Devil in silk

Movie
Original title	Devil in silk
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1956
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Rolf Hansen
script	Jochen Huth ; Gina Kaus ; Alf Teichs
production	Heinz Abel
music	Mark Lothar
camera	Franz Weihmayr
cut	Anna Höllering
occupation
	Lilli Palmer : Melanie; Curd Jürgens : Thomas Ritter; Winnie Markus : Sabine; Adelheid Seeck : Sylvia Angermann; Hans Nielsen : Dr. Zacharias; Wolfgang Büttner : Dr. Hess; Hilde Körber : Sophie; Paul Bildt : Dr. Heinsheimer; Helmuth Rudolph : Georg Angermann; Robert Meyn : examining magistrate; Otto Graf : Chairman of the Court; Wolf Martini : Public Prosecutor; Else Ehser : Mrs. Black; Paul Bösiger : Peter Dornberg;

Devil in Silk is a German film drama from 1956. The film is based on the 1940 novel Der Teufel next door by Gina Kaus . The German premiere took place on January 5, 1956.

action

On a train trip, the penniless composer Thomas met the rich publisher Melanie. The two get married and Melanie gives Thomas a lucrative job in her publishing house. The fits of jealousy and the need to control his wife are troubling Thomas. When he starts an affair with his secretary and demands a divorce from Melanie, Melanie commits suicide and makes it look like he killed her.

criticism

The lexicon of international films praised Palmer's portrayal, which carries the film alone, as an “excellent study of a psychopath”, but described the entire work as “a pseudo-problematic film that is chic and popular with the audience, based on a mediocre serial novel”. The BFI Companion to the German film names Devil in Silk as one of two examples (besides The Last Recipe ) for the society film popular in the 1950s, in which the emotional failures and moral problems during the economic boom were discussed.

background

Lilli Palmer received the Federal Film Prize for her performance . Screenwriter Huth received a silver film tape.

DVD

The film was released on DVD in 2007.

Web links

Teufel in Seide in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Devil in silk. At: Filmportal.de.

Individual evidence

↑ Devil in Silk. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Thomas Elsaesser, Michael Wedel: The BFI Companion to German Cinema. 1999, p. 120.
↑ Devil in Silk. At: Prisma.de.
↑ Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government 1956

[1] Devil in Silk. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Thomas Elsaesser, Michael Wedel: The BFI Companion to German Cinema. 1999, p. 120.

[3] Devil in Silk. At: Prisma.de.

[4] Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government 1956