Peter the sailor
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Peter the sailor |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1929 |
| length | approx. 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Reinhold Schünzel |
| script |
Heinz Gordon Georg C. Klaren Gustav A. Mindzenty |
| production | Reinhold Schünzel |
| music | Hansheinrich Dransmann |
| camera | Frederik Fuglsang |
| occupation | |
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Peter the Sailor is a German silent film melodrama from 1929 by and with Reinhold Schünzel in the title role.
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Peter Sturz was once a member of the upper class , whom a woman not only cheated on but also thoroughly ruined when he cashed a fake bill for her sake. One day he broke all bridges behind him and went to sea. The gentleman of the company became Peter, the sailor. For years Peter disappeared, but the long journeys have not been able to get this woman Victoria out of his head. Under her name, Sturz even took part in a competition run by a cigarette company, in which he won first prize. Now he is allowed to travel to a luxury hotel, the Carlton, in St. Moritz for two weeks.
There, of all places, he meets Victoria again. She is now happily married to another man, a wealthy writer. This is too much for Peter and he decides to take bitter revenge on the woman who once betrayed and exploited him so shamefully. One night Victoria comes up to him. She looks very desperate and tells Peter the real reason why she was so shabby towards him at the time. Victoria had to forge the bill because she absolutely needed money to treat her brother, who was sick with consumption . Fall realizes that the circumstances of yore can no longer be changed and distances himself from his sinister plans. There is another hug, then Peter, the sailor, leaves the luxury hotel and returns to the rough sea.
Production notes
Peter, the sailor was made in February and March 1929. The studio recordings were made in Berlin-Grunewald , the external shoots took place on the North Sea and in St. Moritz . The six-stroke with a length of 2239 meters passed the film censorship on April 8, 1929 and was banned from youth. The premiere took place on May 2, 1929 in the Alberthalle in Leipzig. The Berlin premiere was on May 14, 1929 in the Titania Palace.
Leopold Blonder created the film structures, Edgar Emanuel took over the production management. Renate Müller made her film debut here.
Reviews
“Why always this sentimentality and mendacity? Good topics are ruined by it. (…) Orgies of nobility are celebrated, tears flow incessantly and Schünzel wanders into the dawn. The manuscript shows promising beginnings that are immediately nipped in the bud. What could you do with it? (…) In addition, Renate Müller, the partner, cannot yet fulfill her role, because this woman, who plays in so many lights, who runs through the whole range of affects, has to be given by a great designer. (…) Schünzel's good direction and Twardowski in one episode as a lung patient. A poor result. "
“As director and leading actor, Reinhold Schünzel does nothing to soften the unspeakable comedy of the manuscript; What wrong turns has this talented actor got in the field of the film industry! His casting of other roles shows that he has instinct for actors. The young Renate Müller, still very insecure and often downright bad, is undoubtedly a new face, a new talent for film. And Hans Heinrich v. Twardowski plays a petty-bourgeois impostor as an exemplary episode, concise and ambiguous, clear and mysterious, moving in the dying scene. "
“The sentimentality of the fable is hard to beat; their improbability is increased by the fact that the sailor keeps his sailor suit even in the luxury hotel. It's a shame that the only hinted punch line in the film that would have made a good comedy theme is not developed any further. (...) Why does Schünzel always try to distort his talent through wrong tasks? He once looked better in a tuxedo than he does today in a sailor's blouse. "
Web links
- Peter, the sailor at filmportal.de
- Peter, the sailor in the Internet Movie Database (English)