On the streets at night
| Movie | |
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| Original title | On the streets at night |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Jugert |
| script |
Fritz Rotter Helmut Käutner |
| production |
NDF , Munich Intercontinental Filmgesellschaft mbH, Munich ( Erich Pommer ) |
| music | Werner Eisbrenner |
| camera | Václav Vich |
| cut | Fritz Stapenhorst |
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Night on the Streets is a German feature film from 1952 directed by Rudolf Jugert . The main roles are occupied by Hans Albers and Hildegard Knef .
action
Heinrich Schlüter works as a self-employed truck driver . The debts he has taken on for the purchase of a trailer weighs heavily on him and forces him to go on extra tours again and again. One night he was the first to be involved in a traffic accident on the autobahn, in which a man had just been killed. Heinrich finds an envelope with 20,000 DM on the dead man, which he takes. A little later he learns from the police who have arrived that the money now missing came from a criminal business. Heinrich gives up his plan to return the money immediately when the police suspect that an accomplice of the dead man fled with the money. On the same night Heinrich takes the attractive hitchhiker Inge Hoffmann with him. Inge begins to flirt with the married Heinrich, but he remains steadfast at first. A few days later he meets Inge again. The older man slowly begins a love affair with the young woman. With the stolen money he gives her presents and pays the debts for his truck trailer. In turn, he buys his wife Anna an expensive fur coat and wants to give his daughter a gold watch. In front of the family, he pretends to have won the pool.
Inge leads a double life. In addition to her relationship with Heinrich, she is in a relationship with the petty criminal Kurt, whom she pretends to be her brother in front of Heinrich. Kurt needs a truck to smuggle furs across the border and had instigated Inge to make a truck driver compliant. Kurt begins to blackmail Heinrich. He is shaken and doesn't want his wife to find out about the relationship with Inge. Therefore he makes himself and his truck available for the crime. On the night of the crime, Heinrich deliberately caused an accident and the criminals were caught by the police. Heinrich turns himself in to the police and confesses to the theft of the money. He will pay back every penny and return to his wife Anna refined.
Production, background
At night on the streets of the Bavaria Film studios in Geiselgasteig . The exterior shots were taken on the motorway near Frankfurt am Main . Ludwig Reiber and Rudolf Pfenninger were responsible for the buildings, Georg Richter and Kurt Hartmann for the production management. Margot Hielscher sings the chanson "Schwarzer Kaffee" by Werner Eisbrenner (music) and Fritz Rotter (text) in the film.
Reviews
"The timely and time-critical film is realistic, artless and straightforward. Hans Albers takes the opportunity to show the best aspects of his personality and natural talent. "
"A perfectly crafted film with a finger on the pulse, in which Hans Albers shines in one of his best roles."
“Straightforwardly direct, emphasizing the balance between action and image dynamics, Jugert staged this truck driver film, which reflected the mood of the beginning economic boom era. In this film, too, the director remained loyal to his striving for time-critical, unvarnished everyday realism. "
"A film that honestly tries to create a realistic image of the human being, but that remains on the surface in some of the questions raised."
Awards
The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the rating “valuable” on the streets at night . The film was in 1952 with the VI. International Locarno Film Festival . The scriptwriters and the director were awarded the German Film Prize in 1953 for their performance . The film was also named best feature film of the year.
Web links
- At night on the streets in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- At night on the streets at filmportal.de (with photos and two film posters)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 283
- ↑ On the streets at night. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 38/1952