detective games from now on. And Liane is finally allowed to marry her Ottokar, even if he is not an examining magistrate.

Production notes

I can't get by , also known as The Black Hand , was made in 1916 in the Vienna art film studios. The first performance of the four-act act took place on February 9, 1917. Depending on the source, the film was advertised as a grotesque crime comedy and a detective film hoax.

criticism

“This great detective swan… includes an astonishing amount of situation comedy, which is effectively increased by a witty contemporary description. Particularly noteworthy is the acting performance of Ernst Tautenhayn ... "

- Cinematographic review of February 4, 1917. p. 32

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