Stars over Colombo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Stars over Colombo |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Veit Harlan |
| script | Veit Harlan based on an idea by Peter Francke and Maria von der Osten-Sacken |
| production | Divina-Film, Munich ( Kristina Söderbaum Hans Albin Eberhard Meichsner ) |
| music | Franz Grothe |
| camera |
Georg Bruckbauer Klaus von Rautenfeld |
| cut | Walter Boos |
| occupation | |
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Stars over Colombo is a German full color film from 1953 directed by Veit Harlan . He also wrote the script. It is based on an idea by Peter Francke and Maria von der Osten-Sacken . The leading roles are cast with Kristina Söderbaum , Willy Birgel and René Deltgen . The film was first released on November 17, 1953. Harlan then shot a sequel called The Prisoners of the Maharajah . In 1962, a one-piece cut version made from both parts, entitled The Maharaja's blonde wife, was released in the cinemas.
action
The Indian Maharajah Gowan is currently in Hamburg with a large retinue to cure his eye ailment. When visiting a performance at the Busch Circus , the beautiful rider Yrida caught his eye. He is so fascinated by her that he tries everything to win her over to himself. Without hesitation, he immediately puts his helpers Pahana and Lakamba on the artist. The ringmaster soon finds out that the planned tour of South America has been canceled. In desperation, he gratefully accepts the exotic prince's offer to travel to Ceylon with his company . Pahana and Lakamba are smuggled into the circus staff.
The guest appearance in Colombo turned out to be a real triumph. It doesn't take long, however, before Gowan begins to pursue his sinister plans. First, Yrida has to be isolated from her admirers, the tamer Ambo and the young artist Michael. Navarani, the previous favorite of the prince, who is blindly devoted to her master, is assigned to Ambo to seduce him. A cobra is smuggled into Michael's quarters. Their fatal bite can still be prevented in time. When Yrida once again takes her elephant out to bathe, the Maharajah approaches her incognito and wins her trust. However, this fact increases the jealousy of Navarani. Secretly she opens the eyes of the European.
At a festive ball, Prince Yrida asks for the first dance. But this gives him a basket and dances away with Ambo. Irritated, the prince decides to pursue his goal with violence. His henchmen attack the European and kidnap her. Michael wants to rush to her help, but dies in his action by Lakamba's dagger. The murder causes a tremendous commotion among the Sinhalese . In the pursuit of Lakamba, they drive this to the mouth of the erupted King Tiger. He dies in the process.
The car with the drugged Yrida arrives at the Maharaja's palace. He looks forward to the first encounter with the beautiful stranger with delight. The sequel is portrayed in the film “The Prisoner of the Maharajah”.
production
The film was directed by the production company KG Divina GmbH & Co. produced. The company belonged to Ilse Kubaschewski , who was also the owner of the first distributor Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG . The outdoor shots were taken from February 25 to July 1953 in Munich, Hamburg, on the island of Ceylon (today's name: Sri Lanka ) and in India , the indoor shots from August 3 to early October 1953 in the Bavaria Film studios in Grünwald- Geiselgasteig. The buildings were designed by the film architect Ernst H. Albrecht . Werner Boehm and Lilo Lieb contributed the costumes.
The helicopter that can be seen at the beginning and that is flying over Munich's old town and Oktoberfest is a Hiller UH-12 .
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: "Kitschy, lying adventure film with which Harlan copied the old recipe for success from the" Indian tomb "[...] without making it palatable with original ingredients."
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by H. Klemmer, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, published by the publishing house of the same name, without a number
Web links
- Stars Over Colombo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stars over Colombo at filmportal.de
- Stars Over Colombo Five images from the film at Cinema .com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Prisoner of the Maharajah at imdb.com
- ↑ The Maharaja's blonde wife at imdb.com
- ^ Lexicon of International Films. rororo-Taschenbuch Nr. 6322 (1988), p. 3603.
- ↑ Stars over Colombo at Zweiausendeins.de