News from the witcher
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | News from the witcher |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Alfred Vohrer ( Will Tremper ) |
| script | Herbert Reinecker |
| production |
Rialto Film ( Horst Wendlandt , Preben Philipsen ) |
| music | Peter Thomas |
| camera | Karl Löb |
| cut | Jutta Hering |
| occupation | |
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Neues vom Hexer is a German crime film by director Alfred Vohrer and the 23rd German-language Edgar Wallace film of the post-war period . The film, which is based on the novel "Neues vom Hexer" (original title: Again the Ringer / The Ringer Returns ) by Edgar Wallace , premiered on June 4, 1965 in the Passage-Kino in Saarbrücken . It is the sequel to the 1964 film The Witcher .
action
The wealthy Lord Curtain is killed by his nephew Archie Moore with the help of the butler Edwards. At the scene of the crime, Inspector Wesby (recruited by Sir John to represent Inspector Higgins) finds a supposed calling card for the "witcher". However, this is again in Australia. He travels to London with his wife Cora-Ann and Butler Finch to investigate the case and rid himself of suspicion of murder, because a trial with him as a defendant has been scheduled in absentia. The “witcher” leaves a first impression of his abilities when he takes the place of an adjunct judge and plays a tape recorder from a hiding place at the crime scene, with which the perpetrators wanted to lay a false lead.
Another murder takes place in the Curtain house, and Lady Curtain is the victim. Shortly thereafter, Archie Moore is found dead. Inspector Wesby, previously on the hunt for Arthur Milton, is convinced of his innocence and suggests that Sir John collaborate with the "Witcher". Sir John proposes to Cora-Ann Milton that the pursuit of her husband be stopped while he is assisting in this case.
Assassinations are carried out on the now closest relatives of the deceased, Margie Fielding and the child Charles. At the last moment their lives are saved by Inspector Wesby, who shoots Edwards, and by the "Witcher". This can also prevent the death of his butler in the pursuit of the lawyer Bailey. Shortly afterwards, Bailey is also dead.
Charles is kidnapped despite police surveillance. Lady Aston, the sister of Lady Curtain, confesses to having recognized the voice with which Edwards was in contact via radio during the attack as that of Philip Curtain, the brother of Lord Curtain believed dead. When Philip Curtain tries to kill Margie Fielding again after a deception with a mask of the "witcher", Archibald Finch is there and shoots the mastermind behind the crimes. On the way to the airport, the Australian trio is tricked and detained by Wesby.
Others
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After The Witcher had become one of Wallace's greatest business successes, the next thing to do was to produce the Witcher as a successor. Herbert Reinecker , who wrote the screenplay for the film The Witcher , also wrote the screenplay for its sequel. The literature is a collection of short stories by Edgar Wallace. However, Reinecker wrote a completely new story, for which none of the short stories served as a template.
The film was shot from March 15 to April 27, 1965 in West Berlin . The outdoor shots took place on Pfaueninsel and Westhafen , among other places . The London recordings came from the archive. The exterior view of the windmill was from the movie The Crypt with the Riddle Lock . The interior shots were shot in the CCC-Film studios in Berlin's Spandau district . Due to an illness of director Alfred Vohrer , Will Tremper took over the direction for a time. Brigitte Horney after many years of absence from German film and Hubert von Meyerinck first appeared in a film in the Wallace series. Teddy Naumann , who unafraid to play with tigers, is the son of the tamer Heinz Naumann, Edith Hamann is a contemporary well-known Berlin court reporter.
The film was approved by the FSK for ages 16 and over without any restrictions. The sequel announced at the end of the film was supposed to be The Hunchback of Soho , which in the final version is not about the "witcher".
News from Witcher got off to a great start , but later fell short of expectations. The audience was disappointed that the real mastermind, Phillip Curtain, played by director Alfred Vohrer, apart from his repeatedly audible voice and a cameo at the reception, did not appear in the entire film before his shooting.
The film was initially broadcast on television in a shortened version, because when it was first broadcast on November 13, 1973, it had to be cut by around five minutes. Among other things, the opening scene and the final dialogue were missing. In 1991, the shortened version for ages 12 and up was released. In the meantime, the film has been released in the original theatrical version and released again from the age of 16.
The title was parodied in 2007 by the film Neues vom WiXXer .
Reviews
"Tight scenes with pistol-like punchlines, funny details regardless of the loss of substance, the complete lack of murderous beer seriousness and the simplest logic - a macabre fireworks display near the cemetery."
"Without a doubt would have been extract from this material more: too often relies Vohrer, lack of visual ideas, in a rather clumsy Transfokator DUTY and leaves, photographed pleasing tableaux instead of brutal, realistic images that would have been here on the square; too often he turns to improbabilities and banalities. Overall, however, those involved seem to have been more interested and ambitious than usual. "
"The familiar faces [...] in the usual roles play a lively and eerie game with masks: You hide behind masks, masks are exposed and masks ultimately lead to a surprising but good ending. One is only too happy to forgive the unbelief in this fast-paced mess, because it is impossible not to be captivated by these two hours. "
"German Wallace adaptation above average. Suitable from 16. "
"Exciting, turbulent Wallace thriller that gets by without brutality."
"Amusing continuation of the cult crime thriller."
"All the ingredients of a top Wallace crime novel."
"Once again, an Edgar Wallace film offers exciting and gripping entertainment right through to the end."
literature
- Edgar Wallace: News from the Witcher . German translation. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-05297-1 .
- Joachim Kramp , Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
- Joachim Kramp: Hello! This is Edgar Wallace speaking. The story of the legendary German crime film series from 1959–1972 . 3. Edition. Verlag Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89602-645-3 .
Web links
- News from the sorcerer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- News from the Witcher ( memento from December 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-tonfilm.de
- News from the witcher at filmportal.de
- Sound carrier with the film music
Individual evidence
- ↑ News from the Witcher . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . June 12, 1965, p. 10 ( PDF file; 2.2 MB ).
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 221/1965.
- ↑ News from the Witcher. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ A film review by Thomas Ays at moviesection.de
