Plush thriller
Plush thrillers were in the 1970s complicated and detailed, as well as original factory staged television adaptations of classic detective fiction called that aired 1971-1980 especially in the WDR and the director Wilhelm Semmelroth were staged. Because of the costumes and pompous furnishings, the films were dubbed "plush thriller" by the press. A special feature of the films, which featured high-profile casts (including René Deltgen , Günter Strack , Theo Lingen , Siegfried Lowitz , Heidelinde Weis , Helmut Käutner , Pinkas Braun , Ellen Schwiers , Paul Dahlke ) and, among others, novels by Wilkie Collins or Émile Gaboriau based, was the slow narrative style. Director Semmelroth himself said: "In my films, the carriages set the pace". The two or three-part productions were a great success with the public and generated high ratings. They were so-called street sweepers . Inspired by these films, a series produced by the SWF based on novels by Hedwig Courths-Mahler was created . Herbert Asmodi wrote the scripts for all of the WDR's plush thrillers , and Hans Jönsson always wrote the music . The two-parter Der Vetter Basilio from 1969, also staged by Wilhelm Semmelroth, can be seen as a forerunner of the plush thriller .
Movies
- 1971: The Woman in White (three-part series after Wilkie Collins )
- 1973: The red scarf (three-piece suit after Wilkie Collins)
- 1974: The moon diamond (two-piece by Wilkie Collins)
- 1975: The rope around the neck (three-piece suit after Émile Gaboriau )
- 1976: The Lerouge Affair (two-parter based on Émile Gaboriau)
- 1977: Uncle Silas (two-parter based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu )
- 1978: Lady Audley's Secret (two-parter based on Mary Elizabeth Braddon )
- 1980: Lucilla (two-parter based on Wilkie Collins)