Tromba (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Tromba |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Helmut Weiss |
| script | Helmut Weiss, Elisabeth Zimmermann |
| production |
Joachim Matthes (Camera-Film GmbH) |
| music | Adolf Steimel |
| camera | Werner Krien |
| cut | Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg |
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Tromba is a German film drama from the circus milieu from 1949 by Helmut Weiss . The leading roles are played by René Deltgen (title role), Angelika Hauff and Gustav Knuth .
action
The famous predator tamer Kurt Tromba has a big problem: he can only control his tigers with the help of morphine. Once its pure suggestive power was enough for this. Nevertheless, Tromba's number is the main attraction of the Kronbeck circus. His "magic", which the women who adore him felt in his presence, seems to dry up more and more. The reason: the star of the ring has a huge drug problem. As the dosage increases, so does his self-control.
When there is a violent argument with Tromba's former lover, she destroys his drug ampoules in a fit of rage. With such withdrawal, Kurt Tromba now has to cope with his predatory act completely "sober", which promptly leads to a catastrophe: Tromba appears powerless and insecure at the decisive moment, which one of the tigers immediately notices and interprets as weakness. And so the Bengal tiger Bombay attacks his trainer and tears him to pieces.
Production notes
Tromba was created in March / April 1949 in the studios of Munich-Geiselgasteig as well as in Munich and the surrounding area (exterior shots) and was premiered on July 1, 1949 in Hamburg's Waterloo cinema. The Berlin premiere took place in the west on July 8, 1949, the east on March 3, 1950.
Ernst H. Albrecht designed the film structures. Georg Richter took over the production management.
Tamer actor Deltgen was actually attacked by a tiger during the filming of the decisive final scene and had to be admitted to hospital injured.
This production was a so-called exchange film West Germany / Central Germany.
useful information
For Tromba , René Deltgen and Angelika Hauff were brought in front of the camera again after six years for a circus film. Both actors had achieved a huge public success in 1943 with the drama Renz Circus .
Reviews
Paul Hühnerfeld wrote on the occasion of the Hamburg premiere in Die Zeit : “You should never rely solely on the magic of your eyes - that doesn't work well with women or tigers in the long run; one day you lie fatally injured in the ring like the tamer Tromba in the film of the same name ... and your only task is to die a rather long and very poignant film death. René Deltgen of course subjects himself to both ... with the routine of an old actor. Most impressive in this film, however, were the excellent shots by the cameraman Werner Krien, who sometimes managed to conjure up the atmosphere of circus life like in a fascinating photo reportage. Directed by H. Weiß, who provided the tempo and the necessary dramatic incidents that the audience wants to happen at the circus. "
"Conventional circus melodrama."
Individual evidence
- ^ Short message in Der Spiegel of April 9, 1949
- ^ Review in Die Zeit of July 7, 1949
- ^ Tromba in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on June 19, 2019
Web links
- Tromba in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tromba at filmportal.de