Tennessee Nights

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Movie
German title Minnie
Original title Tennessee Nights
Country of production Switzerland , Germany
original language English
Publishing year 1989
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Nicolas Gessner
script Laird Koenig , Nicolas Gessner
production Peter-Christian Fueter , Bill Hartmann , Bernard Lang , Hartwig Schmidt , Jürg Staubli , Roger Weil
Condor Films AG
music Gabriel Yared
camera Pio Corradi
cut Mariè-Thérèse Boiché
occupation

Tennessee Nights (German title: Minnie ) is a 1989 by director Nicolas Gessner staged Swiss thriller of Condor Films AG which on the novel Minnie by Hans Werner Kettenbach based.

action

The German lawyer Wolfgang Leighton is negotiating a contract with country singer Johnny Cash in Nashville and wants to use the weekend for a fishing trip to Crystal Lake . Forced to turn back by a blocked driveway, he went to a motel late in the evening and made the acquaintance of Sally Lomas. Little does Leighton suspect that the bank teller is involved in a bank robbery. In an unobserved moment, Sally dumps some of the loot in the trunk of Leighton's car. At night he witnesses how the accomplices who have arrived in the meantime ask Sally about the rest of the booty and mistreat them. Leighton is scary about the matter and he secretly escapes, but is watched and pursued by Sally's accomplices. Leighton, who succeeds in shaking off the criminals, makes his way to Mariners Point, another fishing paradise in the direction of Memphis . On the highway he takes the colored hitchhiker Minnie with him. Leighton sees the teenager as a runaway and a stray and lets her feel his displeasure. He drops Minnie off at Mariners Point and rents an apartment. In the evening he watches a car that seems to belong to the criminals. Under cover of darkness he sneaks to the car and notes the license plate when suddenly Minnie, who could not find a lift, is standing in front of him. Leighton offers her to sleep in his apartment. The next morning, when he reads about the murder of Sally Lomas in a motel in the newspaper, he is in complete panic. He and Minnie leave immediately. Minnie guides him to a remote weekend house that can only be reached by boat. The two break into the uninhabited building and have sex the following night. At night, Leighton catches Minnie talking on the phone, which he finds suspicious. They set off again immediately. When the suspicious car drives towards them on the highway, Leighton freaks out. He insults Minnie as a traitor and exposes her to the pouring rain. He drives back to the motel, assuming that Sally has hidden the money in his apartment. When the motel owner arrives he is burgled and handed over to the police.

Due to his arrogant demeanor when recording personal details, Wolfgang Leighton makes Sheriff Charlie Kiefer an enemy and is put in a four-man cell by him. Two of his fellow prisoners are looking for a fight with Leighton, only the third man tries to protect him. During the interrogation the next day, Leighton told officers about his acquaintance with Sally, the argument and the car that was chasing him. On the way back to the cell, he observes Minnie being brought in by a patrol. He learns from Kiefer's colleague Jeff Hewitt that Minnie has been arrested for theft. Leighton was dating Minnie at the time in question and could provide her with an alibi . But for fear of being charged with fornication with minors, he denies knowing Minnie. Police officers tell Leighton that their investigation shows that Sally Lomas was killed in another motel and that the license plate belongs to the car of two good anglers.

Leighton is brought before Judge Prescott, who is considered unpredictable. Leighton's attorney is trying to mitigate the crime of breaking and entering. Prescott ignores the lawyer and reveals to Leighton that he is a lover of Johann Sebastian Bach's music . Leighton replies to the judge that he also loves Bach. Prescott hums a melody from the St. Matthew Passion and tells the defendant to keep humping the melody. Leighton is not in a position because of sheer nervousness, but can correctly answer the judge's question as to which work by Bach it comes from. Prescott immediately terminates the minor case and dismisses Leighton.

Police officer Hewitt accompanies Leighton to the airport in his car. Plagued by a guilty conscience, Leighton Hewitt admits that he was with Minnie when she allegedly committed a theft in Knoxville . Minnie is released immediately and rushes to the airport in a taxi. She reaches Leighton just in time to inform him that the money must be hidden in the car. Wolfgang hands her the car papers and goes on board his plane. Minnie finds the money in the trunk of the rental car and takes it. In the credits you see Minnie running along the fence of the airport, in the background the plane taking off with Wolfgang Leighton on board.

useful information

  • The locations were all in the US state of Tennessee .
  • Johnny Cash plays himself in a short appearance where he sings the song Just the other side of nowhere by Kris Kristofferson in the recording studio .

criticism

"Logical structure, rapid timing and excellent character types"

“A psychological thriller designed as a road movie by the Swiss Gessner, which stages the story in Hollywood-style perfectly and excitingly, without foregoing depth and profound social criticism. Up to the supporting roles brilliantly cast and played. "

synchronization

Dialogue director: Werner Uschkurat

role actor German voice actor
Wolfgang Leighton Julian Sands Sigmar Solbach
Minnie Stacey Dash Claudia Lössl
Sally Lomas Denise Crosby Barbara Freier
Charlie jaw Ned Beatty Wolfgang Hess
Jeff Hewitt Brian McNamara Christian Tramitz
Judge Prescott Rod Steiger Holger Hagen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tennessee Nights. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used