Adventure in Vienna
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Adventure in Vienna |
| Country of production | Austria , USA |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Emile Edwin Reinert |
| script |
Michael Kehlmann Franz Tassié |
| production |
Carl Szokoll for Schönbrunn-Film and Kreidl-Film together with Transglobe-Film Inc. |
| music | Richard Hagemann |
| camera |
Helmuth Ashley Robert Hofer |
| cut | Henny Brünsch |
| occupation | |
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Adventure in Vienna is an Austrian - American co-production fiction film from 1952. The film was directed by Emile Edwin Reinert and is classified as Film noir . It was the first Austrian-American co-production of a sound film. The script by Michael Kehlmann and Franz Tassié based on an original script by Robert Thoeren (unnamed) is based on motifs from the novel Ich war Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia . The premiere took place on August 21, 1952.
action
On a New Year's Eve in Vienna, the paths of Toni Sponer and Karin Manelli cross in a dramatic way. Sponer is a taxi driver who has returned from the war and lives in Vienna without papers and has to fear his arrest. Karin Manelli is haunted by her husband Claude's pathological jealousy and tries to escape to the United States with the help of an old friend, John Milton. With the help of his secretary, Claude Manelli was able to intercept a telegram from Milton that he had posted at the Salzburg train station and that announced his arrival in Vienna that evening. After a forced discussion with Claude, Karin flees the shared villa to meet with John Milton, contrary to the promise made to Claude.
Toni takes over duty at the Westbahnhof for his friend and boss Ferdl Haintl that evening. There Milton gets into his taxi and lets himself be driven to an airline office in the city center. While Toni is checking Milton's suitcases for the return flight, Milton is shot unnoticed by Claude, who has followed the taxi, due to the street noise. Toni does not discover the murder at first and drives towards the indicated hotel. When he notices the dead Milton, Toni first wants to notify the police. But after finding Milton's wallet and American passport, Toni decides to take the opportunity and assume Milton's identity to flee to the USA.
When Toni meets Karin in the hotel, who is waiting for Milton to arrive, he tries to explain the situation with flimsy excuses. Karin then flees and notifies the police. After his arrest, he and Karin are taken by the police inspector to Claude, who is performing as a pianist in the concert hall. There, Claude explains that Karin is not sane and is under his tutelage. She escapes again and meets with Toni, who can finally convince her of his innocence in Milton's death.
You decide to take the booked flight to the USA together. But the police are looking for them. They flee through Vienna at night. When they finally arrive at the airport, Claude and the police inspector are waiting for them. Claude can prevent Karin from taking off. Immediately before Toni gets on the plane, he turns around and reveals himself to the police inspector. Claude feels cornered and takes refuge on the tarmac, where he is arrested.
Before Toni is arrested, he can ask Karin one more question: "Where will you be when I get out?" - "Here, Toni!"
background
The novel I was Jack Mortimer of 1933 was in 1935 by director Carl Froelich under this title filmed . The remake was made in the Schönbrunn film studio , the exterior shots come from Vienna and the surrounding area and from Vienna-Schwechat Airport .
The American version of the film was released in 1953 under the title Stolen Identity . It was directed by Gunther von Fritsch with the main actors Donald Buka, Joan Camden and Francis Lederer. The rest of the staff was essentially that of Abenteuer in Vienna .
Adventure in Vienna was brought to the Federal Republic of Germany under the title Dangerous Adventure by the Berliner Herzog-Film for distribution. The world premiere also took place in Hanover , Germany, and in Austria the world premiere took place on September 19, 1952 in Vienna.
Some Austrian filmmakers can be seen in Adventure in Vienna at the beginning of their careers as supporting actors, such as Michael Kehlmann , Franz Marischka and Wolfgang Glück . Even Fritz Eckhardt , Karl Farkas and Alexander Kerst , in his first film role, appear in supporting roles.
The script was created with the unnamed collaboration of Johannes Mario Simmel . Costume designers were Nadja Tiller and Leo Bei .
criticism
As is often the case, contemporary criticism was initially hard hit with Adventure in Vienna . This is how the film service sums up its criticism
"A weak script that puts excessive strain on chance cannot be compensated for by good photography and presentation."
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Later critics, however, are enthusiastic:
“A small, now almost forgotten masterpiece of film noir: the Vienna scene is unusually gloomy - uncomfortable, with sloping stairwells, passageways and streets overrun by traffic The speed and the good acting skills make Adventure in Vienna, the first Austrian-American co-production since the beginning of talkies in Austria, one of the most outstanding German-language crime films of all. "
"A small, critically neglected masterpiece of Austrian post-war cinema."
literature
- Armin Loacker (Ed.): Austrian Noir, essays on the Austrian-American co-production Adventure in Vienna / Stolen Identity . Filmarchiv Austria publishing house, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-901932-69-0 .
Web links
- Adventure in Vienna in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Adventure in Vienna at filmportal.de
- Adventure in Vienna , an excerpt from You Tube:
- Stolen Identity , complete film on You Tube:
Individual evidence
- ^ Adventure in Vienna / Stolen Identity at edition-filmmuseum.com, accessed on February 9, 2011
- ↑ a b according to the DVD cover of the edition curated by the Filmarchiv Austria at Hoanzl
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 257
- ↑ Stolen Identity. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Dangerous Adventure on filmdienst.de, accessed on June 26, 2020.
- ↑ Adventure in Vienna on derstandard.at of September 17, 2008, accessed on February 9, 2011.
- ↑ Adventure in Vienna on film.at accessed on June 25, 2020