Midnight - Grand Canal
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Midnight - Grand Canal |
| Original title | The Venetian Affair |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Italian |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jerry Thorpe |
| script | E. Jack Neuman |
| production | Jerry Thorpe E. Jack Neuman |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera |
Milton Krasner Enzo Serafin |
| cut | Henry Berman |
| occupation | |
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Midnight - Canale Grande (original title: The Venetian Affair ) is an American agent thriller by Jerry Thorpe that was created on location in Venice in 1966 . Robert Vaughn , Elke Sommer , Boris Karloff and Karlheinz Böhm play the leading roles with "a rare villain part". The story is based on a novel by Helen MacInnes .
action
A summit meeting of the world's largest economic powers is held in the lagoon city. The background to this meeting is to get a joint disarmament plan in motion. Obviously there are forces as powerful as they are secret who oppose this and want to destroy this plan. A bomb explodes and 13 people die. It quickly turns out that the US representative of all people had planted and detonated the bomb. He was also killed in the process. Washington is appalled that the US government is now falsely suspected of having commissioned the attack. The American journalist Bill Fenner, officially in the service of a US news agency, is sent to Venice by his boss to investigate the background to this bomb attack. In truth, the CIA is behind it, which was once Fenner's employer.
Fenner's former wife Sandra Fane was also last in contact with the suicide bomber. But Sandra is as if swallowed by the earth. Fenner is now supposed to track down his ex in order to possibly get further information from her. Other suspects involved in the matter soon emerged, including a certain Robert Wahl, a seedy businessman who appears to be a rather unscrupulous mastermind behind the scenes. It's about a miracle serum with which you can massively manipulate people. When the old, experienced diplomat Vaugiroud is supposed to write his final report on the investigations, the number of deaths increases noticeably. Now Fenner and Sandra are also in great danger ...
Production notes
The film was shot on location in Venice and premiered in London on November 24, 1966. The American premiere took place on January 18, 1967 in New York; the German premiere was on March 2, 1967.
The film set was designed by George W. Davis , executed by Leroy Coleman , the equipment was designed by Henry Grace . While Milton Krasner was the chief cameraman, Enzo Serafin took care of all the field shots in Venice.
Reviews
"The international intrigue in this film is not particularly intriguing."
“Confused agent story about a photo reporter who is misused by the American secret service as bait to solve an attack. Realistic in detail, but overall implausible. "
"Uninteresting and complicated spy thriller with pleasant locations."
"Agent plots."
Web links
- Midnight - Grand Canal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The film title is not entirely correct; actually it would Canal Grande have hot
- ↑ The large personal dictionary of films, Volume 1, p. 448
- ↑ Midnight - Grand Canal in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 15, 2018