Van Geldern criminal case
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Van Geldern criminal case |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1932 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Willi Wolff |
| script | W. Solski Hans Hyan |
| production | Willi Wolff Ellen Richter |
| music | Alfred Strasser |
| camera |
Emil Schünemann Wilhelm Schwäbl |
| cut | Carl Otto Bartning |
| occupation | |
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Criminal case van Geldern is a German crime film from 1932 with Paul Richter in the leading role. Ellen Richter , who is not related to him, played the female lead, her husband Willi Wolff directed.
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Paulus van Geldern is a lawyer who has made a name for himself as a criminal defense lawyer, but is notoriously short of money due to his unrestrained passion for gambling. His wife Martha, who lives separately from him, can look back on some successes: The former revue star owns a well-run fashion business where the stars come and go. Occasionally she also takes jewelry in payment. Martha's customer base also includes her friend Loni Behrend. She is currently planning a similar swap: your diamond tag for an evening dress. Loni's lover Gert Roßmann is supposed to bring her piece of jewelery to the fashion salon when Martha receives an urgent phone call: Paulus confesses to her that he once again lost a large sum of money in the game, this time against Prince Bavaritse. He gave the prince his word of honor to raise the money by the next day. Van Geldern says he desperately needs Martha's help as this loss threatens his very existence. But Martha has the faxes thick: She is no longer ready to answer for the consequences of his gambling addiction, and certainly not in view of the fact that her not-yet-ex has started a relationship with Martha's salon director Greta von Heerström. She harshly rejects Paul's request and otherwise dismisses Greta.
Paul wants to make one last attempt and goes to his wife in the early evening of May 5th. He wants to soften Martha to lend him the money so badly needed. There was a loud exchange of words, which even the housekeeper Minna Müller, who was already retiring at around 7 p.m., noticed. Minna hears a few screams, whereupon she hurries into the room from which the noise originated. Once there, Minna sees the hated Paul bending over his dead wife. Martha van Geldern has been stabbed and all her jewelry has disappeared. The police arrive and arrest Paulus van Geldern as the central suspect. When the professional thug Willi Vogel heard of the arrest, he took action immediately. The burglar king, who is currently in prison in Berlin-Tegel, owes a lot to Van Geldern, as the shrewd criminal defense attorney saved him with a great deal of cleverness from a much larger prison sentence than the one and a half years that he spent behind bars.
Willi is a knack with a code of honor; he has not forgotten to whom he owes his reduced term. Vogel then breaks out on foot to ask the stolen goods he knows whether they have been offered jewelry from the property of the dead Martha van Geldern. He hopes to get on the track of the real killer. By the way, he also frees Van Geldern, who is reluctant to come along. In fact, escape king Willi Vogel can get hold of the jewelry from the greasy fence Schleich, but has the police on his back the whole time due to his escape from prison. When she tracks him down, Vogel is immediately shot. Seriously wounded, he dragged himself into a room, where he died soon afterwards. For van Geldern, who has now been arrested again, things are still anything but good: housekeeper Minna cannot stand the faithless husband of her murdered boss and is a heavy burden on him, and two children who saw a man run out of the house after the murder, are not of good use as contradicting witnesses in van Geldern's favor. Loni's friend Roßmann, on the other hand, becomes increasingly nervous during the process. However, thanks to his work, court reporter Lerse ensures a sensational turnaround in the van Geldern criminal case. He can verify the children's testimony, and it turns out that Roßmann is indeed the murderer and the jewelry thief. Van Geldern is acquitted and can now begin a future together with his new love, Greta.
Production notes
The van Geldern criminal case began on June 20, 1932 in the Jofa studios in Berlin-Johannisthal and was premiered on August 23, 1932 in the Atrium cinema in Berlin. In Austria the film on December 1, 1932 was entitled May 5, 7:00 in the evening.
The film structures were created by Hans Sohnle and Otto Erdmann . Leon Sklarz took over the production management. Joe Hajós composed the songs. Eugen Hrich took care of the sound. Eigil Wangøe served as assistant to cameraman Emil Schünemann .
Two music tracks were played: Oh Willi! and what a woman promises at night .
criticism
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: “The crime film Strafsache van Geldern has once again provided proof of the fundamental importance of a meticulously worked out film manuscript for success.” In addition, a suspense content, an excellent presentation and an interesting topic were noted.
The lexicon of the international film stated briefly: "Exciting crime drama."
Web links
- Criminal case van Geldern in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Van Geldern criminal case at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ "Van Geldern criminal case". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , September 17, 1932, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
- ^ Van Geldern criminal case. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 10, 2019 .