Tom Black, the criminal lord
Tom Black, the criminal prince (also: Tom Black) was the hero of a crime film series in four parts, which Rudi Bach realized in 1920 for the film company Gustav Althoff & Co. in Berlin. Fritz Kampers played the title role . For the first part, co-direction by Bruno Eichgrün is considered possible. Walter Schmidthässler wrote the script for parts 3 and 4 .
For the second part, in which the criminal prince deliberately caused a railway accident by moving a switch and robbed a passenger who had died in the process (see title), an application for a ban was submitted in December 1920 because of endangering public safety , which the chief inspectorate in a youth ban, although she still saw the film as "suitable", "to act brutal and demoralizing".
Filmography
- Tom Black, the criminal lord. 1st part: The devil's clock
- Tom Black. Part 2: The dead passenger
- Tom Black. Part 3: Scary assignments
- Tom Black. 4th part: The poison pharmacy
Web links
- Tom Black, the criminal Prince, Part 1 - The Devil Suhr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tom Black, the criminal lord. Part 1: The devil's clock at filmportal.de
- Tom Black. Part 2: The dead passenger at filmportal.de
- Tom Black. 3. Weird jobs at filmportal.de
- Tom Black. 4. The gift pharmacy at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. wiki: “In 1920 he went to Berlin, where he worked as a rogue actor for Gustav Althoff's film company for a year”, and film portal: “1920 to Berlin a. a. as a villain actor for a series of twelve crime films. "
- ↑ Examination: December 2, 1920; WP December 3, 1920; see. filmportal.de
- ↑ cf. Censorship report B.01189 of December 10, 1920, p. 2
- ↑ cf. Berlin Film Inspectorate B.01189 dated December 10, 1920, 5 files 1250 m, prohibition - PDF file
- ↑ cf. Decision of the film inspection body OB10.20. dated January 11, 1921 - PDF file