His best friend (1937)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | His best friend |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harry Piel |
| script |
Georg Zoch , Hanns Marschall |
| production | Harry Piel |
| music | Fritz Wenneis |
| camera |
Friedl Behn-Grund , Günther Anders |
| cut |
Carl-Otto Bartning , Paul May (as Paul Ostermayr) |
| occupation | |
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His best friend is a German crime film from 1936/37 by and with Harry Piel .
action
It's already dark outside and the rain is falling in the streams. A German shepherd runs seemingly aimlessly along the sidewalk and runs into Harry Peters, who works for the criminal investigation department. Peters first takes the dog, which appears to be abandoned, with him and goes to look for the owner the next day. He is a dog dealer from whom he buys the German shepherd without further ado, despite a tight budget. Harry thinks the animal he calls griffin is very attentive and decides to train him to be a police dog. Lord and dog will soon become an unbeatable team when it comes to catching and arresting bad boys. Since dogs often turn out to be the initiators of relationships, one day Harry gets to know the young Gerda Lind while taking a walk thanks to Greif. She works as a dancer and Harry falls in love with her quickly. Harry promises to visit Gerda at her next dance performance, but something comes up: A Mr. Miller's house has been robbed and Harry is called to action with the trusty griffin.
While Harry lags behind, Griffin picks up the trail and sprints off. He quickly catches the crook. But Greif reacts completely differently than expected, because the man standing in front of him is called Emil Kruppack and is Greif's former owner, where the sheepdog was still called Rolf. The animal happily greets its previous owner. Oberwachtmeister Schütz ran after Rolf / Greif and is now being attacked by the police dog after Kruppack had set Rolf on the police officer. He is completely perplexed and tries to defend himself from the animal attack. Kruppack shoots at Schütz and finally runs away, with police dog Griffin at his side. The police arrest Kruppack's brother Max. Harry finds Schütz seriously injured and has him shipped to the hospital. Peters visits him there and lets his colleague tell you what happened. Deeply shocked, Harry learns that Greif obviously went along with the criminal without any problems. Harry now knows that if Greif is ever found again, he can no longer rely on him in the future.
Emil Kruppack has now commissioned a young man named Paul Werner, who is called an “eight-pound boy” (spy, stick boy) in appropriate circles, to do some dirty work for him and kill Griffin, because the dog's behavior earlier or later betrayed to the police. When Werner wants to do the bloody job, Greif steals and returns to Harry Peters. The joy of seeing each other again is huge. In the meantime, several connections have been discovered that lead Harry to believe that Gerda could be in league with Kruppack. The reunion is correspondingly cool when Harry calls Gerda to police headquarters for interrogation. In fact, Gerda and Kruppack know each other, because the young woman had once reported the fugitive crook, who then swore vengeance on her.
There a new trail. Emmi Gärtner, the bride of the robbed Mr. Müller, admits that Müller is actually Kruppack's fence and is said to have once deprived the burglar of his wages. Fearing for her lover, she reveals anything that could lead to Kruppack's arrest. In fact, Müller is supposed to meet Kruppack, and Harry Peters wants to join his colleagues. He does not want to take Greif with him because he has doubts about its reliability, especially since the former owner Kruppack Greif, who is then present, could again plunge into a loyalty conflict. Griffin proves to be Harry's eponymous best friend and secretly follows him. When Müller sees the police, he immediately wants to pile up, but runs straight into Peters arms. When he wants to show Harry the loot, Kruppack comes in and threatens Harry with a gun. A fight ensues and a shot is fired. The Griffin dog throws himself into the fray for Harry and is seriously injured by the bullet fired, Kruppack arrested. Griffin drags himself into an adjoining room, where Harry finds his best friend dead. But he and Gerda become a couple.
Production notes
His best friend was created from mid-November 1936 to early January 1937 in the Jofa studios in Berlin-Johannisthal and was premiered on February 26, 1937 at three Berlin cinemas. The German television premiere took place on May 11, 1963 on ZDF . The film was released on DVD in 2009.
Eduard Kubat took over both manufacturing and production management. Erich Zander and Karl Weber designed the film structures.
A piece of music was played: Why are you worried? . Composer Fritz Wenneis also wrote the text.
useful information
As early as 1929, Piel made a film called His Best Friend . But although there his character is again Harry Peters and his dog is again called "Greif", this flick is a completely different story.
criticism
In the Lexicon of International Films it says: “Straightforward, but quite simply developed crime film carefully staged; undemanding entertainment with a sentimental touch. "
Web links
- His best friend in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- His best friend at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ His best friend. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 17, 2019 .