Dirty angel
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| Original title | Dirty angel |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Alfred Vohrer |
| script | Harald G. Petersson |
| production | Ultra-Film GmbH ( Josef Wolf ) |
| music | Martin Böttcher |
| camera | Kurt Hasse |
| cut | Carl Otto Bartning |
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Dirty Angel is a German film drama from 1958. This first feature film by director Alfred Vohrer was produced by West Berlin Ultra-Film and shot in Hamburg . The black and white film premiered on July 1, 1958 in the Marble House in West Berlin.
content
The student Beate Schorlemmer comes from a wealthy family and is used to getting what she wants. Her father, a wealthy hotelier, has granted Beate every conceivable wish so far. Little does he know that the spoiled girl now has more than material desires. She has become a member of the sympathetic college teacher Dr. Torsten Agast falls in love, although he has a son of the same age as Beate. The single teacher lives with him in a friendly relationship in a small bachelor apartment.
Beate's massive attempts to attract the attention of the adored teacher failed miserably. It was more than convenient for her that Agast's son Dieter had an eye on her. In the meantime, the young and modern Norma Berg has come to the grammar school as a new teacher. It is inevitable that Beate becomes jealous of the new teacher. Finally, at a school festival, there is an embarrassing argument. Since Norma Berg and Torsten Agast actually feel a certain affection, Beate's jealousy increasingly turns into blind hatred. She decides to take revenge ruthlessly and by all means.
Beate cleverly exploits a situation in Agast's apartment to accuse the teacher of a moral offense. Dieter believes Beates statements and opposes his father. When the public learns of the allegations, the scandal cannot be stopped. Dr. Agast finally applies for an investigation into himself. He is on leave from work and even arrested after Beate's father filed a criminal complaint. The situation seems hopeless.
Only Norma Berg and some students believe in Agast's innocence. Beate's classmates know that the cooked girl cannot be convicted by legal means. They set up a “student court” and force Beate to confess their slander. Dieter finds his way back to his father. The rehabilitated Dr. Agast becomes director of the newly built upper lyceum and marries Norma Berg. Beate is sent to a Swiss boarding school by her parents. But even before the actual departure, your gaze falls on a fellow traveler.
History of origin
prehistory
In 1956, the West Berlin dubbing company Ultra-Film planned to produce its own film for the first time. Alfred Vohrer , a busy dubbing director in the 1950s , had already written a script called Damned to Life . The project, in which Vohrer should also take over the direction, was rejected again.
Pre-production and script
In the course of the successful young thugs and problem films, the scriptwriter Harald G. Petersson was later commissioned to adapt the novel Im Hauptfach: Liebe by Roland Rogge, which was published in the Welt am Sonntag . The film project was initially called Dangerous Drives , but was ultimately named Dirty Angel .
In addition to the up-and-coming actress Corny Collins for the title role, Peter van Eyck, a strong star , could be engaged for the male lead. In addition, they hired numerous young actors who were at the beginning of their careers, as well as some actors with whom Alfred Vohrer had already worked as a dubbing director.
production
The shooting took place from May to June 1958 in Hamburg . The interior shots were shot in the Real-Film studios in Hamburg-Tonndorf . For the Design were Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt responsible. The sound engineers were Werner Schlagge (voice recordings) and Werner Pohl (music recordings).
Film music
The soundtrack comes from Martin Böttcher . It was recorded by an orchestra under the direction of the composer and by the Johannes Rediske Quintet. Horst Fischer can be heard as the solo trumpeter . Böttcher also composed two song numbers for the film, to which Ute Kuntze-Just wrote the text:
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Why don't you want to know anything about me?
Singing: Ingrid Werner -
Je suis comme ça - That's how I am
Singing: Danny Marino
Ingrid Werner's song can only be heard off-screen or from a record in the film . It was actually released as a single on the Polydor label at the time, but not in the original film version, but in a recording in which Ingrid Werner is accompanied by the Werner Müller Orchestra. Danny Marino makes a brief appearance as a singer in the film. His title Je suis comme ça - So am ich was only released in 2007 on the CD Danny Marino - Blue Bayou .
reception
publication
The FSK released the film on June 30, 1958, from the age of 16. The premiere took place on July 1st in the Marble House in West Berlin. The film was later not shown on television. Another re-release has not been made so far.
Reviews
“You have heard of cases of such false accusations, and if you want, such a story of the tumultuous needs of young people could be worth a movie. But then such a film must not work so superficially with previous Pauker caricatures and upright down-and-out youthful types, as happens here under the direction of Alfred Vohrer. Even such a strong actor as Peter van Eyck and such strong talent for play as the very young ladies Corny Collins and Sabine Sinjen offer nothing more than shallow contour creatures in a useless film that one leaves with a shrug. What a shame!"
"Well-done filmed colportage entertainment; the problems of youth psychology, legal finding and case law are presented in a very simplified way. "
Web links
- Dirty Angels in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dirty angel at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 94 minutes for cinema projection (24 images / second), 91 minutes for television playback (25 images / second), film length: 2584 meters
- ↑ Danny Marino: Blue Bayou . Bear Family Records . 2007. Order no. BCD 16314 AH
- ↑ Filthy angel. In: Abendblatt.de. Hamburger Abendblatt , August 13, 1958, accessed on October 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Filthy angel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .