Police station 21

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Movie
German title Police station 21
Original title Detective story
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1951
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director William Wyler
script Philip Yordan ,
Robert Wyler
production William Wyler
camera Lee Garmes
cut Robert Swink
occupation
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Polizeirevier 21 (Original title: Detective Story ) is an American drama film directed by William Wyler from 1951 based on a play by Sidney Kingsley . The crime drama tells of a day in a New York police station.

action

Cop Jim McLeod hates anything that is against the law, and he's not squeamish about suspects - or witnesses. On this day in the 21st police station, he has to deal with a sensitive shoplifter. At the same time he is working on the case of young Arthur who is said to have stolen money from his boss. And he's got to solve a break-in that Mr. Gennini has been linked to.

In addition, McLeod is pursuing doctor Dr. Schneider, whom he accuses of illegal abortion. When he gets violent against the doctor, the latter accuses him of personal revenge. His boss then takes over the case and investigates McLeod's wife, Mary. When McLeod learns of the results of the investigation, a world collapses for him. It turns out that McLeod's wife had an abortion from Dr. Tailor made. The child's father is the gang boss Tami Giacoppetti.

background

The play on which the film is based was shown a total of 581 times on Broadway between March 1949 and August 1950 . The role of Detective McLeod played Ralph Bellamy , Maureen Stapleton played his wife. In the film Joseph Wiseman, Horace McMahon, Michael Strong and Lee Grant took their stage roles. For Grant it was the screen debut. The film takes place exclusively in a police station, there are no external shots. For this, director Wyler had the stage set of the Broadway play exactly recreated in the studio.

The script co-writer Robert Wyler was the older brother of William Wyler. Edith Head , who has won multiple Oscar awards, was responsible for the costumes .

Reviews

The film-dienst described the film as an "impressive adaptation of a Broadway play [...] excellently played." Dirk Jasper described the film in his review as a "[d] ramatic story about an overzealous, narrow-minded police officer who has to find out in a painful way that not all criminals are 'subhuman' - a prime role for Kirk Douglas. The action is only concentrated for a few hours and never leaves the inside of the police station - this creates an atmosphere of claustrophobia that increases the tension to the point of unbearable. "

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1952 , the film was nominated for Best Director (William Wyler), Best Adapted Screenplay (Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler), Best Actress (Eleanor Parker) and Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant) for an Oscar . The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe in the categories of Best Picture - Drama , Best Actor - Drama (Kirk Douglas) and Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant), but also ended up empty-handed.

At the Cannes International Film Festival in 1952, Lee Grant received an award for Best Actress .

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role actor Voice actor
Detective James "Jim" McLeod Kirk Douglas René Deltgen
Mary McLeod Eleanor Parker Tilly Lauenstein
Detective Lou Brody William Bendix Walther Suessenguth
Dr. Karl Schneider George Macready Curt Ackermann
Charly Gennini Joseph Wiseman Friedrich Joloff
Arthur Kindred Craig Hill Herbert Stass
Tami Giacoppetti Gerald Mohr Erich Fiedler

Further films

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Police station 21. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed April 4, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ See djfl.de ( Memento from January 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Police station 21. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 4, 2017 .