VI Warshawski - detective in silk stockings

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Movie
German title VI Warshawski - detective in silk stockings
Original title VI Warshawski
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1991
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jeff Kanew
script Edward Taylor
David Aaron Cohen
Nick Thiel
production Jeffrey Lurie
music Randy Edelman
camera Jan Kiesser
cut Debra Neil-Fisher
Carroll Timothy O'Meara
occupation

VI Warshawski - Detective in Silk Stockings (OT: VI Warshawski ) is an American crime comedy from 1991 . Directed by Jeff Kanew , the script was written by Edward Taylor , David Aaron Cohen and Nick Thiel based on the VI Warshawski novel series by Sara Paretsky .

action

Victoria Warshawski is a private investigator in Chicago . Her friend, former hockey player Bernard "Boom Boom" Grafalk meets her in a bar and asks her to take care of his 13-year-old daughter Kat. The man is murdered by a bomb that destroys his boat.

Warshawski wants to bring Kat to her mother, who, however, is hated by the girl. Kat is then placed with a friend of the investigator. Kat asks Warshawski for a dollar, which she will give back to Warshawski in a moment, and says she will instruct the investigator to look for the murderers. Kat and Warshawski then look for the perpetrators together.

While trying to solve the murder of Bernard Grafalk, Warshawski meets Kat's mother Paige and her uncle Trumble, who own a run-down shipbuilding company. She learns that they fell out with Bernard because of different business interests. Kat's uncle draws her attention to his further brother Horten, who could also be suspected of murder.

During her further investigations, she also comes across Earl Smeissen, a former schoolmate who, under threat of violence, advises her against working on this case. Warshawski remains stubborn and continues to investigate. She also gets support from Kat, who assists Victoria. With Kat's help, she gets important documents about her family and learns that the Grafalks company is bankrupt. The two narrowly escaped kidnapping, which seems to confirm the explosiveness of their research.

Warshawski, this time armed, then goes to Earl Smeissen again and forces him to name the mastermind behind the murder. He admits that Trumble is behind it. When Kat returns to her parents to collect evidence there, Trumble manages to bring them back under his control. He keeps her trapped in a boat that he can sink into port at the push of a button. Victoria then goes to the Grafalks with Murray Ryerson. At the end there is a triell between Warshawski, Paige and Trumble , where Paige first kills Trumble and then sinks the boat with Kat. Warshawski jumps into the water and saves Kat, after which she shoots Paige in a duel.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of July 26, 1991 that the film started out following the " fairly typical " pattern of private investigator films, according to which past events weighed on children and led them to revenge. The character of the private investigator cannot be liked more than in comparable films, nor is it more believable (“ The key to all of this is the Warshawski character, who is no more likely or believable than any other movie private eye ”).

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film stifled " after a funny beginning in tired routine ". He is giving away " some good dialogues and actors to a lame story ".

Awards

Angela Goethals was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1992 .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Chicago and Los Angeles . It grossed approximately $ 11.1 million in US cinemas .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed December 9, 2007
  2. ^ VI Warshawski - Detective in Silk Stockings in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on December 9, 2007
  3. ^ Filming locations for VI Warshawski, accessed December 9, 2007
  4. ^ Box office / business for VI Warshawski, accessed December 9, 2007