In camera (1961)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In camera |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Harald Philipp |
| script | Harald Philipp |
| production |
Artur Brauner for CCC-Film (Berlin) |
| music | Bernhard Eichhorn |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Lieselotte Johl |
| occupation | |
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A German crime and court film from 1961 starring Peter van Eyck and Marianne Koch is in camera.
action
The designer of a turbine factory, Dr. Werner Rüttgen is suspected of poisoning his wife in order to have a free run for the much younger, blonde Helga Dahms. The ambitious public prosecutor Robert Kessler, who is engaged to Ingrid Hansen, the daughter of his superior Wilhelm Hansen, has meticulously gathered all the evidence against Rüttgen. His chain of evidence and his sharp pleading convince the jury of the guilt of the accused. Kessler applies for a life sentence. Then the process takes a sensational turn when a woman jumps up from the spectator's bench and excitedly claims that the accused is innocent and that his wife has actually committed suicide. The witness is the sophisticated Laura Beaumont, who with her testimony Dr. Rüttgen provides the perfect alibi. Since it appears credible to everyone else, despite Kessler's greatest misgivings, the public call for an immediate release of the accused is getting louder.
Kessler gives in to the pressure, although he still has serious doubts about her honesty despite the witness's affidavit. Because Robert knows Laura from earlier times. Something completely unforeseen happens: Rüttgen commits suicide and leaves a letter in which he accuses Kessler of having destroyed his life with the murder charge. Kessler's career seems ruined overnight. Accusations that he is an unscrupulous ambitious, his own career is paramount, are loud. Kessler now begins to investigate on his own; he is denied official support from his superiors. Kessler soon finds out that he has apparently stung a wasp's nest. He is in great danger, and his opponents, an international gangster and espionage organization that is hawking state secrets of the Federal Republic of Germany to the highest bidder, do not shy away from any means to render him harmless. The people behind it even manage to accuse him of a murder, that of Laura Beaumont, and to confirm this alleged act by an alleged witness. Now public prosecutor Kessler is finally on trial, only his fiancée Ingrid is still with him. She single-handedly continues the investigation to prove Robert's innocence. In the courtroom there is a sensation that turns everything upside down and reveals two men, a stranger and a certain François Lacroix, to be real villains.
Production notes
From May 3, 1961, the shooting was closed to the public in Paris, southern France and the CCC studios in Berlin-Spandau . The shooting ended in June 1961. The strip passed the FSK exam on August 11, 1961 and was premiered on October 6, 1961 in the Düsseldorf Europa-Palast. It was shown on television for the first time on December 11, 1971 at 11:15 p.m. on ZDF in camera.
Otto Erdmann and Hans-Jürgen Kiebach created the film structures, Irms Pauli created the costumes. Wolf Brauner was the production manager.
Peter van Eyck was nominated for the film tape in gold because of his acting performance .
Reviews
"At the beginning and the end in unity of time and place (courtroom) a chamber play, in between tears [...] played hauntingly with concise dialogues, carefully presented [...]"
“One must be surprised that one can always follow. Because the crime swells like a cake with triple baking powder. Murder, call girl scandal, espionage affair, murder again. This is how the complex develops that transforms a young prosecutor from persecutor to persecuted, from prosecutor to accused. After all, the puzzle is put together in an exciting way. His solution becomes the punchline, his main character deserves all sympathy. Peter van Eyck between two women, between the distinctive Marianne Koch and the beautiful, shimmering Eva Bartok. "
“An attack against the circumstantial trial is to be carried out with a crooked sensational story staged without insight: the relentless public prosecutor himself comes under suspicion of murder and has to save himself with the same bluff that made him lose his trial. Interested exclusively in lush criminal fantasy, regardless of logic and reference to reality. "
Web links
- In camera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In camera at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ In camera . In: Paimann's film lists . No. 2663 , October 10, 1961 ( online ).
- ↑ In camera . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . November 11, 1961, p. 14 ( abendblatt.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
- ↑ In camera. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
