Driven hunt for a life

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Movie
Original title Driven hunt for a life
Country of production Federal Republic of Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1961
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Ralph Lothar
script Johannes Kai
production Rapid-Film, Munich
( Wolfgang Hartwig )
music Christian Bruhn
camera Georg Krause
cut Herbert Taschner
occupation

Driven Hunt for a Life is a German crime film from 1961 directed by Ralph Lothar . In addition to Ingrid Andree and Dietmar Schönherr, the main roles are cast by Horst Frank .

action

The secretary Regine Pausin was attacked for the second time that day. In the afternoon she was supposed to be killed by a cask dropped by a crane and now two men are after her with a gun. At the last moment she disappears into a movie theater after stealing a card from a young man. Since the performance is sold out, her pursuers can no longer enter the cinema. One of the pursuers meets Emil Frenzel, who says that it is more and more difficult to sack Regine, she knows what to expect. In fact, the men want to watch Regine after the performance in front of the cinema. First of all, the young woman and her companion manage to escape, but soon the pursuers have taken up their trail again. Georg Holst, that's the name of the young man, goes to see his girlfriend Colette, who had transferred him to the cinema, and leaves Regine alone in a bar. However, he returns pretty quickly as Colette dumped him. In her opinion, her career as a dancer cannot be combined with his profession as a doctor. Georg takes Regine with him to his accommodation with friends. The car with the three pursuers is always on their track. Coco and Charlie, two of the pursuers, want to know from Emil Frenzel why Regine has to be eliminated at all if one is of the opinion that she will not say anything anyway. Frenzel says that the boss determined it and that's that.

Meanwhile, Regine tells Georg that she has been a secretary in the uranium chemistry syndicate for four years and that she has always got on well with her boss Heinz Miller. Then one day she found out that he was involved in dark business. The men outside in the car have just learned that the boss had been found dead over his desk. Murder could also be an option. Coco and Charlie want to break off the action, but Emil disagrees and comes up with the idea that if Regine can't be shot, maybe she could be accused of murdering her boss out of jealousy. Regine tells Georg, however, that Frenzel is Miller's right-hand man and the driving force behind all the machinations, that he has his people and the right connections. But she doesn't know the people who would work for him. When Georg has to step in for a sick colleague, Regine is left alone. When she sees the pursuers through the spy, she calls the police, but cannot give any information about where she is. Then she calls Georg's friend Colette, whose number she finds on a piece of paper, and asks her to tell her Georg's address. She describes her situation to Colette and asks for help. Colette, who is with her new boyfriend, is influenced by this not to interfere.

Georg was called to the dead Miller of all people. The inspector who is present already has a theory that it was probably a jealous murder. He rules out suicide. Residues of potassium cyanide were found in Miller's cup . It is already known that Regine was his mistress. Inspector Martin has a manhunt for the young woman released.

Meanwhile, Frenzel managed to gain access to the apartment in which Regine is staying through a skylight. When Georg comes back, he immediately notices that something is wrong. He can neutralize and imprison Charlie, one of the pursuers. He also tricked Coco, who was posted in front of the door, and got into the apartment. He and Regine hide in a room, but Frenzel is in the process of tapping the gas in order to feed it into the room using a self-made hose. Meanwhile, Georg manages to escape through a skylight window. When Regine can barely breathe, she opens the door. Georg sees from the roof how Frenzel is pointing his gun at the young woman and jumps through the window directly at Frenzel, whom he also gets under control - but then Coco comes in and knocks out the doctor. Frenzel confidently tells his friend that it was he who prescribed Miller potassium cyanide because he was close to going to the police himself. He does not notice that a tape recorder is playing. Regine and the doctor are said to be found poisoned. The police should be wondering what happened there. When Frenzel opens the door, he stands across from Inspector Martin and his men and the handcuffs click. Colette Dumont had decided to call the police as a precaution. Since there is a confession from Frenzel, Regine is no longer under suspicion. One of them always believed in her innocence, says the Commissioner meaningfully. Hand in hand, Regine and Georg leave the police station.

Production notes

The production company was Rapid-Film GmbH (Munich). The film was shot in Ljubljana . On September 20, 1961, an FSK test was carried out under number 26216. The film was released from the age of 16 with the restriction “not free of public holidays”. The hunt for a life started in the Federal Republic of Germany with a mass start on October 13, 1961. The film was released in the GDR on May 31, 1963.

criticism

The criticism of the Lexicon of International Films spoke of a "mediocre crime film that is sensational, but does not demand any nerves from the audience and no talent from the actors".

Cinema found that the "romantic ripper" had already looked "quite old-fashioned" in 1961. Cinematographer Georg Krause [...] gave the story "a little shine". Conclusion: "Krimioldie for the kidney-shaped cult evening."

prisma spoke of an “atmospheric crime thriller by Ralph Lothar”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Georg Krause
  2. ^ Driven hunt for a life filmportal.de
  3. ↑ Hunting for a Life. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Driven hunt for a life at cinema.de. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Driven hunt for a life at prisma.de. Retrieved August 7, 2015.