Professor Z is chasing six pistols
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Professor Z is chasing six pistols |
| Original title | Comando de asesinos |
| Country of production |
Spain Portugal Germany |
| original language |
German Spanish Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 1966 |
| length | 78, 82, 87, 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Julio Coll |
| script | Julio Coll Helmut Harun (only German version) |
| production | Alfonso Carcasona |
| music | José Luis Navarro |
| camera | Mario Pacheco |
| cut | Rosa G. Salgado |
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Chasing six pistols Professor Z is a Spanish-Portuguese-German agent film from 1966 with Peter van Eyck , Klausjürgen Wussow and Leticia Roman in the lead roles as part of the Eurospy film wave .
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In Lisbon, Professor Zandor developed a groundbreaking formula on behalf of the industrialist Bardot: He succeeded in producing a steel mixture that is completely bulletproof and, as a result, makes conventional weapons ineffective. In doing so, he gets all kinds of agents from different countries on their toes, but also crooks who are not only after the formula for the fantastic alloy, but also after Professor Z himself. One day, the brilliant scientist is kidnapped straight from his laboratory, and those present are Ellen Green, Zandor's assistant, and Mr. Bardot himself. Zandors client now fears that the groundbreaking formula could be leaked to a foreign power. The most important nations then send their best people to the Portuguese capital, including Jack Haskins from the USA and Pierre Genet from France. Both men have known each other for some time and sometimes cooperate, but have also appeared as competitors.
The events have meant that now Lisbon is not only a fairground for spies, but also various dark figures arrive on site, including a certain Johannsson, the head of a gang, as well as the opaque Jenny Renoir and the unscrupulous killer Peterson. Local Commissioner Oliveira has his hands full ensuring that his Lisbon does not turn into a battlefield anytime soon. France's agent Genet finds out how dangerous Johannsson is when he barely escapes an attack by Johannsson's men on arrival and is rescued thanks to Haskins' efforts. Haskin receives the first trace of Zander through a letter he discovers in Ellen's handbag. He is in danger himself, but cannot track down the professor. A splendid party that Bardot is hosting one evening brings everyone involved together for the first time: Haskins, Genet, Johannsson, Ellen Green, Jenny Renoir, Commissioner Oliveira and Mike Danham, a Bardot employee. In the course of the evening, Bardot becomes the victim of a sophisticated assassination attempt. Haskins and Genet discover evidence that suggests a connection between the murder and knowledge of the formula of the invention. They also find out that an affair is simmering between Bardot's wife and Danham. Haskins confronts the two and coaxes them to admit that Mike is Bardot's killer. Before Haskins can find out more about the crime, the couple is shot by Johannsson.
The gang boss flees headlong, and a wild chase ensues, in which Haskins takes Johannsson. Haskins and his French colleague use a ruse to determine the true role of Ellen Green: She is her British colleague, the agent from London, and was smuggled into Zander's environment as his assistant. She is behind the "kidnapping" of Zander in order to actually protect him from the villains. Johannsson manages to free himself and, with the help of his people, to determine Zandors whereabouts. However, Ellen Green escapes in a car with her protégé, the professor. However, Johannsson's people deposited a time bomb there. Johannsson's men pursue the refugees. Professor Zandor is fatally shot in the chase. For their part, Haskins and Genet chase after Johannsson. They manage to save Ellen just in time to save Ellen from the car explosion. However, they cannot find the formula. Apparently the professor destroyed them beforehand. And so the military balance of terror is preserved.
Production notes
Hunting six pistols Professor Z was created in Lisbon and was released in Germany on July 29, 1966 (presumably in its world premiere). In the co-producing countries Spain and Portugal, the film did not open until the following year. The German television first broadcast took place on January 12, 1974 late in the evening on ARD .
Franz Thierry from the co-producing German International Germania-Film (Cologne) was in charge of production, Teddy Villalba designed the film structures. Most of the international performers spoke their lines in their native language or in English.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film saw in the strip an entertainment film with comedic interludes staged according to "marketable clichés".
Spain's Guia del video-cine saw the strip "openly inspired by the James Bond film series".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Six pistols hunt Professor Z. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed January 15, 2018 .
- ^ Carlos Aguilar: Guia del video-cine, p. 252, 4th edition. Madrid 1992
Web links
- Six guns hunt Professor Z in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Six pistols are chasing Professor Z at filmportal.de
- Six pistols are chasing Professor Z , trailer on YouTube