Captain Vronsky
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Captain Vronsky |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Ulrich Erfurth |
| script | Axel Eggebrecht |
| production | Apollo Film, Berlin ( Willie Hoffmann-Andersen ) |
| music | Norbert Schultze |
| camera | Igor Oberberg |
| cut | Hermann Ludwig |
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Rittmeister Wronski is a German spy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth in 1954 .
action
Shortly after 1933: The Polish Rittmeister Igor Wronski had to quit his service after dueling escapades and bills that had not been redeemed. Vronsky got in touch with Colonel Maty in Warsaw through the relations of his sister Jadwiga . He applied to him as a spy in Berlin and was hired. In Berlin, Vronsky succeeded in gaining access to the highest circles in the Reichswehr Ministry thanks to his ubiquitous appearance, happiness with women and a lot of charm. The young Liana is a secretary at the War Ministry and becomes Vronsky's lover. It provides him with numerous internal letters. More important to him, however, is Leonore von Cronberg, niece of Colonel Ranke and chief secretary of the tank planning department, which he is slowly winning over. She soon realizes that Vronsky is a spy, but takes his side. She procured secret documents for him, which he had brought to Poland via Jadwiga. In this way, the Poles who are planning the non-aggression pact with the Germans receive an exact picture of the German armaments plans. They feel safe and sign the contract in 1934. Maty makes it clear that the Poles naturally knew about the Germans' plans, as they received information from numerous women in the ministry. Maty had previously announced to Vronsky that all whistleblowers would be liquidated.
In the meantime, however, Leonore has found out that in addition to the contract preparations in the operations department, plans are being forged for an attack on Poland. The chief secretary of the Illse von Jagstfeld department is a very closed woman and Leonore's best friend. In order to get to the plans, Leonore introduces Illse to Vronsky. Both are united by their love for horses and so Wronski succeeds in one day pulling Illse away from work and driving to Hamburg, where a brother Illses takes part in a horse show. During the absence, Leonore takes on her position with the consent of Illse's superior. She succeeds in photographing the raid plan on Poland with a micro camera. At the same time, however, Vronsky's actions aroused suspicion, especially among the new Dornbusch. He had Vronsky's apartment searched and found numerous references to Vronsky's espionage there. Among other things, he discovers an imprint for the key to the Ministry of Operations safe that Leonore had taken. She used a type cleaner paste for the typewriter. An inventory is now carried out and the missing cleaner is found at Leonore's workplace, among other things. Leonore is arrested, but so is Liane. Vronsky realizes that he has been spotted and tries to persuade Illse to flee across the border. He confesses to her that he is a spy, but he loves her and wants to marry her. Illse backs away from him, but shortly afterwards she and Vronsky are arrested. During the interrogation, Dornbusch plays Illse and Leonore off against each other by showing Leonore, who is in love with Vronsky, that he has long been a couple with Illse. Leonore does not exonerate Illse when they are brought to justice. The trial ends with Leonore and Liane's death sentence, which is carried out immediately. At the same time, an employee in the operations department testifies that the plans of an attack on Poland that Leonore photographed were just a gimmick, but that they have nothing to do with reality. He had previously been secretly released from his oath by the judge.
Vronsky and Illse are sentenced to prison terms. He lets himself be enlisted by the Germans as a spy, but in return only wants to blackmail Illse's release. With her he wants to settle apart from politics. He confesses his plan to her, but does not know that his conversation will be recorded. The Germans now submit an extradition request for Vronsky to the Poles, who ransom Vronsky. At the border he is expected by Colonel Maty, who accuses him of having defected to the other side. Vronsky denies, but Maty plays the conversation recorded in prison in which Vronsky declares that the Germans will employ him as a spy in order to be with Illse. Maty is also convinced that the robbery plan is worthless, as described in court. He leaves Vronsky alone. Jadwiga has also come to the border and is disappointed in her brother. She leaves him a revolver and shortly afterwards Vronsky takes his own life. Illse stays behind in prison in Berlin, still hoping that Wronski will keep his promise and that she will leave the prison in the shortest possible time.
production
Rittmeister Wronski is based on the historical espionage case of Jerzy Sosnowski from 1934, which was freely processed by Michael Graf Soltikow in 1954 under the title of Rittmeister Sosnowski . Rittmeister Vronsky relies on Soltikov's template. The film was produced in the Berlin-Tempelhof studio. The outdoor shots were taken in Berlin and Hamburg. The costumes come from Günter Brosda and Sinaida Rudnow , the film structures were created by Fritz Maurischat . Rittmeister Wronski had its premiere on October 11, 1954 in the Gloria-Palast in Berlin .
On the occasion of the film premiere, Der Spiegel criticized the fact that the film "bends the historical Sosnowski affair into the improbable [...] that the events and characters really, as the opening credits claim, appear to be 'fictitious'."
In 2006 the film was released on DVD.
criticism
The film service praised the exciting story and the good actors, but criticized the fact that the plot was "not very believable, especially in its melodramatic traits". Der Spiegel , which called the film a “spy cracker”, wrote more clearly that Vronsky in the film “before true love breaks in, [flirts] so mercilessly for Poland in Hitler-Berlin that the secret Reichswehr files flutter towards him by the dozen."
Web links
- Rittmeister Wronski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rittmeister Wronski at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , pp. 456 f.
- ↑ a b New in Germany: Rittmeister Wronski . In: Der Spiegel , No. 45, 1954, p. 42. [1]
- ^ Rittmeister Vronsky. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .