Constantly in fear
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Constantly in fear |
| Original title | Hauser's memory |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Boris Sagal |
| script | Adrian Spies |
| production | Jack Laird |
| music | Billy Byers |
| camera | Petrus Schloemp |
| cut | Ingrid Wacker |
| occupation | |
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An American television thriller by Boris Sagal that was made in Germany is constantly in fear . In addition to David McCallum and Susan Strasberg in the leading roles, there is a wealth of well-known German actors, including Lilli Palmer , Herbert Fleischmann , Peter Capell , Günter Meisner , Art Brauss , Jochen Busse and Helmut Käutner, who is primarily known as a director . The film is based on the novel Hauser's Memory (1968) by Curt Siodmak .
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The German scientist Professor Hauser, who once worked for the Soviets, is dying. It is feared that once he is dead, all of his scientifically significant knowledge could be lost forever. Hauser's memory, including the original title, is therefore of inestimable value for secret services around the world. Therefore one tries in a laboratory to tap into the brain of the dying person in order to transfer the knowledge stored there to another scientifically gifted person. The scientist Dr. Hillel Mondoro is ready to make himself available for this experiment with a completely uncertain outcome. He himself is keenly interested in venturing into Hauser's world of thought and recording his memory.
He is injected with a serum made up of Hauser's brain cells. At first the complex and dangerous process seems to be successful, but then problems soon arise. Mondoro begins to take on a second personality and thus becomes a split personality. Both parts of the brain, his own and that of Hauser, a notorious Nazi until 1945 with terrible memories of World War II, begin in the head and in the thoughts of Dr. Mondoros to fight a duel. This turns out to be all the more dramatic since Mondoro himself is of Jewish origin. Hauser is now trying to win this war of annihilation against everything Jewish in Mondoro's brain. Mondoro has to use willpower alone in order not to become another Nazi victim. Since both the CIA and the KGB have gotten wind of the matter, the international secret services are now after Mondoro, who hope to reconstruct an important rocket formula from Hauser's knowledge.
Production notes
Constantly in Fear was shot for around four million dollars in Germany and Denmark (exterior shots) as well as in Universal Studios in Universal City (California). It was first broadcast on November 24, 1970 in the USA. The German premiere was in the cinema on March 17, 1973.
The film structures were designed by Ellen Schmidt , Bud Westmore was a make-up artist, Eva Ebner was one of two assistant directors and Eberhard Junkersdorf was the production manager .
To the novel
Siodmak's original book, Hauser's Memory , was published in Germany in 1974 by Heyne as Hauser's memory .
Reviews
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Confused science fiction thriller with a naive concept and political clichés."
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide called the film a “psychological thriller”, but it was only “average”.
Individual evidence
- ^ Curt Siodmak in Lexicon of German Crime Authors
- ↑ Constantly in fear. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 11, 2019 .
- ^ Leonard Maltin: Movie & Video Guide, 1975 edition, p. 238
Web links
- Constantly in fear in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Always in fear at filmportal.de