Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
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| Original title | Peter Voss, the millionaire thief |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1932 |
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| Director | Ewald André Dupont |
| script | Ewald André Dupont, Bruno Frank , Albrecht Joseph |
| production | Karl Grune |
| music | Peter Kreuder |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
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Peter Voss, der Millionendieb is a German feature film by Ewald André Dupont from 1932. It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger from 1913, which was published in 1921 in six parts under the title The Man Without a Name for the film was adapted. Under the title Peter Voss, the Million Thief, further film adaptations appeared in 1946 and 1958, and an eight-part radio play in 1960.
action
When the rich Mr. Pitt quits a million dollar amount, the bank Schilling & Co. threatens to collapse. That is why authorized officer Peter Voss faked a break-in that allegedly stole two million marks. He now wants to hide until the stock market shares rise again.
The well-known detective Bobby Dodd is charged with solving the case. Accompanied by Polly Pitt, the millionaire's daughter, he goes in search of Peter Voss. A hunt around the world begins, with Bobby Dodd and Polly often hot on the heels of the alleged thief of millions, but Voss always manages to escape.
On the way, Polly falls in love with Peter Voss. On a freighter, this gets to know Madame Bianca and her ballet group. He accompanied them to Marseille and worked there as a piano player in a harbor bar. In Morocco he finally learns that share prices have recovered. Banker Schilling can now get the money he needs to pay off Pitt by selling securities. When Dodd finally catches Voss, it turns out that nothing has been stolen. Voss returns home as a hero with his bride Polly and becomes a partner in Schillings Bank.
background
The buildings for this Emelka production come from Willy and Ludwig Reiber . The film premiered on March 23, 1932.
Awards
The film testing agency awarded the film the title “artistic”.
Reviews
- “... the many author's gags and directorial ideas don't fit into a whole. The film breaks down into individual anecdotes and episodes, held together only with difficulty by the automatism of the location and milieu change. All in all, Peter Voss, the millionaire thief, does not meet the needs of a dramatically accentuated action cinema or those of a witty parody. "
- In a contemporary commentary during the Film Week, Paul Ickes compared the film with the first film adaptation from 1921, the six-part silent film The Man Without a Name, and came to the conclusion that the silent film work had been stronger. He continues: “Of course, a funny book like that by Peter Voss cannot be killed; here the intricacies are obvious, whether one takes the novelist's or others that one thinks to be better. And so the new Bobby Dodd achieved a great success with Paul Hörbiger, and with Hörbiger, who is very wonderful, everyone else (Schaufuss, Ida Wüst, Forst and Schaeffers) received considerable applause. Alice Treff's debut is less successful; but why was your dubbing not recognized and moderate by the director? "
Other films
Radio play version
In 1960, Bayerischer Rundfunk also produced an eight-part radio play entitled Peter Voss, the Thief of the Million . Arno Assmann (Peter Voss) spoke under the direction of Heinz-Günter Stamm . Ingrid Pan (Mrs. Polly Voss) and Günter Pfitzmann (Bobby Dodd, private detective) play the leading roles. Other speakers included Fritz Rasp , Konrad Georg , Horst Tappert , Klaus Havenstein and Hans Nielsen .
literature
- Fred Gehler Peter Voss, the millionaire thief . In Günther Dahlke, Günther Karl (Hrsg.): German feature films from the beginnings to 1933. A film guide. Henschel Verlag, 2nd edition, Berlin 1993, p. 290 f. ISBN 3-89487-009-5
- Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945 with numerous artist biographies. Born in 1932 , Medium Film Verlag Karlheinz Wendtland, first edition 1990, second revised edition 1992, ISBN 3-926945-11-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fred Gehlen in: German Feature Films from the Beginnings to 1933 , p. 290 f.
- ^ Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. Born 1932 , Berlin, 2nd edition 1992, p. 54